I still like detards. But I guess that's not PC enough Jason. :D

True. And our D wasn't good last year so I won't even go there but I think we had Detriot whipped and Bryson got alot of those yards because they ran in passing situations. It was gimmie yards............that doesn't change the numbers and it doesn't change the fact that we were and are defensively challenged. However counting the Colts loss we allowed less then 18 points a game at home so career numbers or not........here's to Arrowhead :toast: And may it rock Sunday at noon :toast:


PhilFree :arrow:

I'm for that cause if we can slow down a middle of the road offense that just lost it's top weapon we are in trouble.

I was sick of GRobs D but it didn't allow many points at home last year. I hope Guns D does the same..............or it could get ugly around here. What sucks is that part of the D breakdown last week was due to vets blowing there assignments as much as young guys.


PhilFree :arrow:

So, if we can't, does that mean we are headed for big things?






Sorry, but it had to be done.:)

after one game?

Nothing like hoping for failure.

Not really Stevie. It's been a ongoing process for a few years now. It didn't change during preseason and it hasn't changed yet. Until "Gunthers Goons" show me as they say in Missouri I'm not going to put much faith in the defense.

hello? denver? ROFL

When I read thethread starter I thought about going that route but then I decided to just point out a positive instead of get caught up in the negative. I think I did that without seeming to homerish :) Of course everything I post is homerish to Laz so.......................


PhilFree :arrow:

That cross would be way too much to bear...I understand.


:)

Im sure about 3PM Sunday central time.....we will be able to see if this D lives up to its "Career Day" Title!

alright...

just heard clinkscale mention this "Career Day Defense" nickname on 810.



who's the spy?

Deberg_1990 is Rick Dean? I heard it to, and it was definately Dean that got the credit. Personally, I think Deberg_1990 should file a copyright infringement lawsuit (even though it is baseless) just so Dean would have to divulge the source of his inspiration.

Then, when other newspapers report on it, Chiefsplanet will get in the paper. And then when all the readers log on to check us out, they can learn more about 37 Forever.

Looks like it is catching on. Rick Dean has been reading this board.

http://chiefszone.cjonline.com/stori...rfantasy.shtml

Foster's fantasy

Foster torches defense in Panthers' win

By Rick Dean
The Capital-Journal

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Attention, fantasy football players: Domanick Davis of Houston is your play next week.

Just ask any of the fantasy owners who rushed Carolina backup DeShaun Foster into their lineup upon learning Friday that he'd be running against the Chiefs newly named "Career Day" defense.

Foster, a third-year tailback whose previous best pro day was a 95-yard effort in last year's playoff win over St. Louis, burned the Chiefs for 174 yards in the Panthers' 28-17 upset in Kansas City's home opener before a packed, stunned house at Arrowhead Stadium.

Just as Quentin Griffin did in rushing for a career-high 156 yards in Denver's win last week, Foster's running provided the bulk of Carolina's 358 total yards.

His spirit-breaking 71-yard bolt in the fourth quarter set up his own 3-yard TD and expanded the Panthers' four-point cushion into the eventual 11-point margin with 10:35 remaining.

Davis, whose Houston team faces the 0-2 Chiefs next week, has to be licking his chops.

"I thought we had people in place to stop him, but we just let him out. It's not the scheme, it's the people who are messing up," said new Chiefs linebacker Monty Beisel, who may have tumbled onto an essential truth that former defensive coordinator Greg Robinson knew more than a year ago.

Despite losing their best receiver (Steve Smith) in last week's opener and their best runner (Stephen Davis) to knee surgery on Friday, the Panthers overcame a 10-7 halftime deficit with an impressive 80-yard, 16-play drive that took more than eight minutes and featured four third-down conversions.

"That can drain you not just physically, but emotionally as well," coach Dick Vermeil said of the Panthers' turnaround drive that opened the second half. "I thought we'd been in control of the first half, but they took control in the second.

"At halftime they'd had 2.7 yards a rush; we were doing real good," Vermeil added. "But then we leave (the defense) on the field too long. You give a good football team too many opportunities -- they ran the ball 39 times -- and they're going to pop one once in awhile. We overexposed our defense."

Especially on a day when the Chiefs offense and some of Vermeil's coaching decisions weren't up to the challenge.

Kansas City, after losing receiver Eddie Kennison to a hamstring injury in the first half, managed only 281 total yards, one touchdown and only 25 percent conversion on third down. Seven of their 17 points came on a defensive score.

"When we got more injuries at the wide receiver position and had to shuffle some guys in, we didn't have the same flow," said quarterback Trent Green, whose 54.4 quarterback rating was his second-straight sub-60 rating. "The third quarter was non-existent for us -- one four-and-out. By the time we got anything going in the fourth, we were trailing."

The Chiefs opened strong offensively with Green hitting 6 of 7 passes in a 68-yard first-series drive that stalled on fourth-and-1 at the 10. Feeling his team needed points after the early success, Vermeil took a 33-yard Lawrence Tynes field goal.

But then Jake Delhomme hit 4 of 5 passes for 57 yards in a 66-yard Carolina TD drive. On the touchdown play, Beisel had Delhomme in his grasp and was spinning him like a top when Delhomme somehow flipped the ball three yards to Kris Mangum for a TD.

The Chiefs countered with a 69-yard scoring drive in which the biggest play was a 21-yard interference penalty. But they blew a chance to expand the 10-7 lead when, on fourth-and-1 at the Panthers 29 with 49 seconds left before halftime, Vermeil went for a 47-yard field goal that sailed wide right.

"If I had known we were going to lose by 11, I probably would have gone for it in the second quarter," Vermeil said. "We scored only one offensive touchdown; when was the last time that happened? (Week Four in Baltimore last year.) As I look back after the game, it would have been best to take a shot at the first down and see what happened."

Indeed, it was the Chiefs defense that briefly restored Chiefs' hope. Eric Warfield's second interception and 43-yard TD return put KC up 17-14 with 3:34 left in the third.

But Carolina, playing like last year's NFC rep in the Super Bowl, stormed back with a 56-yard scoring drive generated by a kickoff from the Chiefs' 15 following a penalty for excessive celebration on the Warfield touchdown.

Foster had the big play, a 16-yard dash, and Delhomme's short TD pass to Mike Seidman gave the Panthers a 21-17 lead they wouldn't lose, and KC's streak of 13 consecutive regular-season home victories was broken.

"It (stinks) that we're 0-2, especially with the high expectations we have," Beisel said afterward. But, we've still got 14 games to play. I'm not writing us off yet."

Rick Dean can be reached at (785) 295-1289 or rick.dean@cjonline.com.

damn.......I read it this morning but didn't have time to post cause I was actually doing some work today. Damn Mondays.