Eleven Things About Tonight's Game: Week 12

[gblowfish]

Eleven Things About Tonight’s Game: Week 12

11. DOINK. You get one extra thing for overtime.

10. Wow. Ain’t it fun to beat the Donks in Denver? I’ve been traumatized so many times by Horse Face, and Five Head, and Bubby Frickin’ Brister, and now by some guy named Spunky Semen. The Donks pushed it all night long, trying to win on a 62 yard field goal. Only problem was, they left KC with the ball and a minute to go at midfield. And as we all know, there’s nothing prettier than banking in the nine ball to finish running the table. After Denver jumped over the center to block a field goal and win in New Orleans a few weeks back, all I can say is, to do this in front of 76,000 of their smug fans, their victory this time was IN-COM-PLETE.

9. So much good and so much bad in this game I hardly know how or where to begin. Coming into the game, it didn’t look good. Donks have won the division five straight times. They are the defending Super Bowl Champs. They had two weeks to prepare for this game. They had won eight straight on National Night Time TV games played in their home stadium. The last time the Chiefs were on National Night Time TV on the road, they got their ass kicked in Pittsburgh. Chiefs were missing their best wide out (Maclin) a starting DB (Nelson) a starting DE (Howard) and during the game lost playing time from Poe, Houston, DJ and Hali for injury, all of whom are All-Pros. Also, when you factor in that Phillip Gaines gave up more passing yards personally to the Donks (209 yards and 2 TDs) - that’s more than Alex had in the entire game, INCLUDING OT (190 yards and 1 TD). This is one of those games that if you look at the stat sheet, there’s no way KC should have won. But they’ve had the knack to win head scratchers, and this may be the grand daddy of them all.

8. Denver converted 7 of their last 9 attempts on third down. KC’s defense again this week could not get the opponent off the field on third down. KC came into the game as one of the worst teams for red zone conversion to TDs (only the Jets are worse) and one of the worst teams on third down. Coming into the game they were 36% for the season converting third down. Tonight they were 29%, which was even worse. Alex was pathetic in the first half. He was 5 of 12 for 26 frickin passing yards at halftime, with 49 measly yards of total offense. Remarkably, the Chiefs were up 9-3 thanks to points scored by the defense and special teams. Chiefs defense didn’t wilt until the second half, when Phillip Gaines got barbecued like a brisket. Gaines made a decent stop in OT to force the 62 yard field goal attempt, which was redemption. Peters was conspicuously quiet tonight, as the Donks wanted no part of him or his side of the field.

7. Three players mattered on offense: Hill, Kelce, and Alex. We’ll take them one by one. Hill had a game for Chiefs history tonight. He’s the first rookie since Gayle Sayers in 1965 to have a rushing, pass receiving and kick return TD in one game. Outstanding. Plus he made several key plays in the final drive and in OT. His play made a difference when it counted. Kid could be All-Pro his first season. His return on the free kick after the safety was a thing of beauty, shades of Dante Hall tormenting the Donks back in the day. No bigger play than to get the TD at the end of regulation. And of all guys to catch the two point try, Mister Harris of the Stone Hands himself. And it was a tough catch with a guy draped all over him.

6. Kelce had an incredibly mixed game. He started horribly, dropping three or four passes in the first three quarters of the game. He ended up with eight grabs for 101 yards. He’s one of the few NFL tight ends that leads his team in receptions and yards for the season. He is a primary weapon. His final catch to secure the bank shot field goal was almost dropped. If you watch that play he almost lost the ball on the way to tucking it in. Big time players make big time plays. That was a big time play.

5. Alex was well on his way to being the goat once again. He averaged 3.8 yards per pass and was sacked six times. He was killing me in the first three quarters. How many six yard passes on third and ten? Too many. How many passes for loss? Too many. How many balls thrown deep down field? None. His receivers didn’t do him a lot of favors, especially in the first half. KC had no first downs in the second quarter. When your offense only generates seven points before the final two minute drill, it’s bleak. But Alex engineered a world class drive to get the game tied. 75 yards on 13 plays with NO timeouts left, AND nail the two point conversion on the road. Credit where credit is due. That was big. And Schwartz was getting his lunch ate by Von Miller all night long. Why they didn’t double team Miller, or leave a back in to pick him up on obvious passing situations, I don’t know. Fisher seemed to handle Ware pretty well, only giving up one sack. Alex got sacked six times and still won the game. That’s endeavoring to persevere.

4. Special teams gets the game ball. Colquitt punted like a beast; nine punts including a 61 yarder. Winchester the long snapper got the only turnover, a muffed punt. Hill scores on the free kick; The Midget makes all his field goals and PATs. Denver did nothing on returns and had no chance on kickoffs. Well done Dave Toub.

