What were your impressions of the game?
 

The game wasn't on in my market yesterday and radio coverage was spotty all day, so I only heard portions of the game.

Who played well? Who didn't? Were there any surprises?

For example, it sounded to me like maybe Big Irish at RT was what most of us expected - a little better at run blocking, a little worse at pass blocking.

Give me your take.

My impression of the game?
Pretty much the same as my impression of Sam Kinison.

OH....OWWWWWWW......AAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!

I was disappointed by the amount of times the O-Line allowed defenders a free shot at LJ and Cassel. I remember at least 4 times defenders came into the backfield untouched by a blocker. That stuff has got to stop.

Big Irish > Ndukwe. No question. And McIntosh.

B. Albert isn't a pro left tackle

Our Offensive Line is officially capable of losing entire football games.

Big Irish did indeed do better. Not a brick wall by any means, but Cassel did have more time than in previous games.

The game was played better than last week. And there were quite a few positives. But they still made some of the same mistakes. 7 penalties. Forcing the run, and not doing it very well. LJ had a few good runs, and a few where you question whether he's closing his eyes and hoping to hit a hole.

Bowe had 1 catch, and you'd swear they're designing plays away from him. The WRs cannot get any separation at all though. It's a glaring issue. Cassel was pretty inaccurate. He looks like he's trying to force things because nothing is working. Only 88 yds passing, but you can't say they were trying very hard to pass in the 2nd half. Haley seems to be making a point that they will run the ball no matter if it works or not.

Our CBs had a good game. Flowers dominated. Carr wasn't too bad either.

DLine didn't do a very good job in the second half. More whiffs from the LBs and safeties.

It was improvement overall from last week, but very very slight. Haley continues to send mixed signals.

is basketball season here yet?

I can't believe KC went into the offseason knowing the OL and pass rush were in shambles and didn't do much to address it. The OL and pass rush was poor, again. Surprise.

Pass defense sucks as well.

On 3rd down, here's a novel idea. Call plays where the receivers are beyond the 1st down marker. That way, in the rare case the QB has 3 seconds to throw and throws accurately, the receiver has a greater chance of getting the first down, or more accurately with KC, dropping what should have been a first down.

When you are down two scores, try passing more often down field. At least pretend you are trying to make a realistic comeback.

Precisely what I was looking for. Thanks! Anybody else?

after Charles fumbled the kickoff and the giants scored, i didn't watch, for the first time in basically forever...

It wasn't on TV here. Based on who they were playing, I didn't really see sitting at my computer and watching choppy video as a productive use of my time. Took the family to shop for Halloween costumes instead.

At one point late in the game, the Chiefs had something like 8 goal to go plays, and they had a whopping -6 yds total for those plays. Pretty telling stat. We seem to piss our pants in the red zone..

i enjoyed my sunday much more than usual...spent time outside, not pissed off about a game...

To add more than just blinding scrutiny....

"There's the kickoff, to Jamaal Charles, who fumbles....." That's exactly how it started...which is where I started drinking.

The CBs did indeed play well but the zone coverage was getting destroyed. Flowers definitely continued to show he's capable of playing amongst the elite. Got beat bad when he underestimated Manningham's speed (50 yards). But intercepted the next pass to redeem himself. Overall, Eli had time and picked them apart, coverage is still suspect outside #24 - but most are when they have 5 seconds to get open.

Not that we didn't get any pressure, Tamba had a couple series where he was making noise and Vrabel's investment continues to shock and fascinate me. For a guy I was sure didn't want to be here, he plays with a lot of emotion and is constantly around the play. That and he's vocal, extremely vocal.

Offense was ugly. Buried amongst a buffet of lost blocking assignments were a few decent runs. There were, in equal parts; receptions, dropped passes, bad throws...which equated to 88 passing yards. We had nine (9) I think nearing halftime.

LJ was his sporatic self. Bowe dropped at least one that was just dumb, and thus fell off the playcalling map I think... Cassel was throwing behind just about everyone by a step or a step and a half - which was scary...but he looked bothered all day too. Again, he had no time so he was constantly under completely unblocked pressure. Antonio Pierce, free reign, like he knew the snap count kind of pressure occasionally....