Chiefs Chiefs' Timid, Depleted Offense Needs to Wake Up Ahead of Divisional Round - Page 13

oaklandhater · 01-09-2016, 08:03 PM

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...visional-round

n paper, the results from their Saturday Wild Card victory over the Houston Texans indicate that the Kansas City Chiefs are a force to be reckoned with entering the NFL's Divisional playoffs.

The Chiefs, after all, are coming off a 30-0 first-round win, extending their winning streak to 11. On the road against a division winner, that sure looks impressive.

Most lopsided road playoff wins
Year Game
1940 Bears 73, Redskins 0
1968 Colts 34, Browns 0
1987 Vikings 44, Saints 10
2015 Chiefs 30, Texans 0
1975 Cowboys 37, Rams 7
1978 Cowboys 28, Rams 0
1943 Redskins 28, Giants 0
Pro Football Reference

But don't be fooled, because this was the type of game in which the real winners were the rest of Kansas City's competition in the AFC.

The Chiefs were actually extremely lucky that the Texans didn't show up on Saturday.

Houston's best defensive player, J.J. Watt, wasn't a factor even before leaving with a groin injury, the Texans turned the ball over five times, and the Kansas City offense was buoyed by a way-too-easy 106-yard kickoff return to start the game.

Quarterback Alex Smith didn't have to break a sweat.

Against the Denver Broncos or New England Patriots, he won't be so lucky.

The Chiefs offense—which scored two touchdowns against a toothless Texans defense in the second half but went out of its way to keep Houston hanging around before that—lacked energy before and after losing star wide receiver Jeremy Maclin to a knee injury in the third quarter.

That injury looked serious, which means Andy Reid's team—already without stud running back Jamaal Charles and starting center Mitch Morse—may not have its regular-season touchdown leader the rest of the way.

They're not out of hope. Kansas City's opportunistic defense—which ranked third in football in terms of points allowed in the regular season—still had to unwrap the gifts Texans quarterback Brian Hoyer was throwing their way.

According to the ESPN broadcast, this was the first shutout we've had in the playoffs in a decade and the third-most-lopsided playoff road shutout win in NFL history.

Worst home playoff passer ratings this century
Quarterback Year Rating Result
Brian Hoyer 2015 15.9 Lost to Chiefs
Shane Matthews 2001 17.9 Lost to Eagles
Donovan Mcnabb 2003 19.3 Lost to Panthers
Matt Cassel 2010 20.4 Lost to Ravens
Rich Gannon 2000 22.0 Lost to Ravens
Pro Football Reference

But Smith will have to do more next Saturday, and he'll likely have to do it without his only receiver who had more than two touchdowns this season.

Against Houston, especially in the first half, we saw far too many of those overly-conservative, short-of-the-sticks third-down plays the Chiefs have become famous for. And it was a flawed performance beyond that.

Smith missed on a wide-open deep ball that should have been a first-half touchdown and had an uncharacteristic interception in the first quarter, and they also settled for long field goals rather than gambling on 4th-and-1 twice, which actually defies logic and precedents and can cripple an offense under more difficult circumstances.

Next week, they'll undoubtedly face more difficult circumstances.

You'd be crazy to argue that a team that hasn't lost since the middle of October can't rise to that occasion, but Saturday's performance wasn't nearly as impressive as the final score might indicate.

"Confidence and momentum are real", Smith told Evan Washburn on CBS Sports following the game. And on Saturday, confidence and momentum were enough to beat a Texans team that did everything in its power to lose.

The Patriots will likely have more than 112 net passing yards next week, and it's been seven years since New England has turned the ball over as often as Houston did Saturday.

Denver's dominant defense will likely feast on an offense lacking its best two players, and the Broncos have lost just three home playoff games since 1997.

Pick your poison.

Hate to rain on a parade 22 years in the making, but if the depleted Chiefs want to keep rolling and resisting the law of averages, they'll have to be much better in the Divisional Playoffs.

vailpass · 01-09-2016, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandy Cheeks

Let me be clear. There is nothing. NOTHING.. that you can say.. that will alter my euphoria. Do you need to look that word up? go ahead. Nothing. So you go on and flail away... why? who knows.. but flail away because you are angry... why? who knows... It's sad. It's pathetic on such a glorious night.

