PFF refocused: Ravens/Chiefs

[Hammock Parties]

The part about Houston and Hali is awesome.

https://www.profootballfocus.com/blo...chiefs-week-5/

Kansas City – Three Performances of Note

Game of Two Halves

While his overall stat line (30 carries for 140 yards) looks impressive, running back Jamaal Charles (+0.7) wore down in a big way in the second half as the Ravens did a much better job of containing the Chiefs rushing attack. As a team they ran for 179 yards on 34 carries in the first half but managed just 35 yards on 16 carries in the second half working out at a drop of 3.2 yards per carry from one half to the next. Usually a team runs the ball to that level to wear down an opponent but it was the Chiefs who tired this time. That left a Chiefs offense that had no faith in its quarterback and what looked like no Plan B in the second half against a Ravens team that wasn’t at its best on this occasion.


Complete Pass Rush

Chiefs fans have waited for the defense to get production from both pass rushers in the one game and that wait was rewarded by both Tamba Hali (+3.3) and Justin Houston (+5.6) as the duo combined for 13 total pressures. Houston, our most productive pass rusher amongst 3-4 outside linebackers going into the game outperformed his teammate again on Sunday, generating two sacks and six hurries on his way to a PRP Rating of 28.9. Hali matched him in sacks and added another three hurries of his own. His second sack came in controversial fashion on 2nd-and-10 with 3:42 remaining in the game. Blowing by Osemele on the outside he was able to get his hands on Flacco causing the official to blow the play dead seconds before Flacco fumbled. It’s the right call if he believes the quarterback was in the grasp but it’s a call that could have turned the game nonetheless.


Matt Cassel

With an apparent concussion to starting quarterback Matt Cassel (-1.1), it looks like Chiefs fans will get their wish to see Brady Quinn (+0.9 ) attempt to drive the offense towards the end zone. But while Chiefs fans have been quick to look to Quinn as their saviour (or at least a better option) it’s worth pointing out that Cassel wasn’t necessarily as awful as his stat line shows. While his fumble at the goal line on with 11:54 left in the 3rd quarter was inexcusable (likewise his delay of game penalty at the end of the first half) neither interception was the result of a poor throw or decision. The first came from a pass deflection from cornerback Cary Williams while the second was the result of a dropped pass from Dwayne Bowe. We’re not saying he was good by any stretch, but is a switch to Brady Quinn really going to fix the problem? Time will tell.


Game Notes

- Coming into the game completing 39% of his passes beyond 20 yards, both of Flacco’s deep passes fell incomplete.


- Sticking with the Ravens passing game, the team combined to drop four passes on Sunday – twice as many in this game that they had in their four prior games.

- Jamaal Charles’ yards per carry dropped from 6.3 in the first half to 1.5 in the second half.


Game Ball
While he wasn’t flawless, Paul Kruger stepped his play up in a big way and was played a big role in the team stopping a Chiefs running game that gashed them in the first half.

[Sorter]

Mike Zimmer as HC?

His son is an asst. here...

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

It's a more hopeful form of suck where we can at least see the occasional flashes of what some of the talent on this team could do with a real QB at the helm.

ha

For now, thats fine by me... atleast the suck will have some sizzle.

[htismaqe]

Several people laughed at me when I said that I thought a realistic stat line for Cassel would be 14 of 18 for 121 yards. They said there was NO WAY we'd only attempt 18 passes.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Several people laughed at me when I said that I thought a realistic stat line for Cassel would be 14 of 18 for 121 yards. They said there was NO WAY we'd only attempt 18 passes.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Several people laughed at me when I said that I thought a realistic stat line for Cassel would be 14 of 18 for 121 yards. They said there was NO WAY we'd only attempt 18 passes.

The 18 attempts I don't have a problem with. When you are running the ball the way we did you shouldn't have to pass much. That being said the problem was the 18 attempts going for shit yards.

Again, we were running all over the Ravens. The PA Pass was there to be exploited and 9-12 of those 18 attempts should have been over the top for 20+ yards. FFS, Steve DeBerg would have lit shit up yesterday.

[whoman69]

Both INTs were Cassel's fault. He threw the first into traffic. The second was behind Bowe and bounced off his shoulder pad. Even when he sucks beyond recognition, Cassel gets excuses made for him.

[Priest31kc]

Originally Posted by whoman69

Both INTs were Cassel's fault. He threw the first into traffic. The second was behind Bowe and bounced off his shoulder pad. Even when he sucks beyond recognition, Cassel gets excuses made for him.

It's ****ing amazing isn't it?

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

I'm praying for a coaching change next year so we can bring in Rex Ryan as the DC. He'd be ****ing perfect with this defense.

The Hunts will never hire a guy with a foot fetish.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

I want someone who will instill some ****ing toughness and attitude. This team has been soft for years.

Right there is our biggest problem.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

PFF's credibility is taking a hit here, IMO. No bad throws or bad decisions?

Eh, they have him rated 29th.

Good enough.

[RunKC]

Houston is a freaking animal. He's gonna be better than Tamba. You guys just watch.

[CoMoChief]

INT#2 was on Bowe because that ball should have been caught.

But I will say this....Cassel needs to put the ball where it needs to be......and yet he NEVER does that and ALWAYS relies on our big bodied WR's to extend and catch the ball high. Ya know if you do that all the time the chances that you'll throw an INT from a tipped pass increases A LOT. Normally you'd like for Bowe to come up w/ that catch but Cassel needs to place the ball better.....as that's been a problem his whole KC career.

The first one was Cassel's fault....he rarely sees a play develop. Most time the play has already developed and the ball gets there too late or he makes the bad pass where the WR has to adjust, fall down or jump to where the defender will gain ground on his coverage. Bowe was open, but by the time Cassel got the ball out, Bowe was blanketed by a WR who was able to get his hand in there enough to deflect the pass. 1 second sooner that's a completed pass.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

But I will say this....Cassel needs to put the ball where it needs to be......and yet he NEVER does that and ALWAYS relies on our big bodied WR's to extend and catch the ball high. .

Inaccurate QBs have more drops, more tipped balls, more INTs.

Sheer probability.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

Inaccurate QBs have more drops, more tipped balls, more INTs.

Sheer probability.

Yep.

Just look at Sanchez last night. JJ Watt made a good play on the tipped ball towards the end of the game but when you watch the play develop from behind the Jets, you can clearly see that the "open" WR in the end zone was WAY left of where Sanchez was going with the ball.

And yeah, the WR should have caught that last pick but it was a high throw.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by petegz28

The 18 attempts I don't have a problem with. When you are running the ball the way we did you shouldn't have to pass much. That being said the problem was the 18 attempts going for shit yards.

Again, we were running all over the Ravens. The PA Pass was there to be exploited and 9-12 of those 18 attempts should have been over the top for 20+ yards. FFS, Steve DeBerg would have lit shit up yesterday.

And in the process of lighting it up, he would have thrown more than 18 passes.

That's the whole thing - the way they ran the ball in the 1st half almost dictates that you HAVE to pass or you risk the defense just stuffing the box and shutting you down.

Which is precisely what happened.