Kevin Kietzman's Sermon Today on 810 Sports

KCJohnny · 12-31-2007, 04:04 PM

KK was in rare form today excoriating King Carl's failure to deliver on the main SB ingredient: a franchise QB.

Among KK's points (and I'm posting them for discussion, not neccessarily aggreeing with them):

SB winning teams build around a franchise QB; not a TE (Gonzalez) or OLT
Denver built its team around Elway; result: 5 SBs
Brady and 4 other Pats are the only constants since 2001; the other 48 players have all been imported to build around Brady
The Colts have 7 #1 picks on their squad: QB, RB, TE, WRS and a CB - no OLT, no LBs/DTs, etc...
Conventional wisdom: 3 of the top 10 draft prospects are QBs
Brodie Croyle is not the QBotF; he is < Jake Plummer
Paying LJ $19 mil was a colossal blunder
Quality OLmen can be selected in the 3-7th rounds
Carl's job might not be as safe as he is telling the media
Herm may resign if he can't get sufficient control to turn things around; he will be hired again in the NFL if that happens
Clark Hunt will address the media next week
A major Chiefs announcement is pending (?)
Solari is as good as gone (will not accept demotion to OL coach)
Chiefs must draft a QB #1 or forget a SB; they may get another 11-5 early exit, but no SB w/o a franchise QB
15 of the last 19 years the Chiefs have had a SB-caliber OL but not the QB to go with it; 20 NFL teams currently have OLs good enough to win a SB but very few have the QB

It was rather disturbing to listen to KK's severe appraisal of young Mr. Croyle. He deplored Croyle's performance in every aspect, and said a strong arm is not enough. 0-6 was plenty of opportunity to see if the potential is there and it clearly is not. He identified Croyle's holding onto the ball, poor reads, missing open receivers, throwing behind the receiver, etc... as performance weaknesses and then he went into the usual riffing about Croyle's durability.

It was pretty compelling the way KK presented it. I agree with much but not sure Croyle can't improve. I was deeply disappointed with Brodie's performance yesterday but 2 things jumped out at me:

1. Gonzo and Bowe dropped about 7 passes between them;

2. Until Croyle learns the touch pass, he's never gonna make it in the NFL. Throwing lazer darts from 5 yards away is stupid.

Happy New Year,
KCJ

12-31-2007, 04:04 PM	Topic Starter
KCJohnny Blind, deceived homer Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Maryland, USA Casino cash: $10004900	Kevin Kietzman's Sermon Today on 810 Sports KK was in rare form today excoriating King Carl's failure to deliver on the main SB ingredient: a franchise QB. Among KK's points (and I'm posting them for discussion, not neccessarily aggreeing with them): SB winning teams build around a franchise QB; not a TE (Gonzalez) or OLT Denver built its team around Elway; result: 5 SBs Brady and 4 other Pats are the only constants since 2001; the other 48 players have all been imported to build around Brady The Colts have 7 #1 picks on their squad: QB, RB, TE, WRS and a CB - no OLT, no LBs/DTs, etc... Conventional wisdom: 3 of the top 10 draft prospects are QBs Brodie Croyle is not the QBotF; he is < Jake Plummer Paying LJ $19 mil was a colossal blunder Quality OLmen can be selected in the 3-7th rounds Carl's job might not be as safe as he is telling the media Herm may resign if he can't get sufficient control to turn things around; he will be hired again in the NFL if that happens Clark Hunt will address the media next week A major Chiefs announcement is pending (?) Solari is as good as gone (will not accept demotion to OL coach) Chiefs must draft a QB #1 or forget a SB; they may get another 11-5 early exit, but no SB w/o a franchise QB 15 of the last 19 years the Chiefs have had a SB-caliber OL but not the QB to go with it; 20 NFL teams currently have OLs good enough to win a SB but very few have the QB It was rather disturbing to listen to KK's severe appraisal of young Mr. Croyle. He deplored Croyle's performance in every aspect, and said a strong arm is not enough. 0-6 was plenty of opportunity to see if the potential is there and it clearly is not. He identified Croyle's holding onto the ball, poor reads, missing open receivers, throwing behind the receiver, etc... as performance weaknesses and then he went into the usual riffing about Croyle's durability. It was pretty compelling the way KK presented it. I agree with much but not sure Croyle can't improve. I was deeply disappointed with Brodie's performance yesterday but 2 things jumped out at me: 1. Gonzo and Bowe dropped about 7 passes between them; 2. Until Croyle learns the touch pass, he's never gonna make it in the NFL. Throwing lazer darts from 5 yards away is stupid. Happy New Year, KCJ
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