Coaching has improved

[Wallcrawler]

While the Chiefs did get off to a very ugly start, I have to give it to the coaching staff that they have shown some big improvements over last season.

I would say that the best, and the biggest change this season is the rotation of players, on both sides of the ball. Last season, Sutton coordinated this defense like it was a Madden contest with the fatigue turned off. We rarely saw anyone come out of the game, and in the fourth quarter the guys were just worn out.

This year looks a lot different. We've still got guys going full steam in the fourth, and even though we don't have the greatest players at some positions, having fresh legs can often times make a huge difference in the caliber of play.

Offensively, I haven't seen that much creativity with the playcalling and the formations since Vermiel and Saunders were here. I saw plays last night that Ive NEVER seen the Kansas City Chiefs run, and many of them were big plays.

If this is a sign of things to come, where our offense and our "game manager" quarterback can roll up over 300 yards of offense in ONE HALF against what was supposed to be the main strength of the opposing team, we have a chance to be a pretty scary team down the road.

Clock management in the 2-4 minute range is still God Awful, and I just cant understand why. Clearly Andy Reid is a smart guy. You know how long your plays should take to get communicated, and then executed. How you just let 30 seconds burn off the clock before you spend a timeout when you have an opportunity to score on a defense that has shown NO ability to stop you whatsoever is just beyond me.

The Chiefs are clearly still a work in progress, but Im definitely liking what Im seeing. Constant switching of personell and formations on offense to keep the defense reacting instead of attacking, and a damn solid rotation on defense to keep our guys fresh and able to attack even late into the fourth quarter.

[suzzer99]

I don't understand why teams don't hire some 18-year-old Madden wiz to advise them on clock situations.

[bspence]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

I don't understand why teams don't hire some 18-year-old Madden wiz to advise them on clock situations.

Bill Simmons proposed this years ago and used Andy Reid as the example for why it should be done.

[Jimmya]

Mike Ditka said "People don't really know Andy Reid, he is very smart but also very stubborn." Maybe this hurts his clock managing abilities.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

It looked like Alex was contemplating taking a TO there but he didn't. He should have just taken it. Not blaming him though.

Really? Makes sense just to get it out of reids hands but plenty of opportunity for Smith to screw it up too. I've seen too many instances where he takes way too long to snap the ball, makes questionable decisions about getting rid of the ball instead of taking a clock absorbing sack, etc.... I'm not ripping on the guy but he could be part of the problem too.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by 505 Chief

Did you catch Chucky saying that "fans in Philly were scratching their heads about now"(?) in regards to Reid being more diverse in his playcalling?

He was saying that because Andy Reid was running the ball consistently.

Reid has always had a pretty diverse passing game, but has ignored the running game pretty consistently throughout his previous 14 years.

Utilizing Charles and Davis the way he has over the last couple of weeks is nothing short of shocking.

[tyler360]

If the trend of running the ball continues the way it has then this will be a very dangerous offense.

But if Andy gets to being Andy then he will make the offense too one dimensional.

[jspchief]

Reid has his weaknesses, but he's a good coach.

[DeathByArrows]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

Yeah, Andy being Andy with that halftime clock management. That was a disaster.

He's been a disaster when it comes to clock management for years. That's really the only knock I've ever had on him, and the fact that he abandons the run way too early if it isn't going well.

[tyler360]

Is Dick Curl still available for time management services?

[Kidd Lex]

Originally Posted by milkman

He was saying that because Andy Reid was running the ball consistently.

Reid has always had a pretty diverse passing game, but has ignored the running game pretty consistently throughout his previous 14 years.

Utilizing Charles and Davis the way he has over the last couple of weeks is nothing short of shocking.

This.

Source:

Lived in philly, Andy ignored shady and passed passed passed when he should have ran it like he stole something

[Wallcrawler]

Its tough to argue with results. Maybe Andy finally got tired of having to answer the questions as to why he was the best defender for the opposing team, singlehandedly shutting down our running game for them. People ask how we lost to the Titans, just look at the number of rushes in that game compared to these last two victories. Charles touched the ball 5 times in the first half of that game. That is COMPLETELY inexcusable.

