Quick Thoughts of Loss to Steelers

[Hoover]

1. Ever since the schedule was released I always considered this a Chiefs loss. Pittsburg is a difficult place to play, especially if they are somewhat healthy.

2. Always take the points. I loved the fake field goal, but had the Chiefs kicked a FG before the end of the half we would have been 8 yards away from a tied game.

3. The lack of an actual passing attack makes the Chiefs easy to defend. People figured us out mid-season, which is why we struggled in the second half of the season.

4. Left guard may be the biggest position of need in the off season. Yikes it’s bad.

5. Besides our offense output, the reason why we are on the outside looking in as far as the playoffs go is because our defense does not force turnovers. We averaged over two turnovers per game in 2014, this year its less than one. Our inability to force turnovers just kills us.

6. I’m actually impressed with our defense against the pass. Big Ben was 18 of 25 for 220 yards and one TD. Bell had 20 carries for 63 yards and a TD. If you would have shown me those stats before the game I think we would all say it’s a Chiefs victory.

7. I don’t want the Chiefs to make the playoffs. Let’s face it, it’s not like we are a team that can get hot and make a run in the playoffs. At this point I’d rather have a higher draft pick.

8. Speaking of the draft, biggest need is a left guard, not a safety, not a OLB, and not a CB. We need to come away from the first two rounds with a playmaker at WR and a legit guard.

9. As frustrating as it is that Ford doesn’t play much, he does find a way to flash when he does play. That gives me hope for next season when he is a starter.

10. I swear the refs have it out for the Chiefs. I know every fan says this about their team but how many BS calls do we have to endure?

[FML]

How to improve this team (aka if Clark had any balls):

Fire Andy and the rest of the clowns
give Harbaugh a blank check
trade Charles for a first round pick and possibly more
Trade up and draft a real QB (Winston)
draft best WR available with second pick in the draft
sign Jeremy Maclin
sign Adrian Peterson

[TLO]

Originally Posted by FML

How to improve this team (aka if Clark had any balls):

Fire Andy and the rest of the clowns
give Harbaugh a blank check
trade Charles for a first round pick and possibly more
Trade up and draft a real QB (Winston)
draft best WR available with second pick in the draft
sign Jeremy Maclin
sign Adrian Peterson

This literally made me LOL.

Thanks for that, FML.

[ILChief]

Hali is on the decline. Cut him to make room for Houston and roll with Ford. Cut Daniel. Need to get Murray some playing time to see what he's got. Who would have thought jeff Allen would have been the most devastating injury

[Discuss Thrower]

1. Yep.
2. Yup.
3. Yuuuuup.
4. Maybe they'll sign someone cheap.
5. Turnovers are pure luck.
6. Defense was great.
7. Agree.
8. Hope you don't mean drafting a guard in the 1st round... Because that would be a waste akin to Fisher's pick.
9. He'll never live up to his draft selection.
10. The consistency is what's stupid. How was Tamba's tackle on Stanton a roughing call for going low but not the one on Smith?

[ChiefsLV]

McGlynn was in for Fulton at RG on the last drive too. Not sure why.

[Hammock Parties]

The defense played really well.

Guess who let the team down again?

['Hamas' Jenkins]

2. You do not always take the points. If Charles gets a first there and the Chiefs end up scoring a TD, they are driving to tie or win at the end of the game. Don't conflate execution with play-calling. It was a foot.

4. Left guard is not the biggest position of need. This team needs a QB, WR, LT, ILB, and CB more than LG.

9. Ford has .5 more sacks than memes of his incompetence this year.

10. Yeah, the refs have it out for the Chiefs. See: the taunting penalty that gave the Chiefs new life and the spot on the Kelce catch.

Shitty refs are not crooked. They just suck, and they ****ed both sides hard today.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

2. You do not always take the points. If Charles gets a first there and the Chiefs end up scoring a TD, they are driving to tie or win at the end of the game. Don't conflate execution with play-calling. It was a foot.

Sure, the odds say you'll get the 4th down in that situation. But the Chiefs' offense has been so terrible this year that you have to know they aren't getting a TD barring a long Jamaal run. Best case scenario on that drive was 3 points.

[Rain Man]

A few random reactions.

1. Jeff Allen is a second-round pick at LG. Do people think he can fill that hole?

2. One of the football stat sites said that turnovers have a significant degree of randomness to them, and that a team with very few turnovers (or maybe it was a negative turnover ratio) is usually better than it looks and will rebound strong the following year. Anyone got any thoughts on this theory?

3. I mentioned this deep in the bowels of another thread, but I think the game has become too complicated in terms of rules. You can call interference or holding or taunting or hands to the face or touching the quarterback on every single play, so it's completely arbitrary on whether it gets called or not. That's very frustrating for the fans of any team, because we're destined to see calls or non-calls that we disagree with.

[GloryDayz]

I'm not sure who I'd keep right now. Certainly JC needs to be trade bait. He's been used-up a lot by now, and his fumble today reminded us of one of his other issues.

As for LT, I'll agree that it's a big need, but I don't trust Hunt's band of idiots to know which college player is an answer to the problem. So it might be better to get somebody who can deal with the usual 2.1 seconds of "collapsing pocket" style of protection.

We need WRs and DBs who are worthy of an NFL start, and we suffer the same issues there as we do with O-line, our team's telent evaluators aren't good at talent evaluation. In fact they're so bad at it that it makes FA's pick better teams as they look at the Chiefs "Since 1969" history and realize that they have a better chance in another city.

So, I think if the hunts sell in the off-season, new ownership might fix a lot of the problems this team has.

[kcpasco]

Originally Posted by Count Alex's Losses

The defense played really well.

Guess who let the team down again?

Hate Reid and Dorsey for that. They knew what Smith was before they traded for him.

[kcpasco]

And hate Clark for bringing 2 guys in that settled for another retread.

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by Hoover

5. Besides our offense output, the reason why we are on the outside looking in as far as the playoffs go is because our defense does not force turnovers. We averaged over two turnovers per game in 2014, this year its less than one. Our inability to force turnovers just kills us.

6. I’m actually impressed with our defense against the pass. Big Ben was 18 of 25 for 220 yards and one TD. Bell had 20 carries for 63 yards and a TD. If you would have shown me those stats before the game I think we would all say it’s a Chiefs victory.

The sum total of the defense -- low turnovers but very good against the pass and tough against red zone rushing -- is one that is good enough to go deep into the playoffs.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Count Alex's Losses

The defense played really well.

Guess who let the team down again?

Welp, except that they gave up just enough important plays to lose the game. Other than that they were fine.

Secondary is still terrible and needs to be shot at dawn....