Teicher:Grading the Chiefs vs. the Raiders

[Tribal Warfare]

Grading the Chiefs vs. the Raiders

Rushing offense

Grade: B

The raw numbers were fine, but they didn’t give the Chiefs the lift they needed.

Passing offense

Grade: D-

Matt Cassel made the big-time TD throw to Dwayne Bowe but otherwise was a liability in his first start for the Chiefs.

Rushing defense

Grade: A-

A strong effort against a determined running attack.

Passing defense

Grade: B-

A nice performance for 3 1/2 quarters, but what happened after that?

Special teams

Grade: C-

Coverage was good, but Chiefs kickers were outdone by their Oakland counterparts.

Coaching

Grade: F

Plenty of strange decisions from Todd Haley. If the Chiefs had taken that field goal at the end of the first half instead of being greedy …

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by KCWolfman

Led with head

That's not what they called.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

( d) running or diving into, or throwing the body against or on a ball carrier who falls or slips to
the ground untouched and makes no attempt to advance, before or after the ball is dead;

Damn.

That's a dumb rule. He was attempting to get up, which to me is the same thing as an attempt to advance.

So they were supposed to just let him get up and take off? That's stupid.

[Chiefnj2]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Damn.

That's a dumb rule. He was attempting to get up, which to me is the same thing as an attempt to advance.

So they were supposed to just let him get up and take off? That's stupid.

It is stupid which is why it is rarely called and when it is called it's usually a QB hit.