How you take your best player, who accounted for nearly 40 percent of your offense a season ago and just completely ignore him is baffling. He even admitted to it in the postgame presser after the loss.

Kelce has been a shot of adrenaline into the heart of our passing game. Bowe hasn't earned his contract, Avery is inconsistent, and the rest are pretty much a bunch of scrubs that would likely be on the PS of any other football team in the league.

The strength of this team is going to be the 1-2 punch of Jamaal Charles and Knile Davis. With those two guys running the football, Alex Smith becomes so much more dangerous. Play action becomes viable, and Smith has always loved throwing to the TE position where we look to have a rising star once again.

Last night, on throws to Travis Kelce, he was like 8/9 for 90 or so yards and a TD. The one miss being the stupidly bad overthrow early on.

The offense is going to succeed or fail based upon the discipline of Andy Reid. If he sticks with the ground game, and keeps our offense balanced, we will be scary. The O-Line isn't good enough to line up and protect Alex every down in a one-dimensional offensive gameplan. They must have the threat of the run in order for our passing attack to have a chance.

If we get down early in games this season, it may be rough sledding. Its tough for a lot of coaches to stick with that running game even when you're behind on the scoreboard.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

Its tough to argue with results. Maybe Andy finally got tired of having to answer the questions as to why he was the best defender for the opposing team, singlehandedly shutting down our running game for them. People ask how we lost to the Titans, just look at the number of rushes in that game compared to these last two victories. Charles touched the ball 5 times in the first half of that game. That is COMPLETELY inexcusable.

How you take your best player, who accounted for nearly 40 percent of your offense a season ago and just completely ignore him is baffling. He even admitted to it in the postgame presser after the loss.

Kelce has been a shot of adrenaline into the heart of our passing game. Bowe hasn't earned his contract, Avery is inconsistent, and the rest are pretty much a bunch of scrubs that would likely be on the PS of any other football team in the league.

The strength of this team is going to be the 1-2 punch of Jamaal Charles and Knile Davis. With those two guys running the football, Alex Smith becomes so much more dangerous. Play action becomes viable, and Smith has always loved throwing to the TE position where we look to have a rising star once again.

Last night, on throws to Travis Kelce, he was like 8/9 for 90 or so yards and a TD. The one miss being the stupidly bad overthrow early on.

The offense is going to succeed or fail based upon the discipline of Andy Reid. If he sticks with the ground game, and keeps our offense balanced, we will be scary. The O-Line isn't good enough to line up and protect Alex every down in a one-dimensional offensive gameplan. They must have the threat of the run in order for our passing attack to have a chance.

If we get down early in games this season, it may be rough sledding. Its tough for a lot of coaches to stick with that running game even when you're behind on the scoreboard.

Who the **** knows. I mean, it took knile Davis for Andy to realize the need to run the ball. He's had Westbrook, shady McCoy and jamaal charles, and it took a backup rb to show him the importance of running the ball. I sure as shit hope this is a continuing thing and not just some short term gimmick.

[Coogs]

I guess I really didn't have an issue with the clock management. When the drive started, we were on our 11 with over 2 minutes on the clock. IIRC, New England had all 3 timeouts left. I was hoping for a first down to maybe run out the clock.

Then, when we got to their 14 with over a minute to go, I was hoping we would run the clock down to virtually no time left to score either a TD or FG, and leave Brady no time to score the other way. We did that.

Only thing different would have been quick play with 8 seconds to go, but if the pass to Bowe would have been a TD instead of just short of the goal line, I wouldn't have even cared about that.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by milkman

He was saying that because Andy Reid was running the ball consistently.

Reid has always had a pretty diverse passing game, but has ignored the running game pretty consistently throughout his previous 14 years.

Utilizing Charles and Davis the way he has over the last couple of weeks is nothing short of shocking.

I wonder who's been getting in his ear?

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

My God; remember when Herm used to run from the shotgun 99.9% of the time?

I just remembered that.

What a horrible memory.

Memory wipe, please.