Direckshun
08-06-2007, 12:24 AM
BroncoTalk is a pretty good Broncos blog and they recently put up a great post (http://www.broncotalk.net/2007/07/worst-and-10-plays-from-2006/) discussing 2006's worst play by the Donks and the ten best.
While I don't have all 17 games by the Chiefs on hand to put up YouTubes of each (anyone want to help?), I can at least describe my Worst and 10 for the 2006 Chiefs.
Worst -- Brian Waters steps on Trent Green's foot.
It was a close call between this play and the Derek Anderson debacle in Cleveland, but this one stands as a symbolism of the Chiefs' playoff implosion. The Chiefs simply couldn't score, and it wasn't because the Colts boasted an unstoppable defense. It was because even though Ty Law and Larry Johnson got the ball to the Colts' own 1, everything that could have gone wrong, did. With LJ primed for a touchdown, Green was simply too slow getting out of his stance, and a swift Brian Waters stepped on him, tripping him up and spoiling any shot for a touchdown.
10. Eddie Kennison's circus catch in week 17.
Like in week 1, Trent scrambled in week 17, got hit by a Jacksonville defender, and was sent out of the game. This time, it was only a couple of plays -- but oh, what plays they were. Huard soared a 35-yard bomb down the sideline to Eddie Kennison, who was blanketed. Kennison never lost stride even though the ball was over thrown, making a ridiculous, juggling, one-handed snag while walking the tightrope.
9. Greg Wesley intercepts Plummer at Invesco.
It wasn't that studly of a play, really; Plummer was backed into his own endzone and hauled out a 20-yarder to a receiver by the sideline. The receiver was blanketed, but it didn't matter, as Wesley swooped in with great speed and plucked the ball out of the air, setting up a KC field goal. It was only week 2, but the difference between this defense and the Chiefs defenses of years prior was stark. Defense had come back to KC.
8. Lawrence Tynes kicking the game winner against San Diego.
Make that two game-winners. With only a handful of seconds left, LJ and Tony G made play after play after play to bring the team barely within field goal range with three seconds left. The game tied with three seconds to go, everything was in Tynes' hands as he kicked a 48-yarder right through the goalposts. Whistle. False start on the Chiefs. Didn't matter, as Tynes canned the 53-yarder as time expired.
7. Tony Gonzalez hauling half the San Diego defense for 40 yards after the catch.
Just send a tape of this play to the HOF voters when Tony's up for induction. Swiftly finding the soft spot in the middle of the defense 15 yards down, Gonzalez received a Huard pass and darted down the field. A couple Chargers grabbed and held onto Gonzalez, but failed to bring him down. Charger after Charger grabbed onto him, trying to wrestle him down and stripping at the ball. Gonzalez dragged them all for 25 yards until they finally, finally brought him down.
6. Larry Johnson’s 70-yard catch-and-run to seal a W in Arizona.
Putting the finishing touches on a scrappy comeback against an upstart Cardinals squad, LJ caught a Huard pass in the flat and proceeded to beat the entire Cardinals defense around the corner as if they were standing absolutely still. LJ was a blur down the sideline as Sammy Parker desperately tryed to block off a cornerback near the endzone. He mostly succeeded; the cornerback's only alternative was to commit a vicious facemask on LJ, twisting his neck and bringing him down inside the 5. LJ would play the very next week.
5. Jarrad Page intercepting Aaron Brooks in the endzone for the win.
Chiefs-Raiders in the 21st century's looked like Kansas-Missouri in college basketball: one clearly superior (Chiefs/Kansas) squad usually having trouble taking down the other. The Raiders gave the Chiefs a scare off a freakish bomb in the final seconds put the Raiders inside the 10 with a chance to FG for a tie, or TD for a win. But on the Raiders' attempt to get in the endzone, Page darted in front of Randy Moss to intercept a poorly thrown pass and kneeled down in the endzone.
