Chiefs My 10 Keys to Beating Denver - Page 4

**BossChief** · 11-13-2013, 08:54 PM

1) Dontari Poe pushing that pocket. If he is able to make Manning move left to right consistently, that's gonna give Hali and Houston opportunities to strip that ball and hit the 5head.

2) No drops. We are gonna need every yard. Every first down. Alex needs to be able to get in a rhythm and keep the offense moving and putting points on the board. Dropped passes kill drives and we can't afford to have that happen against a team like Denver. We need to play a near perfect game to win.

3) Hitting Manning. Over and over. He needs to get hit almost every drop back. Force them to get the ball out before they want to and let our guys make plays on the ball. Hitting that egghead early and often without sending blitzers is imperative in winning this one. It's gonna
be cold and he isn't gonna want to move too much to get the ball out. If we can consistently hit him and make his injury really bother him, we can take over the game in the third and fourth quarter. We just need to keep it close until then. IMO of course.

4) Keep Dunta Robinson off the field. Nuff said.

5) Replace Jeff Allen with Schwartz. Allen just gets beat way too much to keep that starting spot.

6) Move Hussein Abdullah into the starting free safety spot. Manning will be targeting Lewi over and over if he is out there. Same goes for Dunta Robinson. From what I've seen since day one, Hussein is the second best safety on this team in almost every measurable way. Faster, more physical, better instincts, better ball skills. Just a better player.

7) Take the ball away without giving up the big play. All 3 of our corners, DJ and Berry all have good ball skills and we need to take advantage of the fact that Manning will be looking to get the ball out early by jumping some of the short routes. It's gonna be COLD and there will be opportunities for big plays in the secondary...we need to take advantage of those chances. 1 dropped pick could be the difference in the games momentum.

8) Eric Fisher will need to show why we picked him first overall and he has his work cut out for him. Von Miller is about as good a player as he will face all year and he needs to have a solid game against him. If Miller is able to run wild and we need to keep a tight end in to block, that's gonna hurt Alex Smiths chances of moving the chains through the air. Which leads me to...

9) Alex Smith needs to bleed that defense for every inch Sunday night. He needs to be pinpoint accurate all night and take advantage of the defense compensating to stop Charles. We need 300 yards from Alex and no turnovers to have a chance. 260 passing 2tds and 50 rushing would be perfect. A rushing td would be an added bonus that is probably needed to beat a team like Denver.

10) Shutting down their running game without giving up too much bad info for play action passing because Peyton will be watching. Their running game is better than in years past and we need to atop it at the point of attack and not force ourselves to committ too much safety help to doing so. If we can do that we should be in good shape on third downs.

If we take care of those things, I think we have a good chance at beating Denver in their place and being a possible superbowl favorite come Monday morning.

**BossChief** · 11-13-2013, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Simply Red

If they pull this off, I'll then believe we will win a playoff game.

If they can pull this off, there is absolutely no reason they can't at least make it to the superbowl this year. There won't be a tougher situation to go into than Denver on Sunday night of any AFC prospective playoff team.

We would also have a 2 game lead on the AFC for homefield advantage with 6 games to play and if we can beat the Broncos at Invesco, we can beat ANYONE at Arrowhead.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 11-13-2013, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BossChief

If they can pull this off, there is absolutely no reason they can't at least make it to the superbowl this year. There won't be a tougher situation to go into than Denver on Sunday night of any AFC prospective playoff team.

We would also have a 2 game lead on the AFC for homefield advantage with 6 games to play and if we can beat the Broncos at Invesco, we can beat ANYONE at Arrowhead.

This is the most important game we've played in YEARS. More important than that 2010, bullshit PO game for sure.

**BossChief** · 11-13-2013, 11:33 PM

Let's not get too worked up.

I give us a 20% chance at coming out with a w.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 11-13-2013, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by BossChief

Let's not get too worked up.

I give us a 20% chance at coming out with a w.

50/50.

MagicHef · 11-13-2013, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SNR

If the refs do their jobs on Sunday night, Hali will get at least one holding penalty called his way.

If he doesn't, it's reasonable to believe that the refs were choosing to ignore it all night.

Do you honestly believe this? If so, that's pretty sad.

According to you, the refs didn't do their jobs when the Chiefs played the Jaguars, Cowboys, Eagles, Titans, Raiders, Texans, or Bills. They must have been protecting all those marquee QBs.

Sorter · 11-13-2013, 11:36 PM

Allen Bailey/Catapano are going to have to produce in subs for KC to win.

Incidentally, that's a matchup that looks quite nice.

thabear04 · 11-13-2013, 11:38 PM

Keep manning off the field too.

We need to play like against the Eagles game.

wink91wink · 11-13-2013, 11:47 PM

It's not a matter of whether we win or lose, as long as we score more points than the other team.

Nightfyre · 11-13-2013, 11:49 PM

My three keys for the defense:
1) Win the press-coverage battle - disrupting the timing of the routes and picks is going to be crucial to creating enough time for an effective pass-rush.

2) Pressure - Peyton Manning scrambling is Peyton Manning choking. Interior pressure + Tamba/Houston doing what they do.

3) Strong safety play - at some point, the press coverage will fail. Safeties need to read the play as it develops and take good routes to save the top from getting blown off.

**DaneMcCloud** · 11-13-2013, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Sorter

Allen Bailey/Catapano are going to have to produce in subs for KC to win.

Incidentally, that's a matchup that looks quite nice.

http://www.nfl.com/injuries?team=KC

Catapano: Limited participation in practice.

Hopefully he'll be ready Sunday night. If not, I believe Toribio will sub in his place.

RunKC · 11-13-2013, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sorter

Allen Bailey/Catapano are going to have to produce in subs for KC to win.

Incidentally, that's a matchup that looks quite nice.

