Chiefs A quick note about the Chiefs' coaching and intelligence - Page 3

**Rain Man** · 01-20-2023, 01:18 PM

I watch other games, and I shake my head.

You see coaches not being able to get plays called in. Players lining up in the wrong spot. Players running out of bounds when they should stay in bounds, or staying in bounds when they should have run out of bounds. Players who don't know the game situation and celebrate a first down when they need to be lining up in a hurry up. Snapping the ball at the wrong time.

We never see players or coaches botching up stuff like that. We call plays with enough time to snow globe. We see Kelce and Mahomes designing plays with 13 seconds left because they see some gap in the defense. We see offensive linemen running downfield to call time outs when the clock situation is dire. Patrick Mahomes II knows every rule, down and distance, and clock situation there is.

I love how intelligent this team is from top to bottom, and how the coaches train the team so well.

MahomesIsTheMVP · 01-20-2023, 08:22 PM

My favorite team is the smartest team!

RaidersOftheCellar · 01-20-2023, 08:24 PM

Mensa Chiefs.

Peter Gibbons · 01-20-2023, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ptlyon

Beans, said Homer.

Extra rep for anyone who knows what that is reference to.

The book: “Who’s a Pest. A Homer story”?

**cdcox** · 01-20-2023, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by scho63

Last week I was seconds away from driving to Buffalo and beat the shit out of the Dolphins OC and Head Coach for being complete ****ups in having EVERY GOD DAMN PLAY go down to 0 on the clock and them rushing.

Then at the end they squandered at least 30 seconds huddling and doing stupid clock management shit including a substitution at 12 seconds. They had several delay of games and could have had another 4-5 as the refs gave them some leeway.

In my 52 years of watching pro football, this was the WORSE by a mile.

I went to r/miamidolphins after the game to read the carnage. There was none. Fins fans were perfectly happy with the season and Mike McDaniel. The game being closer than expected wiped away accountability on McDaniel reading the Denny’s menu while the clock was going tick tick tick.

MagicHef · 01-20-2023, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Rasputin

Should do a poll to find out who we think is the most intellectual team to the least intellectual team. My hunch is the Raiders and Broncos would be the bottom feeders.

Wilson knows the audibles for two different teams! He just can’t remember which is which.

JimNasium · 01-20-2023, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by trndobrd

If that the biggest problem, I’ll take “Scoring too quickly”. Other team’ fans must feel like we did back in the Edwards / Brodie Croyle era when the problem was simply “scoring”.

It’s certainly all relative, isn’t it?

**ptlyon** · 01-20-2023, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter Gibbons

The book: “Who’s a Pest. A Homer story”?

Yep. Now, how did you know that?

Bl00dyBizkitz · 01-20-2023, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

I went to r/miamidolphins after the game to read the carnage. There was none. Fins fans were perfectly happy with the season and Mike McDaniel. The game being closer than expected wiped away accountability on McDaniel reading the Denny’s menu while the clock was going tick tick tick.

Damn, that's sad.

Pitt Gorilla · 01-20-2023, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by scho63

Last week I was seconds away from driving to Buffalo and beat the shit out of the Dolphins OC and Head Coach for being complete ****ups in having EVERY GOD DAMN PLAY go down to 0 on the clock and them rushing.

Then at the end they squandered at least 30 seconds huddling and doing stupid clock management shit including a substitution at 12 seconds. They had several delay of games and could have had another 4-5 as the refs gave them some leeway.

In my 52 years of watching pro football, this was the WORSE by a mile.

The things we make look easy are actually really difficult. Once a play is over, there is down and distance, play selection, personnel groupings, play articulation, motion, and then snap.

Peter Gibbons · 01-21-2023, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ptlyon

Yep. Now, how did you know that?

I tried multiple approaches to solve the riddle:
First I tried to recall if anywhere in my past I had come across these words. While having a near eidetic memory, I must admit, this approach failed me.
Then I tried a self-hypnotic regression to see if I could possibly retrieve a blocked or regressed memory. This also produced no joy.
Feeling desperate, I tried to tap the Akashic plane and access all cosmic knowledge and data in the universe. However, I again could not solve the riddle.
Then, in a stroke of inspiration I realized I just Google "Beans, said Homer" and cut/paste the results into my response. This approach worked for me.
It's a fairly obscure reference, how did you come to know it by heart?

scho63 · 01-21-2023, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

The things we make look easy are actually really difficult. Once a play is over, there is down and distance, play selection, personnel groupings, play articulation, motion, and then snap.

I understand different moments in the game that get away from the coaches or players but holy ****, it was EVERY PLAY and I'm not exaggerating.

It was a train wreck.

**Rain Man** · 01-21-2023, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

The things we make look easy are actually really difficult. Once a play is over, there is down and distance, play selection, personnel groupings, play articulation, motion, and then snap.

I'm kind of amazed at how smoothly personnel changes happen in the NFL. You'll see players running on and off the field all the time, and there are seldom mistakes. It all happens really fast, too.

Pitt Gorilla · 01-21-2023, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm kind of amazed at how smoothly personnel changes happen in the NFL. You'll see players running on and off the field all the time, and there are seldom mistakes. It all happens really fast, too.

I would HATE to be in charge of that stuff. You've got to choose a good play within 1-2? seconds of the last one ending and then do literally everything else. Chiefs are amazing at it.

(If we aren't, though, it's clearly EB's fault.)

**cdcox** · 01-22-2023, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

I would HATE to be in charge of that stuff. You've got to choose a good play within 1-2? seconds of the last one ending and then do literally everything else.

Not if you’re Mark McDaniel. Get it done with 12 seconds left and all good.

the steam · 01-22-2023, 08:02 AM

Agree with OP, our players seem to know the situation much better than other teams. But do they really deserve a medal for doing their job? Any player in the NFL has been playing football since they were about 7 years old and knowing what to do in specific situations is quite literally their job. A job they are paid very well to do. Their is absolutely no reason for any player on any team not to know what is going on.

With these guys it is THEIR JOB to know where you are supposed to line up, what blitzers to pick up, not to jump offsides on 3rd and 3, to get plays in in a timely manner, to know all the audibles, when to field or not to touch a punted ball, etc.

These guys will make bonehead mistakes as long as the owners don't hold players and coaches accountable. Did Dee Ford ever play another game for us after his horrible mental error? I don't think he did and rightly so.

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the steam Starter Join Date: Nov 2012 Casino cash: $6944900	Agree with OP, our players seem to know the situation much better than other teams. But do they really deserve a medal for doing their job? Any player in the NFL has been playing football since they were about 7 years old and knowing what to do in specific situations is quite literally their job. A job they are paid very well to do. Their is absolutely no reason for any player on any team not to know what is going on. With these guys it is THEIR JOB to know where you are supposed to line up, what blitzers to pick up, not to jump offsides on 3rd and 3, to get plays in in a timely manner, to know all the audibles, when to field or not to touch a punted ball, etc. These guys will make bonehead mistakes as long as the owners don't hold players and coaches accountable. Did Dee Ford ever play another game for us after his horrible mental error? I don't think he did and rightly so.
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