4. Larry Johnson "disappears" before Ian Gold's eyes.
In a game where the score is deceiving of the domination that took place, the Chiefs simply manhandled the Broncos on Thanksgiving in Arrowhead. Highlighting the spanking was a play that defies understanding, even after viewing it a hundred times (which I did). Trent handed the ball off the LJ who darted right behind Brian Waters. Waters clears a hole, but immediately filling the gap was Broncos LB Ian Gold. In a move for the ages, LJ graces from his right to left in a single bound, dashing by Gold, who grabbed nothing but thin air.
3. Bernard Pollard blocks a Jacksonville punt and recovers it for a touchdown.
Week 17 in Arrowhead, a situation where no visiting team's won since 1983 it seems. The Chiefs stump Jacksonville's first drive, forcing them to punt within their own 20. Pollard was unable to shed his blocker, so he swiftly dragged the blocker to the punter and threw up an arm, blocking the ball with the back of his hand. Pollard feels contact and spots the ball in the endzone, and from there it's a dead race. As a safety often criticized for speed, he beats the Jaguars to the ball and recovers for a touchdown.
2. Ty Law intercepts Peyton Manning, returning it to the 7.
Manning's worst nightmare, thy name is Law. Covering Harrison on a 5-yard out route, Law keeps himself positioned between Harrison and Manning, standing right in the path of a pass fired his way. Law receives it as if he were the receiver beating Harrison's coverage, intercepting the ball on the Colts' 30, and makes a straight bee-line to the endzone. Harrison eventually brings him down at the seven yard line, putting the Chiefs in prime scoring position.
1. Larry Johnson's incredibly powerful 50-yard plow against the Ravens.
The NFL's #1 defense got the best of the Chiefs this day, but for all their thunder about stopping LJ, they could merely restrain him to 120 yards on the ground. Much of that yardage came on a crucial run play at the Chiefs own 1 yard line. Instead of just burrowing his head and gaining a couple safety yards, LJ exploits a big hole opened by Shields manhandling Suggs. LJ explodes through the hole and flattens the Ravens' All Pro LBs. Eventually a cornerback reaches LJ thirty yards down the field, but LJ pushes him 5 yards backwards. Eventually a couple safeties track him down, but containing LJ had just taken a negative turn for the Ravens.
While I don't have all 17 games by the Chiefs on hand to put up YouTubes of each (anyone want to help?), I can at least describe my Worst and 10 for the 2006 Chiefs.
Worst -- Brian Waters steps on Trent Green's foot.
It was a close call between this play and the Derek Anderson debacle in Cleveland, but this one stands as a symbolism of the Chiefs' playoff implosion. The Chiefs simply couldn't score, and it wasn't because the Colts boasted an unstoppable defense. It was because even though Ty Law and Larry Johnson got the ball to the Colts' own 1, everything that could have gone wrong, did. With LJ primed for a touchdown, Green was simply too slow getting out of his stance, and a swift Brian Waters stepped on him, tripping him up and spoiling any shot for a touchdown.
10. Eddie Kennison's circus catch in week 17.
Like in week 1, Trent scrambled in week 17, got hit by a Jacksonville defender, and was sent out of the game. This time, it was only a couple of plays -- but oh, what plays they were. Huard soared a 35-yard bomb down the sideline to Eddie Kennison, who was blanketed. Kennison never lost stride even though the ball was over thrown, making a ridiculous, juggling, one-handed snag while walking the tightrope.
9. Greg Wesley intercepts Plummer at Invesco.
It wasn't that studly of a play, really; Plummer was backed into his own endzone and hauled out a 20-yarder to a receiver by the sideline. The receiver was blanketed, but it didn't matter, as Wesley swooped in with great speed and plucked the ball out of the air, setting up a KC field goal. It was only week 2, but the difference between this defense and the Chiefs defenses of years prior was stark. Defense had come back to KC.
8. Lawrence Tynes kicking the game winner against San Diego.
Make that two game-winners. With only a handful of seconds left, LJ and Tony G made play after play after play to bring the team barely within field goal range with three seconds left. The game tied with three seconds to go, everything was in Tynes' hands as he kicked a 48-yarder right through the goalposts. Whistle. False start on the Chiefs. Didn't matter, as Tynes canned the 53-yarder as time expired.
