can anybody see anything positive out of this game? if nothing else it would have to be the aggressive play calling. so far thats 2 surprise onside kicks i've seen this year. And how many times did we see that with herm? i've also seen 3 TERRIBLE calls against us[page, helmet to helmet, russel roughing the passer, and a pass interference call that was completely bogus], all of which kept the drive going and i think led to points everytime. its almost like the big city teams always get the calls. kinda funny how that works.

maybe one positive would have been hali forcing a fumble and dorsey recovering it. i literally jumped out of my seat and said "hell ya" we should be so lucky to get to the QB but it was good to see a little D.Thomas like KC strip, loved it

cassel's inablility to know where the 1st down marker amazed me, the 3rd down conversion rate is 100% on him, its understandable to let it happen maybe once or twice a week. but on every third down, c'mon thats bush league matt, bush league.

Why is it all on Cassel? Why aren't the receivers being asked to run patterns beyond the 1st down marker?

He's obviously experimenting. Consistency at this point is pretty useless. I mean, Herm and Carl were CONSISTENT. Is that what we're looking for?

I think Whitlock got his feelings hurt by Pioli and now he's trying to set a storyline of Haley and Pioli being egomaniacs. He got a one word quote from LJ which could be interpreted to mean different things. I'll bet he ran around interviewing several players trying to find the words to use against the GM.

In reality I believe Whitlock is the one with the ego. In one of his other columns he said "I run these corners". I think he said it tongue in cheek but I think there is a kernal of truth in what he is saying. I think Whitlock has fallen into the trap of many sports writers in other cities. He seems to have developed this sense of entitlement that he should be given unfettered access into the Chiefs organization because I'm Jason Whitlock I've been a columnist in KC over 15 years and my ass should be kissed. When it doesn't happen his columns turn into a personal vendetta.

Why can't the WR's get separation? Why can't the line block for longer than a 1-step drop?

In 3 games he is 0-3 with 331 yds 3 TDs and 2 INTs. Im too lazy to look up his completion percentage but im guessing its around 50. How are these good numbers?

Cassel is also out of synch with his recievers a lot. Bowe missed a lot of time in practice last week so that's understandable.

Maybe I'm missing something. I don't know that won't work.
1st, and goal from the 1. It better work. It has to work. Every team in the league needs to be able to pound it in from the 1. If they can't, they need to do it over, and over, until they can. That's just fundamental football. It's something that a team must be able to do..
Not risking an INT, or a fumble, or sack.
Cassel almost threw an INT 1 of those times. you can't take those kinds of risks from there. Line up, and have Larry do what he did against the Raiders when Dicky V went for it. I would almost guarantee that Larry would get that TD in 2 tries, and damn sure in 4.

So when Haley does EXACTLY what you were asking, people bitch. But when he doesn't do it, people bitch.

This team loses yardage on running plays more than any team I've ever seen. I don't see how you could even be reasonably confident in that outcome, let alone guarantee it. If I were to offer a guarantee, it would be that they'd find SOME way to make sure they didn't get 7 points, no matter what plays were called.

Accountability does not equate to scare tactics and intimidation. Whitlock is just feeding the false narrative he's been trying to create. He needs to stop being so childish and act like a real journalist. There is nothing wrong with legitimate criticism but the faux drama that he is constantly trying to stir up has got to stop. All he's doing is catering to his personal agenda.

Dude is way too immature to be a professional journalist. Why hasn't the Star canned his ass yet?

Fair enough. But I would not have been pissed had they tried to dive over the top from the 1. Now if we were on the 5 or something that's one thing, but 1st, and goal from the 1, IMO you have to be able to pound it in from there, and I honestly do believe that we could have gotten in. I really do. FB dive HB dive, QB dive whatever. I thoroughly believe that a team MUST be able to do this to be able to win anything.

I said this all through the game yesterday.

The problem is not playcalling. Because it doesn't matter what plays they call. The offensive line can't open up running lanes and it can't sustain a pocket. So you can call whatever the hell you want, the results will ultimately be the same. The Chiefs are going to get stuffed. The only difference play calling makes at this point is deciding whether the play that probably isn't going to work involves running or throwing.

My guess is a year or two from now, when the offensive line is fixed and there's at least 2 solid receivers, Cassel's gonna look like an all pro and Haley (or whoever the OC is - I think he'd be willing to hand the job over if there was somebody he trusted) will look like a genious.

They are. Hes just throwing to the one that goes short of it because he has no deep ball.

It's not gonna change with Jason.

He likes to take credit for the Peterson dismissal because he was so "hard on the guy". Nevermind the fact that Peterson was here for TWO DECADES and weathered EVERYTHING Keitzman, Whitlock, and the rest threw at him.

When NOBODY takes your detractors seriously, your detractors are actually HELPING you, not hurting you.

Whitlock's agenda is ultimately counterproductive.