Dallas Cowboys scouting report: Kansas City Chiefs
 

Dallas Cowboysscouting report: Kansas City Chiefs

01:40 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 7, 2009
By RICK GOSSELIN / The Dallas Morning News

Kansas City quarterback Matt Casseland running back Larry Johnson can't wear enough padding to protect them from the punishment they are taking each week.

The Chiefs are in the opening stages of a rebuilding program under new general manager Scott Pioli. He inherited a 2-14 team and tried to address the offensive and defensive lines during the off-season. He also acquired what he believes to be his quarterback of the future in Cassel.


But one area Pioli could not adequately address was wide receiver. Holdovers Dwayne Bowe and Mark Bradleyand veteran newcomers Bobby Engram and Bobby Wade share one common trait – a lack of game-breaking speed. They aren't going to run past anyone.

That allows defenses to single cover the two receivers on the flank and invest as many as nine players in run Defense and harassment of the quarterback.

So Johnson has nowhere to run and Cassel no time to throw. Cassel has already missed one game with an injury, and the Chiefs have allowed 13 sacks through four weeks.

Johnson brought a sterling 4.5-yard career average into the 2009 season. But he is averaging a paltry 2.6 yards in his 72 carries and is still looking for his first touchdown. This from a back who once scored 20 TDs in one season on his way to the 2005 AFC rushing crown.

The Chiefs are still searching for their first rushing touchdown of 2009. Baltimore's Willis McGahee has five touchdowns in 37 carries. The Chiefs have none in 109 carries. Kansas City's longest run is 24 yards by backup halfback Jamaal Charles.

When Cassel has time to throw, his receivers give him little after the catch. Bradley has a team-best 50-yarder, but he doesn't even start. Bowe's long is 29 yards, Wade's is 20 and Engram's is 18.

A lack of offensive plays has led to Kansas City's 0-4 start. The lack of offensive speed could make for another long afternoon Sunday against the Cowboys.

Well cant argue with that...

Welcome to the laughing stock of the NFL.

This guy could have saved an hour and just wrote "see a flaming pile of dog shit" as the scouting report for the Chiefs.

Or he could have wrote epic suck and copied and pasted until he reached his word count.
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This game could be worse than the Giant game due to team speed Dallas has on defense. I was watching bodies fly in Denver and kept thinking "Oh God, get the body bags"
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13 sacks already? Carp. I had no idea it was that many.:banghead:

Aaron Rogers has been sacked 20 times this season already.

He's averaging 274 yards per game, and 8.6 YPA.

Matt Cassel, on the other hand, is averaging 153 yards per game and a sparkling 5.1 YPA.

He did?

Haven't you heard?

Mike Goff is the greatest free agent acquistion ever, and giving up a draft pick for two scrubs that he could have gotten for free is the work of pure genius.

They addressed the o line by realizing McIntosh and Jones suck. They cut'em. LOL The writers when it comes to the 2009 Chiefs got nothing unless they just wanna say "suck!" It's like Pioli and Haley took charge of the Titanic 10 ft before it hit bottom. Of course it's their fault the it sank to start with.

The 2010 Chiefs? 'The Raising Of The Titanic'......Oh shit! I think we need more air bags!


PhilFree:arrow:

Aaron Rodgers has been under just about as much if not more pressure than Cassel yet he's made more plays...that should tell you something.

Come on.

The Executive of the Century hasn't done anything impressive since taking charge. Not one ****ing thing.

We were in bad shape. But it didn't have to be *this* bad.

Yeah you are right. It tells us that they have had the same offense for several years and the players on that team have a little clue about what's happening around them. Kinda like when Cassel won his starts last year.

PhilFree:arrow:

It tells me Rodgers makes plays...

I think he threw for more yards in a quarter the other night when he was getting hit and under constant pressure than Cassel has in the last 2 games combined.