.... but flail away.... let me know how that works out for you, okay?

God you're still here posing? Though I'm an enemy fan I come here not under false flag to check in on some rivals I consider cyber friends and whom I have watched pay the price of playoff win drought these past 15 years.

And here you are with your "we" and "us" and WHAT THE ****?

Your euphoria? You were "rooting" for a different team 3 years ago.

Honestly, you weird me out a little...

oaklandhater · 01-09-2016, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by milkman

And this is typical by Wilson.

Yep I want wilson gone next year.

**DaneMcCloud** · 01-09-2016, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandy Cheeks

Let me be clear. There is nothing. NOTHING.. that you can say.. that will alter my euphoria. Do you need to look that word up? go ahead. Nothing. So you go on and flail away... why? who knows.. but flail away because you are angry... why? who knows... It's sad. It's pathetic on such a glorious night.

.... but flail away.... let me know how that works out for you, okay?

**** you.

Who are you, anyway?

CupidStunt · 01-09-2016, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by oaklandhater

one I just checked it when I got home

The first sports page you go to is Bleacher Report?

oaklandhater · 01-09-2016, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by CupidStunt

The first sports page you go to is Bleacher Report?

its pretty much the 1st one that post anything after a game so yes ?

milkman · 01-09-2016, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by oaklandhater

Yep I want wilson gone next year.

I don't really care what you want.

oaklandhater · 01-09-2016, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by milkman

I don't really care what you want.

Dude should have dragged his damm foot in

**Mav** · 01-09-2016, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Wrong.

No. Right. No one is allowed to challenge the almighty Dane. I didn't even say anything near worthy of your epically childish meltdown. But in typical drunk Dane fashion you explode and gave me a great chuckle. Thanks for the laughs bud.

**DaneMcCloud** · 01-09-2016, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mav

So you're this upset because I pointed out the irony of you calling someone a dumbass while you yourself couldn't put together a coherent sentence? And you want to "go" on an Internet forum? How old are you? 12? Grow up slick.

No, I think you're the same dumb twat whose identity was exposed by CP's finest (even on porn sites).

You should be embarrassed, especially considering how much you post about the Browns.

But apparently, 49ers Alex Smith fans have no shame.

Kudos.

**DaneMcCloud** · 01-09-2016, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Mav

No. Right. No one is allowed to challenge the almighty Dane. I didn't even say anything near worthy of your epically childish meltdown. But in typical drunk Dane fashion you explode and gave me a great chuckle. Thanks for the laughs bud.

Drunk?

You're the moron that exposed his identity on PORN SITES.

And I'm "drunk" because I misspell something on my iPad?

Die in a snowstorm, you Fairweather ****ball.

stevieray · 01-09-2016, 09:50 PM

Are people really bitching?

**Mav** · 01-09-2016, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

No, I think you're the same dumb twat whose identity was exposed by CP's finest (even on porn sites).

You should be embarrassed, especially considering how much you post about the Browns.

But apparently, 49ers Alex Smith fans have no shame.

Kudos.

Who cares honestly. I find it hilarious that people still bring up porn. Like you yourself doesn't look at porn. That's comical.

vailpass · 01-09-2016, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Mav

No. Right. No one is allowed to challenge the almighty Dane. I didn't even say anything near worthy of your epically childish meltdown. But in typical drunk Dane fashion you explode and gave me a great chuckle. Thanks for the laughs bud.

Oh hell look at the Alice Smiff ballwashers dragging themselves out of the shadows...

Sandy Vagina · 01-09-2016, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

**** you.

Who are you, anyway?

I am the one who is at peace and thrilled with a KC win. Who are you? just another butthurt clown with anger issues for God knows what reasons? not impressed... not intimidated. You are nothing... and you know it.. and that's probably why you are so angry.

Get over it. If you are truly a Chiefs fan, then there should be NO hostility to another who is nothing but ecstatic about today's results. You are brutish and boring. You talk a big tough-guy game across the world on the internet. It's time to SMILE.. and shut your face asshole up about stupid shit.