3. Justin Houston was officially Justin Houston, and not a minute too soon. Three Sacks, forcing a safety, many run stuffs, led the team in solo tackles with ten. His effort was Derrick Thomas like. Nunez-Roches played another good game, being forced into full game service when Poe went out. Chris Jones knocked down passes and collapsed the pocket, and chased Spunky Semen all over the field. Berry brought the wood, knocking the day living shit out of several Donks. The pass rush also force Denver into several holding penalties. The Donks had 15 penalties for just shy of 100 yards, including one against their head coach for bumping into a ref running down the sideline. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that happen in a game before. Plus the refs actually called the Donks for overloading the formation on a field goal block, putting seven guys on one side of the center. That took points off the board, and led to getting a TD instead of taking a field goal.

2. I think if Denver goes for it on fourth down instead of trying the 62 yard field goal, they may have won. They had converted several third and longs in their final three of four drives, and our DBs were prone to illegal contact or DPIs. If they fling one up on Gaines or DJ White or anybody not named Peters, they would have a pretty good chance of moving into better range. I think Kubiak didn’t respect KC’s offense, and thought even if his guy missed, he could hold KC for one minute, and get the tie. Luckily, we were left just enough time to pull it off.

1. This game will go down in Chiefs fans memory like Marcus flying through the snowflakes and over the line to score. Like Montana to Willie Davis to beat Horse Face. Like Dante Hall going all Daffy Duck on kick returns. Like Jamaal Charles running for over 200 yards. It’s a doozie. We still owe them for years of playoff pain. So no matter how good this win feels, much like the Colts, we owe these bastards some playoff pain. Right now Denver is outside looking in. They’re chasing both KC and the Fade. Even San Diego won today at Houston. So this win was HUUUUGE. Let’s hope to get healthy bodies back for the trip to Atlanta. Julio Jones vs. Phillip Gaines is a very scary thought. Tomorrow, KC will be very sleepy at work, but it will be a fabulous Monday!

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Yeah yeah, we're enemies because of politics now... or whatever

But to my point, are you good with 3.8 per attempt?

I'm good with a double overtime win in Denver against the best defense in the NFL after our QB got sacked six times and our secondary was leaking like a sieve all game.

So, yeah. 3.8 ypa is absolutely inconsequential at this point for this specific game.

Win. In Denver.

If it was 0.7 ypa, it's a win. In Denver. Why would a 3.8 ypa be even a talking point in this game? A Divisional game, on the road. Against the best pass defense in the NFL. That resulted in a Chiefs win.

So, yeah. 3.8 ypa DOES NOT MATTER for a single game. That we won.

And I'm sorry that you think that this has anything to do with politics. It doesn't.

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Yeah yeah, we're enemies because of politics now... or whatever

But to my point, are you good with 3.8 per attempt?

No

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

I'm good with an OT win against the #1 defense. That's what I'm good with

Yes


For all the times we hear anyone anywhere talk about anyone not the chiefs, and say "a W is a W"......

[UK_Chief]

Missed the game and only just seen the highlights/result. Wow, what a game! Somehow managed to win. Great to see Houston back and Hill, man that kid is special. Looks like he will score every time he touches it. Props to Alex to the 2 point conversion as well. I was thinking "we never convert these this will be game over" and there it was!

Amazing win

[tmax63]

I kept waiting for the "other shoe to drop" the whole 2nd half. That has to be one of the best games of the year for the entire NFL. Sitting on the edge of your chair, screaming, and throwing shit at the tv for both teams. Nobody could get comfortable for the whole game.

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

Originally Posted by UK_Chief

Missed the game and only just seen the highlights/result. Wow, what a game! Somehow managed to win. Great to see Houston back and Hill, man that kid is special. Looks like he will score every time he touches it. Props to Alex to the 2 point conversion as well. I was thinking "we never convert these this will be game over" and there it was!

Amazing win

Props to Harris for catching that despite being shit for us this season

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

Seriously, shut the **** up for once. Luck, Winston, Carr, Rivers couldn't even throw for 200 yards on that pass defense and we happened to play them when they had all their starters.

****ing idiot. Common sense. Holy. Shit.

how many of them got a full extra 15 minutes to get those yards?

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by jjchieffan

Great write up George. I figured something would be in there about Reid refusing to throw the challenge flag, but other than that, you covered the game well

Yep, he could have won two challenges.

[Al Czervik]

Great read George....
Thanks for Sharing!!!!

[Spott]

Awesome read as usual. Fell asleep at 10-9 and woke up to saw that we won and watched the crazy highlights. I'm amazed that all of those breaks went our way. The refs actually reviewed and gave us the correct TD call, we converted the 2 point conversion to tie and got the FG off the upright made me think it was April Fools day.

