Ten Things From Today's Game

[gblowfish]

Merry Frickin' Christmas....

1) Announced attendance over 70,000. Actual attendance probably 50,000. Upstairs about half full.

2) Didn't see many guys wearing bags over their heads, but did see two great signs. One was three guys way upstairs holding 3 neon green signs that said...

GET......OVER......IT

Very nice.

Second one was with about 2 minutes left in the game under the big scoreboard, some guys unfurled a big long white sheet that covered from goalpost to goalpost that said (not sure if this is exact...)

GET RID OF CARL AND SEND HERM WITH HIM

3) I'm starting to fear Brodie Croyle is the next Todd Sackledge. Two TDs, but two costly picks in the second half. I can see King Carl (if he's still here) bringing in yet another journeyman QB like a Krieg, or DeBerg or Bono...to challenge Brodie next year. I think Huard is toast. I'm not sold on Brodie. He has yet to win a start. Sometimes your QB has to will the team to victory. Not sure if Brodie has the chops to do that.

4) If there is a silver lining, we found out Kolby Smith can play. Dude is every bit as good as Michael Bennett. Wonder if he can return kicks?

5) When was the last time the Chiefs didn't have a kicker and a kick returner? We have to find a kicking solution for the long term, and we have to find a guy who can be a threat on kickoff returns. How does Eddie Drummond cash his paycheck with a straight face?

6) Chris Terry is now free to start his career as a Sears Sales Associate, selling riding mowers or Kenmore Washers. Best of luck to him in his retail career. I told him three weeks ago the only way he'd see the Raiders next year at Arrowhead was to buy a ticket. I was right. Good Riddance.

7) Who the hell is Dick Curl and why do we need him around? He's just a grumpy old man who annoys our QBs, as far as I can tell....

8) I think Solari and Gunther could both be gone at the end of the year. Neither has done an acceptable job this year.

9) What happened to Turk and Tank this year? They have been inconsequential as draft picks. Boone and Edwards play more than they do, and today Jimmy Wilkerson outplayed both of them. There goes another poor 2 and 3 pick. We need impact players with those picks. Chiefs just can't get value for high picks. Junior Siavii, Eddie Freeman, Mike Cloud, etc etc etc....

10) Selected Chiefs Merchandise 50% off next weekend at the Chiefs Pavillion. I'm sure they'll have people camping out for that next weekend. Buy a lot of crap....Carl is counting on you.

No reason to screw up our draft at this point. Play all rookies. Run the ball.
Trade Tony G to give him a chance to win a SB in the few years he has left.

Think the Jets fans will get a big kick out of beating Herm last game of the season? I think they'll have a big day at home and try to embarrass Herm... like that's something new this year.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

I'm not saying he will or won't be.

But I can say that I KNOW that we don't have a single decent projected OL starter.

That at best, we have 2 DTOTF.

Nothing at MLB for the future.

Nothing at CB for the future.

1 player at WR for the future.

We don't know for sure what we have in Croyle. But we do know that we have SERIOUS holes at just about every other position on the roster.

And the guys who are coming out at those positions I mentioned all project to be ELITE. But the QB class is a question mark.

Question:

If Ryan, Ellis, J. Long, Laurintaitis, and both Jenkins were available at our pick, who would you take? Please list in order of preference.

Are we still playing this defense and all that.....if so...it will also depend on scouts evaluations and all that but I'd honestly probably rank them in my view like this in order of how I'd pick them...

Ryan, Ellis, Laurinitis, Long and then the Jenkins....I but Long there because of the depth of OL and the Corners last because it's a deep year for them, cover 2, and building a defense back to front isn't wise.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by Delano

So... to clarify, you believe Croyle is injury prone and will be a mediocre starter? Or.. Croyle is injury prone and that will make him mediocre, despite his possession of all the skills needed to be a good QB?

A bit of a combination actually.....When he was in the draft he reminded me of Rob Johnson. I still see some of that.....I'll come up with a better comparison at some point though.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Are we still playing this defense and all that.....if so...it will also depend on scouts evaluations and all that but I'd honestly probably rank them in my view like this in order of how I'd pick them...

Ryan, Ellis, Laurinitis, Long and then the Jenkins....I but Long there because of the depth of OL and the Corners last because it's a deep year for them, cover 2, and building a defense back to front isn't wise.

Yeah, assuming that Herm is still here and we're still playing the same schemes.....

I'd have them in the exact same order starting with Ellis, and having Ryan at the end.

I think Ellis and Laurinaitis are head and shoulders ahead of the rest of that list.

After those two, I guess I could live with any of those picks, but there's no way at least one of those two aren't available at our pick, unless we win out and **** up our draft standing.

[Mecca]

I'm 99% sure Laurinitis isn't coming out.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by Mecca

I'm 99% sure Laurinitis isn't coming out.

??????

First I'd heard of it. He's all but guaranteed to be a Top 10 pick. That isn't going to change for the better if he stays in school.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

??????

First I'd heard of it. He's all but guaranteed to be a Top 10 pick. That isn't going to change for the better if he stays in school.

Joe Schad that guy who does college stuff for ESPN was on the news station roughly 2 days ago. He said he talked to him about it and said James you are projected as high as the 2nd round to the Pats, are you leaving.

He said he was told by Laurenitis that he would love to play for the Pats but he was likely returning to school. And that there were 10 Buckeyes that had applied for the draft and he was going to talk to them and try to get them to stay.

[Smed1065]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

Marino set records with below average receivers, no running game, and a shitty O line.

Sound familar. It was the fire inside that made him great.

Brodie is as quiet as a mouse.

I feel that will change as the years playing in the NFL continue, especially if it with the Chiefs! That are he will be JA.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Joe Schad that guy who does college stuff for ESPN was on the news station roughly 2 days ago. He said he talked to him about it and said James you are projected as high as the 2nd round to the Pats, are you leaving.

He said he was told by Laurenitis that he would love to play for the Pats but he was likely returning to school. And that there were 10 Buckeyes that had applied for the draft and he was going to talk to them and try to get them to stay.

Interesting.

I'm betting he changes his mind when half of the team officially declare for the draft.

[CoMoChief]

This is why Herman Edwards fails as a HC and is why he needs to go if this team is ever gonna go in the right direction.

Quote from Jared Allen.

“I don’t know what the hell is going on,” Allen said. “It’s like, one bad thing happens, and we just fall apart. … Maybe we’re just happy with playing close. I don’t know what it is. But it’s obviously a habit for us now. We’ve almost won a lot of games. That’s what we do. We almost win. Maybe there are too many people OK with that.”