Now are you man enough to to do this? Or will you persist in impotently flailing away over nothing?

**Mav** · 01-09-2016, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Drunk?

One would hope that a sane and sober individual wouldn't be capable of such a crazy meltdown. Maybe I was giving too much credit and you are just an unstable idiot who needs professional help.

01-09-2016, 08:03 PM
oaklandhater future chiefs fans Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: oakland california Casino cash: $5888993	Chiefs' Timid, Depleted Offense Needs to Wake Up Ahead of Divisional Round http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...visional-round n paper, the results from their Saturday Wild Card victory over the Houston Texans indicate that the Kansas City Chiefs are a force to be reckoned with entering the NFL's Divisional playoffs. The Chiefs, after all, are coming off a 30-0 first-round win, extending their winning streak to 11. On the road against a division winner, that sure looks impressive. Most lopsided road playoff wins Year Game 1940 Bears 73, Redskins 0 1968 Colts 34, Browns 0 1987 Vikings 44, Saints 10 2015 Chiefs 30, Texans 0 1975 Cowboys 37, Rams 7 1978 Cowboys 28, Rams 0 1943 Redskins 28, Giants 0 Pro Football Reference But don't be fooled, because this was the type of game in which the real winners were the rest of Kansas City's competition in the AFC. The Chiefs were actually extremely lucky that the Texans didn't show up on Saturday. Houston's best defensive player, J.J. Watt, wasn't a factor even before leaving with a groin injury, the Texans turned the ball over five times, and the Kansas City offense was buoyed by a way-too-easy 106-yard kickoff return to start the game. Quarterback Alex Smith didn't have to break a sweat. Against the Denver Broncos or New England Patriots, he won't be so lucky. The Chiefs offense—which scored two touchdowns against a toothless Texans defense in the second half but went out of its way to keep Houston hanging around before that—lacked energy before and after losing star wide receiver Jeremy Maclin to a knee injury in the third quarter. That injury looked serious, which means Andy Reid's team—already without stud running back Jamaal Charles and starting center Mitch Morse—may not have its regular-season touchdown leader the rest of the way. They're not out of hope. Kansas City's opportunistic defense—which ranked third in football in terms of points allowed in the regular season—still had to unwrap the gifts Texans quarterback Brian Hoyer was throwing their way. According to the ESPN broadcast, this was the first shutout we've had in the playoffs in a decade and the third-most-lopsided playoff road shutout win in NFL history. Worst home playoff passer ratings this century Quarterback Year Rating Result Brian Hoyer 2015 15.9 Lost to Chiefs Shane Matthews 2001 17.9 Lost to Eagles Donovan Mcnabb 2003 19.3 Lost to Panthers Matt Cassel 2010 20.4 Lost to Ravens Rich Gannon 2000 22.0 Lost to Ravens Pro Football Reference But Smith will have to do more next Saturday, and he'll likely have to do it without his only receiver who had more than two touchdowns this season. Against Houston, especially in the first half, we saw far too many of those overly-conservative, short-of-the-sticks third-down plays the Chiefs have become famous for. And it was a flawed performance beyond that. Smith missed on a wide-open deep ball that should have been a first-half touchdown and had an uncharacteristic interception in the first quarter, and they also settled for long field goals rather than gambling on 4th-and-1 twice, which actually defies logic and precedents and can cripple an offense under more difficult circumstances. Next week, they'll undoubtedly face more difficult circumstances. You'd be crazy to argue that a team that hasn't lost since the middle of October can't rise to that occasion, but Saturday's performance wasn't nearly as impressive as the final score might indicate. "Confidence and momentum are real", Smith told Evan Washburn on CBS Sports following the game. And on Saturday, confidence and momentum were enough to beat a Texans team that did everything in its power to lose. The Patriots will likely have more than 112 net passing yards next week, and it's been seven years since New England has turned the ball over as often as Houston did Saturday. Denver's dominant defense will likely feast on an offense lacking its best two players, and the Broncos have lost just three home playoff games since 1997. Pick your poison. Hate to rain on a parade 22 years in the making, but if the depleted Chiefs want to keep rolling and resisting the law of averages, they'll have to be much better in the Divisional Playoffs.
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