how DID you watch the game?

He had a terrible game yesterday and against Denver IMO. He repeatedly gets sucked inside and lets the RB reach the corner. Remember how you saw Bartee fail to contain/stop Portis several times on the outside - yeah well that was Barber's side. Barber was nowhere in the area because... he got sucked inside. Maybe he's jsut trying to help Beisel too much, but running at Barber is paying dividends for our opponents.

Starring? Not hardly. He's a solid DT that plays next to one of the 5 best DT's in the game in Marcus Stroud. Sims has played next to John Browning, Eric Downing, and Lionel Dalton.

Who said anything even remotely resembling that?

Nothing like exaggerating to the point of ridiculousness...

how DID you watch the game?

it wasn't easy to rewatch. i just fast forwarded to the D to isolate our LB play. My take on our LB Play was this.

1.They played well in the 1st half swarmed to the ball and TACKLED.
2. Most of Barbers tackles came in 1st half.
3. Kawika was absolutely lost on every snap he played.
4. even Fujita ran out of gas in the 4th qtr
5. Over pursuit is problem barber must fix now
6. Our starters should be the starters as bad as they might be our backups couldn't make anyones squad.

Well hopefully, we'll keep using our top picks on DT's and maybe we'll eventually find one that can take some double teams and allow Sims to thrive.

Our D-line played quite well for nearly three quarters yesterday. How many times was DelHomme knocked on his ass? We put a ton of pressure on him - often while just rushing 3 guys. (BTW was is just me or were we in a 3-4 out there?) Give Delhomme the credit - he stood tall in the pocked and delivered the ball despite getting crushed repeatedly. Hell - that first TD he had was total luck while Fujita was spinning him around (it didn't help that Kawika was trailing 8 yards behind his coverage responsibility).

As I mentioned before they even played fairly well on that long drive in the 3rd, but Delhomme had a wide open receiver every time. He had no problem finding the guy and delivering the ball before the pass rush hit him. After that they were all sucking wind and Barber disappeared when it came to containing the outside run.

Posted by KC Jones - Today at 03:37 PM
Our D-line played quite well for nearly three quarters yesterday. How many times was DelHomme knocked on his ass? We put a ton of pressure on him - often while just rushing 3 guys. (BTW was is just me or were we in a 3-4 out there?) Give Delhomme the credit - he stood tall in the pocked and delivered the ball despite getting crushed repeatedly. Hell - that first TD he had was total luck while Fujita was spinning him around (it didn't help that Kawika was trailing 8 yards behind his coverage responsibility).

As I mentioned before they even played fairly well on that long drive in the 3rd, but Delhomme had a wide open receiver every time. He had no problem finding the guy and delivering the ball before the pass rush hit him. After that they were all sucking wind and Barber disappeared when it came to containing the outside run.


That was Beisel playin helicoptor with Jake.

the Delhomme audio from that play went something like this. "weeeeee weeeee weeeeeee Touchdown!!!"

:hmmm:

I know what point you're trying to make, but I have to point out one weakness...

Everybody wants to talk up the Jags and John Henderson. Here you are taking a jab at the Chiefs drafting Downing, Siavii, Freeman, and Sims.

Those Jags that you love spent BACK-TO-BACK 1st round picks on defensive tackles -- the 9th overall pick and the 13th overall pick to be exact. They also spent 2 4ths and a 2nd-round pick on tackles in the last 5 years.

They've drafted MORE defensive tackles than we have.

If we were 2nd in the league against the run, it wouldn't be an issue.

Yes, the Jags wasted a 2nd rounder on DT Larry Smith in '99; however, the guy in charge of their drafts back then was eventually fired. In KC, nobody in charge of personnel has gotten fired under Peterson. You're allowed to miss on a top pick in '01, a 2nd rounder in '02, and others, apparently with no consequences.

So which point is it? That picking defensive tackle after defensive tackle in hopes of finding two good ones is dumb? Or is it that the Chiefs suck at finding good players?

It isn't Ryan Sims fault that Carl Peterson can't evaluate talent.

You're right. It's Ryan Sims fault that he can't become a force and earn the paycheck that he was given on draft day.

Both. I don't know which is more frustrating----their insistence on picking DT's with high draft picks each year or the fact that they can't find two that are worth a damn.