I think DeVito will do a great job too. He's really been the unsung hero of this defense.

The guy is a solid run defender and pushes the pocket often enough to be consistent.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 11-13-2013, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by RunKC

I think DeVito will do a great job too. He's really been the unsung hero of this defense.

The guy is a solid run defender and pushes the pocket often enough to be consistent.

This. He's been a great asset.

Sorter · 11-13-2013, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

http://www.nfl.com/injuries?team=KC

Catapano: Limited participation in practice.

Hopefully he'll be ready Sunday night. If not, I believe Toribio will sub in his place.

I hope so. I don't know if they'd play Toribio in the 3, they'd probably use Tyson as he got more reps than Toribio there this year and last. Could be wrong though. Bailey will get the majority (if not all) of the snaps there in all likelihood.

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Originally Posted by RunKC

I think DeVito will do a great job too. He's really been the unsung hero of this defense.

The guy is a solid run defender and pushes the pocket often enough to be consistent.

He's not going to play the 3 in our sub packages though, unless some injuries occur IMO.

tmh · 11-14-2013, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by tk13

We need to score more points than the Broncos. That's a huge key to winning this game. We will not win the game if we do not score more points than them.

Man i was hoping for the score less points and still win.... Shit!

ThaVirus · 11-14-2013, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Psyko Tek

**** THIS
one play game over
DO NOT RECEIVE THE KICK OFF

Ah, man, I had totally forgotten about this one here. I don't know what the **** Reid's problem is but we need to start choosing to kick the ball off to start the game. Peyton is a master at ending the first half with a scoring drive then getting the ball back to start the 3rd quarter.

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Originally Posted by Nightfyre

My three keys for the defense:
1) Win the press-coverage battle - disrupting the timing of the routes and picks is going to be crucial to creating enough time for an effective pass-rush.

2) Pressure - Peyton Manning scrambling is Peyton Manning choking. Interior pressure + Tamba/Houston doing what they do.

3) Strong safety play - at some point, the press coverage will fail. Safeties need to read the play as it develops and take good routes to save the top from getting blown off.

This is a good assessment here and I had not taken that into account. Houston, Hali and Poe could all have great games but it won't do much with how quickly Peyton likes to get rid of the ball. We're not going to have 4+ seconds to get to him unless we're jamming those pussy receivers off the line and disrupting their timing. We'll need those extra couple seconds for the pass rush to get home.

DJ needs to be a beast flying across the field in the run game and taking away the RB passing outlets as well.

11-13-2013, 08:54 PM
BossChief SuperBowl or bust Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: BF Iowa Casino cash: $1454088	My 10 Keys to Beating Denver 1) Dontari Poe pushing that pocket. If he is able to make Manning move left to right consistently, that's gonna give Hali and Houston opportunities to strip that ball and hit the 5head. 2) No drops. We are gonna need every yard. Every first down. Alex needs to be able to get in a rhythm and keep the offense moving and putting points on the board. Dropped passes kill drives and we can't afford to have that happen against a team like Denver. We need to play a near perfect game to win. 3) Hitting Manning. Over and over. He needs to get hit almost every drop back. Force them to get the ball out before they want to and let our guys make plays on the ball. Hitting that egghead early and often without sending blitzers is imperative in winning this one. It's gonna be cold and he isn't gonna want to move too much to get the ball out. If we can consistently hit him and make his injury really bother him, we can take over the game in the third and fourth quarter. We just need to keep it close until then. IMO of course. 4) Keep Dunta Robinson off the field. Nuff said. 5) Replace Jeff Allen with Schwartz. Allen just gets beat way too much to keep that starting spot. 6) Move Hussein Abdullah into the starting free safety spot. Manning will be targeting Lewi over and over if he is out there. Same goes for Dunta Robinson. From what I've seen since day one, Hussein is the second best safety on this team in almost every measurable way. Faster, more physical, better instincts, better ball skills. Just a better player. 7) Take the ball away without giving up the big play. All 3 of our corners, DJ and Berry all have good ball skills and we need to take advantage of the fact that Manning will be looking to get the ball out early by jumping some of the short routes. It's gonna be COLD and there will be opportunities for big plays in the secondary...we need to take advantage of those chances. 1 dropped pick could be the difference in the games momentum. 8) Eric Fisher will need to show why we picked him first overall and he has his work cut out for him. Von Miller is about as good a player as he will face all year and he needs to have a solid game against him. If Miller is able to run wild and we need to keep a tight end in to block, that's gonna hurt Alex Smiths chances of moving the chains through the air. Which leads me to... 9) Alex Smith needs to bleed that defense for every inch Sunday night. He needs to be pinpoint accurate all night and take advantage of the defense compensating to stop Charles. We need 300 yards from Alex and no turnovers to have a chance. 260 passing 2tds and 50 rushing would be perfect. A rushing td would be an added bonus that is probably needed to beat a team like Denver. 10) Shutting down their running game without giving up too much bad info for play action passing because Peyton will be watching. Their running game is better than in years past and we need to atop it at the point of attack and not force ourselves to committ too much safety help to doing so. If we can do that we should be in good shape on third downs. If we take care of those things, I think we have a good chance at beating Denver in their place and being a possible superbowl favorite come Monday morning.
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11-13-2013, 11:49 PM	#54
Nightfyre MVP Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Helena, MT Casino cash: $3328849	My three keys for the defense: 1) Win the press-coverage battle - disrupting the timing of the routes and picks is going to be crucial to creating enough time for an effective pass-rush. 2) Pressure - Peyton Manning scrambling is Peyton Manning choking. Interior pressure + Tamba/Houston doing what they do. 3) Strong safety play - at some point, the press coverage will fail. Safeties need to read the play as it develops and take good routes to save the top from getting blown off.
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