7. Tony Gonzalez hauling half the San Diego defense for 40 yards after the catch.
Just send a tape of this play to the HOF voters when Tony's up for induction. Swiftly finding the soft spot in the middle of the defense 15 yards down, Gonzalez received a Huard pass and darted down the field. A couple Chargers grabbed and held onto Gonzalez, but failed to bring him down. Charger after Charger grabbed onto him, trying to wrestle him down and stripping at the ball. Gonzalez dragged them all for 25 yards until they finally, finally brought him down.
6. Larry Johnson’s 70-yard catch-and-run to seal a W in Arizona.
Putting the finishing touches on a scrappy comeback against an upstart Cardinals squad, LJ caught a Huard pass in the flat and proceeded to beat the entire Cardinals defense around the corner as if they were standing absolutely still. LJ was a blur down the sideline as Sammy Parker desperately tryed to block off a cornerback near the endzone. He mostly succeeded; the cornerback's only alternative was to commit a vicious facemask on LJ, twisting his neck and bringing him down inside the 5. LJ would play the very next week.
5. Jarrad Page intercepting Aaron Brooks in the endzone for the win.
Chiefs-Raiders in the 21st century's looked like Kansas-Missouri in college basketball: one clearly superior (Chiefs/Kansas) squad usually having trouble taking down the other. The Raiders gave the Chiefs a scare off a freakish bomb in the final seconds put the Raiders inside the 10 with a chance to FG for a tie, or TD for a win. But on the Raiders' attempt to get in the endzone, Page darted in front of Randy Moss to intercept a poorly thrown pass and kneeled down in the endzone.
4. Larry Johnson "disappears" before Ian Gold's eyes.
In a game where the score is deceiving of the domination that took place, the Chiefs simply manhandled the Broncos on Thanksgiving in Arrowhead. Highlighting the spanking was a play that defies understanding, even after viewing it a hundred times (which I did). Trent handed the ball off the LJ who darted right behind Brian Waters. Waters clears a hole, but immediately filling the gap was Broncos LB Ian Gold. In a move for the ages, LJ graces from his right to left in a single bound, dashing by Gold, who grabbed nothing but thin air.
3. Bernard Pollard blocks a Jacksonville punt and recovers it for a touchdown.
Week 17 in Arrowhead, a situation where no visiting team's won since 1983 it seems. The Chiefs stump Jacksonville's first drive, forcing them to punt within their own 20. Pollard was unable to shed his blocker, so he swiftly dragged the blocker to the punter and threw up an arm, blocking the ball with the back of his hand. Pollard feels contact and spots the ball in the endzone, and from there it's a dead race. As a safety often criticized for speed, he beats the Jaguars to the ball and recovers for a touchdown.
2. Ty Law intercepts Peyton Manning, returning it to the 7.
Manning's worst nightmare, thy name is Law. Covering Harrison on a 5-yard out route, Law keeps himself positioned between Harrison and Manning, standing right in the path of a pass fired his way. Law receives it as if he were the receiver beating Harrison's coverage, intercepting the ball on the Colts' 30, and makes a straight bee-line to the endzone. Harrison eventually brings him down at the seven yard line, putting the Chiefs in prime scoring position.
1. Larry Johnson's incredibly powerful 50-yard plow against the Ravens.
The NFL's #1 defense got the best of the Chiefs this day, but for all their thunder about stopping LJ, they could merely restrain him to 120 yards on the ground. Much of that yardage came on a crucial run play at the Chiefs own 1 yard line. Instead of just burrowing his head and gaining a couple safety yards, LJ exploits a big hole opened by Shields manhandling Suggs. LJ explodes through the hole and flattens the Ravens' All Pro LBs. Eventually a cornerback reaches LJ thirty yards down the field, but LJ pushes him 5 yards backwards. Eventually a couple safeties track him down, but containing LJ had just taken a negative turn for the Ravens.