[scho63]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

Eleven Things About Tonight’s Game: Week 12

11. DOINK. You get one extra thing for overtime.
That sounded more like "BOING" when it hit. It was loud!

10. Wow. Ain’t it fun to beat the Donks in Denver?
It sure is! Once again, looking at the stats you wouldn't think we won out gained by nearly 200 yards. It sure wasn't pretty but the win-loss column is just numbers and not pictures.

9. So much good and so much bad in this game I hardly know how or where to begin.
Offense is just a pathetic turd for three quarters of every game this year. I'm still in shock how the hell we won. Justin Houston, Tyreek Hill, and Eric Berry had great games along with our D Line.


8. Denver converted 7 of their last 9 attempts on third down. KC’s defense again this week could not get the opponent off the field on third down.
Defense is just really aggressive but VERY OVERRATED as we are the 30th team in the league at stopping opponents on third down.

7. Three players mattered on offense: Hill, Kelce, and Alex.
Hill has become a phenomenal player already and the fact that he can CATCH everything thrown to him along with his blazing speed is a great asset. He puts the prior DAT and DEX midgets to shame!

6. Kelce had an incredibly mixed game.
He said in pregame interview he is in the elite class of TE's. I have to politely disagree because he still has too many drops and near the end of the game he was showboating when he should have run back to the line. Not sure many people caught that. He needs to watch and emulate Ed Whitten or watch films of Tony G. Those are elite TE's

5. Alex was well on his way to being the goat once again.
He started going fetal and all Cassel like for a while and it looked like all hope was lost. He was TERRIBLE for just over 3 quarters and certainly redeemed himself in the end.
I've said this multiple times in multiple threads but I am repeating myself for emphasis and the importance of it; Alex has HURT us this year by NOT running at all and holds onto the ball just a little longer than last year. He made a LOT of first downs last year on third and long with his feet. This year, I don't know of one time he did. HUGE difference when the opponents defense no longer fears him leaving the pocket to gain yards.

4. Special teams gets the game ball.
All around a GREAT performance including great coverage and no penalties on ST that I can remember.

3. Justin Houston was officially Justin Houston
Nunez-Roches played another good game
Chris Jones knocked down passes and collapsed the pocket
Berry brought the wood, knocking the day living shit out of several Donks.
The Donks had 15 penalties for just shy of 100 yards
If our secondary played as well as our defensive front, the game wouldn't have been close.
Berry was a CRAZY MAN and I thought he was going to Jack Tatum someone the way he was smashing guys. Really tough MF'er
Nunez-Roches and Jones are really looking good.
The Donks had at LEAST 5 more holds they didn't get called for. I saw 3-4 blatant holds.

2. I think if Denver goes for it on fourth down instead of trying the 62 yard field goal, they may have won.
I thought they were going to go for it myself and when they brought the FG team out, I was relieved and surprised. They actually gave us BETTER field position with a missed FG than had they gained NO YARDS on 4th. I think the Denver media is going to be up Kubiak's ass for that call.

1. This game will go down in Chiefs fans memory Like Montana to Willie Davis to beat Horse Face.
So this win was HUUUUGE. Let’s hope to get healthy bodies back for the trip to Atlanta. Julio Jones vs. Phillip Gaines is a very scary thought. Tomorrow, KC will be very sleepy at work, but it will be a fabulous Monday!
This game for me slides right behind the Monday Night Miracle. If it had been Peyton Manning rather than Sperm Boy, it would be a tie.
Gaines looked like a clueless moron and I think he gave up over 250 yards just by himself, no easy feet. He looked lost out there. I wouldn't want to be him during film session, he may need a disguise.
WE NEED TO GET HEALTHY! That is so important this time of year.
I bet a lot of Chiefs fans will be calling in sick today, the "Red Plague".

GBlowfish I give you immense credit for being able to do this writeup AFTER the game late last night (really early morning) and not having to wait until this morning. My nerves were shot by the end of the game and I felt like a giant weight had been lifted off my shoulders when it ended. I slept so peacefully and with a big smile on my face.

I had this horrible feeling with all the bad luck we have had as suffering Chief's fans, especially with kickers, that Cairo was going to shank it and another curse would be upon this franchise. Alas, it was not meant to be and the football Gods shined upon us once again this season.

We have had a LOT of luck in winning football games this year despite some really poor play, particularly our offensive offense. Maybe just maybe, this will be our year!

Have a great day and hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. See you soon!

[gblowfish]

The Denver Post is a fun read this morning:
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/denver-broncos/

[SAUTO]

good write up once again buddy

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

Props to Smith for throwing that TD despite being shit for us this season

FYP

[tx4chiefs]

Excellent post. Agreed with all of it, only you put it in words way better!

Thanks.

[Kman34]

Great 11 things... but you better watch it.. The spoiled brats around here will start wanting more.. pretty soon you'll be doing 15, then 20, ... where will it end???