Ten Things About Last Night's Game

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by manchambo

My two cents on the lack of pressure on Manning: Denver very deliberately leaned on the run to slow down the rushers. The Denver rushing game wasn't spectacular, but it was effective enough to make the strategy work (along with a strong game from the ol). What KC really needed to do was to stop therun game early so their pass rushers could tee off. If KC can play better against the run in the next meeting, the results may be different.

All 3 times they were in the red zone, they scored TDs. Andy could learn a lesson there. And it wasn't all Peyton either, they ran it for 2 of them. Why they can pound it in near the goal line but we can't, you'd have to ask ANdy.

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

All 3 times they were in the red zone, they scored TDs. Andy could learn a lesson there. And it wasn't all Peyton either, they ran it for 2 of them. Why they can pound it in near the goal line but we can't, you'd have to ask ANdy.

Andy did try to pound it. Three effin times in a row. The 3rd down run was the worse call of the night.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Hoover

Andy did try to pound it. Three effin times in a row. The 3rd down run was the worse call of the night.

I thought the calls were fine.

2nd and 3rd down took great individual efforts by relatively unheralded players for the Broncos to stop us.

Both Sherman and Charles were secondary surges away from getting into the endzone but Sherman got turned sideways and lost momentum and on the 3rd down play that LBer just came firing into the perfect spot at the perfect time. 9 times out of 10, Charles makes that little spin and backs into the end zone.

Sometimes you tip your cap to the other guys.

Unfortunately that was the takeaway last night - the Broncos simply won the one on one battles almost across the board. Hali was getting single-teamed and getting stonewalled. Houston managed to beat Franklin a single time, also while generally being single-teamed.

For both of those guys to get flat out neutralized by the respective tackles with neither of them getting much help is pretty embarrassing.

When Berry needed to stay on Thomas inside the 10, he gave him a free release and then lost the inside position - again, lost the individual matchup.

The usual suspects will bitch about Smith, but he played well yesterday. He wasn't great, but he was by no means the reason we lost that game.

When the Broncos had chances to make a play, they usually made them. When the Chiefs did, they largely failed.

We simply got beat at the individual level yesterday. It's disappointing, but I also didn't see a systemic ass-beating either. We can take these guys at Arrowhead. Especially if Hali and Houston are as ashamed by the game tape as they should be and come out ready to play.