I love how you post as if you have discovered some secret about what we need. We all know it. LMAO

That being said, the defense in spite of Cassel should still be playing better than they are.

Three or four straight possessions running the ball with a 240lb Turner who is averaging about 2.6 YPC will do that to you. IIRC Atlanta threw the ball ONE time in the third quarter.

This is true, but in a league where the rules favor offenses nowadays you can't expect an 85 Bears or a 2000 Ravens/Titans defensive performance. Heck, you can't expect your defense to perform even at an above average peformance on a consistent basis. Look at the 49ers defense, which is considered by most in the league as the best. They gave up 22 and 19 points in their two games against potent offenses, that's good. But that's still 22 and 19 points. Back in the day, that's not THAT good. Today that's good, considering the offenses and the rules that favor them.

I won't say what you already know. Ok, I will. :) We need a QB. When your defense isn't having its best day you can't count on him to bring you from behind or keep the pressure on the defense if you have the lead.

We'll get there soon. Herm was building a team built for the 70s.

My thoughts exactly. Any success or strength the Chiefs possess under Peeholi is all theoretical at this point.

LMAO

Everyone knows what we need. Any Chief fan that doesn't sip the cool-aid just cause the Chiefs are "their team" has seen it for a few years. Leadership doesn't see it cause Clark lets Pioli do whatever he wants, the coaches want their jobs, and Pioli is blinded by his desire to be right about Cassel.

Yep. Completely obvious.

Strong veteran interior offensive linemen and a true fullback.

Once you get those, you draft some TEs, and some real WRs who can catch.

Then more RB depth.

Anything else? I don't think I'm missing anything...

I bet once Babb is gone it will stop too.

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It is a passing league, but that doesn't mean you cannot win running the football. The best team in the league is a run first and play tough defense (SF).

This play shows the ineptitude of our QB. Every damn receiver on the team is open via NFL standards. Hell, even by Jr. High school standards. The ball should have been out already to which ever receiver he wanted. (Whoever is running the seam rout at the 48 would have been the best option IMO) And the result of this play was a fumble by Cassel... that resulted in a TD by Buffalo a few plays later.

http://i.imgur.com/RO8xp.jpg

Okay. That's pretty sad.

But, here's my question ...

The guys on the team study the film from the last game, correct? And they all see the same thing, right? The same thing we see when we look at shocking photos like that, right? And they are football players ... they've played football all their lives and know what good quarterbacking is and what "open downfield" means, correct?

If all that is true, it seems to me that the guys would be absolutely sick and freaking tired of running routes and blocking their asses off for no reason since the result of all their effort and risk of injury is going to be some sort of screw up ultimately resulting in a loss.

The defense has to see this stuff, too. I mean, they know that, regardless of how well they play, they will never have the luxury of a lead or, most often, even any rest between series.

I have to believe that there is a lot of grumbling going on amidst the troops ... I know that I, personally, would have a freaking hard time being a good and loyal and generous and hardworking teammate to a dumbass like Cassel. Especially after seeing stuff like this every week.

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Been trying to say this for a long time. You just said it a lot better.

I would agree with this. I think you an win with this model, but the fact is that you either have to be elite on running the ball and defense, or you have to have a qb that is anoutstandng game manager. For example, I think the steelers are moving toward this philosophy. Big Ben has proven he can win on his arm alone, but putting him into more a game manager role, in my opinion, will make Pittsburgh downright dangerous. Of course, I'm oversimplifying. Being a good game manager isn't easy. It requires you to make big plays in big moments and to be nails on third down. Few can do that very consistently.