Originally Posted by InChiefsHell (Post 6074564)

THe only thing I really disagree about your post is the idea that the Ravens didn't look so hot...500+ yards of offense against any team is impressive.

Originally Posted by Skip Towne (Post 6074571)

If Flacco was the least bit accurate they'd have had 700 yards.

Originally Posted by BigRichard (Post 6074563)

You really think the Ravens didn't look good? I thought they looked really good. There was a couple of plays that kept the Chiefs in that game. They were not necessarily fluke plays but they were not plays you can count on each game. They were the type of plays that makes a good team beat great teams. And yet we still managed to lose.

From what I saw the Chiefs are really really bad. Probably worse then last year. I hope I am wrong. But I don't think the Ravens looked bad. Their D was good and there offense looked like it had improved ten fold.

Originally Posted by old_geezer (Post 6074588)

We were starting Brodie croyle for God's sake. If we are stuck with Croyle and Thigpen this year then, yea, we're screwed. But I have hopes for Cassell and I saw a team that played hard and fought to the end. I also saw a defense still trying to find itself and without it's best player (Flowers). Our talent is lacking but I like the direction we seem to be going. We're not playoff contenders this year but I'll take this years' team over last years' team any day.

Originally Posted by JD10367 (Post 6074543)

Going to turn this thread serious, since there are a bunch of threads on the main page which actually touch on my point and I'm too lazy to dupe-post in all of 'em....

It's very hard to tell what's "for real" when it's only Week One. What we've seen might be true indications of a team, or simply because it's, well, the first week. Players are shaking off the rust, settling into their roles. In '04 the Bills blew out New England; didn't seem to indicate how that season would go. In '07, the Giants didn't look so hot for half a year; it ended okay for them.

At first glance, it looks like the "beasts" might not be so good, and the "pushovers" better than expected. Although three lost and the fourth SHOULD have, the Chiefs, Raiders, Bills, and Broncos all put up a good fight, much better than anyone expected. On the other side of the ball, the Ravens, Chargers, and Patriots didn't look so hot. Does this mean KC, Buffalo, Oakland, and Denver are all playoff-bound? Probably not. And it probably doesn't mean that Baltimore, San Diego, and New England will have losing records.

We really can't judge things off one game. It's best to judge things in four-game sets. The Chiefs gave up a crapload of yards and points to Baltimore. Is that because Baltimore's O will be unstoppable, or is it because the Chiefs' D sucks ass? Well, let's revisit that after the next three games. :shrug:

I know it sounds like fence-sitting but, really, one week does not make a basis for judging how a team will play, and how a team will end up. What you can take, as a more accurate indicator, is attitude, and flashes from certain players. But even that's not always concrete (e.g. that Buffalo/NE game in '04, where the Bills looked unstoppable and Brady looked like crap).

This week's Oakland/KC tilt looks like a good one. But whichever team wins, be it by 1 or by 40, doesn't really mean that team is that much better or worse. It's a long year.

Originally Posted by Demonpenz (Post 6074690)

I watched mad men, and I learned in the 50's you could put plastic sacks over kids's heads, you could slap other kids faces if they were acting up and you knew the father, woman didn't mean shit and were made just to grope, and that my nephew's aunt is dating the actor that is don draper

Originally Posted by Mr. Arrowhead (Post 6073643)

the broncos raped denver? Interesting that they have talent to rape themselves

Originally Posted by Demonpenz (Post 6074690)

I watched mad men, and I learned in the 50's you could put plastic sacks over kids's heads, you could slap other kids faces if they were acting up and you knew the father, woman didn't mean shit and were made just to grope, and that my nephew's aunt is dating the actor that is don draper