Chiefs Thoughts (god forbid) On This Bye Sunday.

[Baby Lee]

I still feel like I am in this strange place where I have more belief in the defense getting the job when they go on that field more so than the offense.

I don't know if I'd go that far. More accurately, for me, it warms my heart that the D can take the field and the dispair isn't immediate. I still have faith in the O, and my faith [and expectations] in the D are steadily imcreasing.
The bye week is nice as it gets us closer to getting Cheek, Kennison, Fujita and Sims back.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

I don't know if I'd go that far. More accurately, for me, it warms my heart that the D can take the field and the dispair isn't immediate. I still have faith in the O, and my faith [and expectations] in the D are steadily imcreasing.
The bye week is nice as it gets us closer to getting Cheek, Kennison, Fujita and Sims back.

I don't not have faith in our offense. I think they will get better...

But when the defense walks out on the field. I generally feel more confident that they will do what they need to more so than the offense.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by ZachKC

I don't not have faith in our offense. I think they will get better...

But when the defense walks out on the field. I generally feel more confident that they will do what they need to more so than the offense.

I can see that confidence in the D when they hold the Ravens to 20 minutes of possession.
I can't see the lack of faith in the O when they possessed for 40.
The O did just fine Monday.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

I can't see the lack of faith in the O when they possessed for 40.
The O did just fine Monday.

They did good. But if we are going to be in the place we want to be they need to be better. I am mostly referring to the chance they had to put the game away late in the 4th by getting a 1st down or 2 and running the clock down. We really need them to be able to do that. The defense had just made a huge stop and then a few plays later they have to be counted on to seal it with another huge stop? Thank god that guy dropped it on 4th down.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by ZachKC

They did good. But if we are going to be in the place we want to be they need to be better. I am mostly referring to the chance they had to put the game away late in the 4th by getting a 1st down or 2 and running the clock down. We really need them to be able to do that. The defense had just made a huge stop and then a few plays later they have to be counted on to seal it with another huge stop? Thank god that guy dropped it on 4th down.

The thing that still scares me, is our propensity for our 'little' mistakes to result in maximum damage. The INT return in the Texans game took us from win to loss. The punt return and bootleg fleaflicker made an utterly dominating display a nailbiter.
We need some mechanism to make sure that the little oopsies, if they must exist, don't turn into points on the board and HUGE swings in momentum.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

The thing that still scares me, is our propensity for our 'little' mistakes to result in maximum damage. The INT return in the Texans game took us from win to loss. The punt return and bootleg fleaflicker made an utterly dominating display a nailbiter.
We need some mechanism to make sure that the little oopsies, if they must exist, don't turn into points on the board and HUGE swings in momentum.

Good point. In the same vein as that I think a big difference from this years offense to last years is that we seem to have a little trouble "pouncing" when other teams make mistakes. I don't have the numbers but it seems like we don't take advantage of turnovers and turn them into as many points as we should.

But like I said I only see this offense getting better.