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I think Trent has led the team. He's not a fiery speech maker. You can't make him one but he is leading by example. When Priest cuts back the other way and he needs to throw a block on some 6'9" 330 lb DE he sticks his head and body in there. Players respect that. He did it against Julius Peppers last week. Elvis would have been backing out of the play. Trent's going to be fine.
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People (and opposing fans) just look at this at face value with stats and say Green isn't playing well. I think he was very sharp against the Broncos... very sharp. Lesser QB's would've had 3 or 4 INT's considering just how good Denver's man coverage was. Seriously, after Kennison's big play to start the game, how many other times did Trent throw to a guy that was really open? Anyone? They were all over our recievers... I fail to see how you can blame him for guys not being open, but we've got people in this thread who are trying to prop up Plummer and Gannon as the best QB in this division, so mindless criticism comes with the territory.
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htismaqe summed it up in another thread, but I will repeat the salient points here. Our Defense is new. No one should have expected them to dominate anyone right off the bat [if our roster allows them to dominate at all]. Even so, the Defense showed signs of improvement. The forced some punts, stopped several runs for negative yardage, got [2] turnovers and even returned one of them into a touchdown [which, by the way, matched the TD production of the “high-octane” Offense]. They are not as good now as they will be later in the season. The incremental improvement will continue. Certainly not as fast as we would like, but it would be foolish to expect anything else. The Offense, on the other hand, has taken several giant steps backwards. It is essentially the same Offense that tore up the NFL last season. And yet they have done nothing [with the glaring exception of a heroic individual performance from Holes in week #1]. Ten points from the hottest Offense in the NFL? They repeatedly gave the ball to the Panthers, sending the Chiefs D back onto the field. No wonder the Carolina front four was fresh. They did not have to play all that much. Our O would run four or five plays and then give up the ball again. The Chiefs Offense ran a grand total of [4] plays in the entire 3rd quarter. There is only one segment of the Chiefs team that hideously under-performed last Sunday. The Offense. Something is hard-broke there. That is where our concern should be. xoxo~ Gaz Putting the blame squarely where it belongs. |
Not to start a Grbac comparison, but Trent isn't the one that can't get open and can't catch the ball once it gets there.
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Respectfully Gaz, I'll disagree on the D. The Panthers were minus their two best players. Still the Panthers tore this D a new chute.
The O got 4 plays in the 3rd because the D failed miserably in that quarter. Yes I realize that Warfield got the INT for a score. But what happened on the ensuing Carolina possesion? After a real (expletive) excessive celebration call, Carolina went 56 yards in 8 plays for the TD and the lead. Game over. The D gave us a lead, then gave it right back, through no fault of the O. In the 4th Quarter The Chiefs had drives of 7 plays (punt), 1 play (fumble) 10 plays (INT) 4 plays (lost on downs) and 1 play (game over). 7 minutes of total possesion. Forgive me for expecting better out of defense that was playing AT HOME in the season opener, against a team that was without it's two best players. I'm discouraged. On the offensive side, I feel the game swung on 2 decisions. 1) to not try for a first down on 4th and 1 late in the 2nd with the best player in the league in the backfield. Could have had 3 more shots to get it in the EZ or shortened the kick. 2) failing to give Holmes more touches overall. Just plain stupid IMO. OK, I'm done. On to the Texans. |
Poor decisions by Green didn't help either. Throwing into multiple coverage, overthrowing, and not having much to work with are contributing. It's my fault though, I said he'd return to the Pro Bowl.
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I still believe in Trent. That the "real" QB is the one from the last two seasons and no the one from the first season here.
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However, if the O had peformed at the high level that we had come to expect in the first half, and they had put some points on the board, then that drive in the 3rd Qtr would have been meaningless If the Chiefs O had put some points on the board in the 1st half, the Panthers might have had to come out in a different mindset on O, and maybe that drive doesn't happen. I would expect where we would see marked improvement on D quickly would be in situations where the opposition has to play catch up, and Gun can let loose the hounds. |
What did we expect?
The pertinent question is: Which part of the team did you expect to carry the team? I expected the Defense to struggle. It is only game #2 under a new scheme. I see improvement [negative yardage on runs, for example], but I do not think anyone rightfully expected the Chiefs Defense to dominate anyone at this point in the season [if at all]. I expected the Offense to move the ball. This is essentially the same Offense that tore up the NFL last season and the Defense matched them TD for TD. They had one good drive that ended in a FG [bad choice, DV]. The Offense’s TD came on the heels of a PI call that put them at the 1-yard line. A gift. Other than that, all the Offense did was hand the ball back to The Enemy and put our D back on the field. I am not saying that our Defense is great. Our Defense is still rebuilding and will only get better in small chunks. However, the Offense has not lived up to its reputation and is hanging our Defense out to dry. xoxo~ Gaz Finds one segment of the team falling WAY below expectations. |
I know our D isn't great, but if our O was producing like last season, we'd be 2-0...
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Now I am comming back to the reality that it may take a while. Perhaps even a year or two to aquire a bit more talent to make the thing fly. |
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