Worried: Someone tell me why we won't get murdered by Atlanta.
 

Our D might well end up a good one as the season progresses. But I'm very very worried about the first game. Not just to lose, but to lose discouragingly big.

1- Our DL while solid has not shown signs of wreaking havoc in the opponents' backfield. Yes I'm told that's the style of 34 Romeo plays. But wait....

2- Without Tamba Hali Ryan will have all day to throw, especially considering point 1.

3- The thought of Roddy White, Julio Jones, and Gonzo, against our depleted secondary stresses me to almost puking.

This is gonna be one of those games when we see passes completed against our D with scary consistency. The only way we have any chance to win this is if we can manage long time consuming run heavy drives that would keep the Atlanta O on the bench for the majority of the game. Maybe that's why Daboll was emphasizing the run in the last preseason game so much.

Tell me something hopeful.

You will.

Take a Xanax

We have Matt Cassel.

You mean our depleted D (no Tamba, Flowers, DJ, and Lewis hurt) and 1991 offense isn't filling you full of confidence against a team that can score pretty much when they want?

I'm reminded of how we were going to get murdered by San Francisco.

This /thread

Join the ****ing club

Shrugs shoulders

we will not get murdered by atlanta because they are not killers. they may wound us very badly, but they will not murder us.

why can't we win?

Atlanta sucks and are a bunch of chokers.

As well, Gonzalez will be burdened with much remorse and longing in his return to Kansas City, and will secretly meet with the Chiefs coaching staff at an undisclosed KC BBQ joint, giving them Atlanta's playbook that he wrote in succulent BBQ sauce on a napkin.

Or, in channeling the ghost of Hank Stram, Daboll goes retro and plays the wishbone with Charles, Hillis and McCluster the whole game. Not remotely knowing how to defend such a formation, Atlanta's defense crumbles and the Chiefs set a single game NFL rushing record.

Or, Cassel and McCluster form a symbiotic, telepathic bond, enabling them to be one single, fabulous football entity, perfectly timing every single route, providing the Chiefs offense with first down after first down, not punting once in the game, and dominating the clock and scoreboard.

Or, Matt Ryan's head falls off right before the coin flip.

It's going to be Week 1 Buffalo at Kc v2.0

Their offensive line sucks.

Their defense is soft and looks like the worst tackling defense in the league.

They have no MLB.

They have no safeties.

Ryan chokes in big games.

He's 0-2 when starting the season on the road.

The Falcons have never won at Arrowhead.

Remember when Frankie ruined the season last year by posting some crazy shit before game 1?

Then Berry ****ed up his knee.

Goddamnit.

Only thing I can think of is Charles and Hillis going off and keeping the Atlanta offense on the sideline.

not to worry.

I'm not worried about anything right now. Outside of missing personnel, I don't know anything about how this team is going to perform in a real game and I don't think anybody else really does either.

And cause Ray Lewis doesn't play for the Falcons and this game isn't IN Atlanta. :D

Yup. He did this last year also.

http://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=249755

Buffalo had a below .500 year and they beat us 40-7

you're right, no one really knows but the last three preseason games have a lot of KC fans scared.

He did the same thing the year Trent Green got concussed against Cincy. "I'm worried about what happens if Trent Green goes down"

This.

The only thing I'm confident about is our ability to run the ball.

We ran the ball well with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd strings.

So, I expect us to run the ball well. So well, Hillis is my #2 RB in one league. :)

SOB. JFC. KFC.

It's cool, bro. I just played this on Madden. We got this.

Ryan is overrated

Meh. They said Atlanta had the number one rushing D at the time.
They said they had this QB that would run circles around our defense & at the time our defense wasn't too good.

That day we posted a 56 to 10 victory on the dirty birds & had 8 rushing TDs. That day was a good day.

Remember from the 50 anything can happen ;)

The early lines have Atlanta favored at -2 to -2.5 in most places.

They must really consider Arrowhead to be a touchdown's difference, 'cause I would've expected the line to be more like -9.

Falcons have one of the best secondaries in the league. It's their LBers that suck and their d-line is overrated.

JMO, but I think we're gonna milk the F out of time of possession with Hillis, Charles and short to intermediate passes. I don't think the Falcons' offense will get going just on the account of not being able to get into a rhythm. We're really gonna need the 12th man as well. I mean 90's style. Not like lately.

The public is pounding Atlanta, this is actually a good sign

Matt Cassel's wet dream. Dump offs and flats all day long, baby!!

yeah, Cassel lives for these games, made the pro bowl doing it in 2010 till NFL defenses figured it out..

We have the better Matt QB

the sad part is coming from you I think you actually believe what you typed.

I like those last two.

FWIW Romeo is 0-4 as HC in season openers. Of course, that's with the Browns.

If they swapped teams 3 years ago I think Cassell could have easily done a better job with that offense

Because Chales, and Hillis are going to be unstoppable on the ground, and it will open up the PA passing. Bowe, and Berry are going to have big games, and Houston is going to pick up where he left off last season, and murder their RT.

Every year we start out looking like crap, why would this year be any different?

if we get murdered we go 0-16 be default and get a QB next year. Nah. I think we just get beat in this game.

and Matt Ryan would have taken that stacked Patriots team to the Super Bowl that Cassel could only go 11-5 with. What's your point?

Don't be such a coward Frankie.

Run in midair ,Run in midair,Run in midair,Run in midair,Pass in midair,Run in midair,Run in midair,Run in midair,Run in midair, pass in midair.

Because the Atlanta Falcons team Jet will most likely break apart in mid air !

As long as we don't start the game off at home with a run, run, run, punt we will stand a good chance at winning. When we get into a rhythm early at Arrowhead, things just tend to click for us. Ex: 2010 vs. San Francsisco

lol

Preseason doesn't count, we were holding back for the regular season...Yes I know it's lame and highly unlikely but there is hope.

gawd i hope not.

it's gonna be that or a two yard dumpoffs.
there's NO WAY Daboll will let Matt attempt a throw 15 yards deep vs this secondary.

Look at the bright side, you won't have to watch Michael Turner dragging the entire Chiefs defense 10 yards a pop:doh!:

They've been working on a screen pass game, this Chiefs defense isn't good with that. They have a good RB in Jaquizz Rodgers that likes to catch out the backfield and he can go.

They'll use that short game to get the long passing game going or visa versa.


Here's a lil blurb on the Falcons pre season;

http://espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp1...turner-carries

Don't think so, these falcon teams are just as stacked on offense and Ryan is 0-3 in the postseason

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Well, the Chiefs are a playoff caliber team, I guess. So, maybe they have a chance.

Two players I think will be pivital in this game -- Matt Cassel & Dontari Poe.

If those two get going, the Chiefs have a chance.

Jamaal & Hillis will have some success, but in order for the Chiefs to win I believe they need to score twice or more in the air and sack Matt Ryan 3 times. Poe may not get a sack, but if he can pressure from that RDE position Houston could get it done.

Adam Teicher ‏@adamteicher
Crennel says Derrick Johnson should be ready to play vs. Atlanta

Adam Teicher ‏@adamteicher
Also sounds hopeful Flowers can play vs. Falcons

For the mother ****ing win. Love you Priest.

This and a home game. Maybe?

LOL. So now I'm to blame for our ****ed up season last year.

http://static-l3.blogcritics.org/11/...on-you-lie.jpg :D

If we don't go to almost exclusively runs, Daboll should be fired on the spot.

Thanks a lot, Frankie. You kill babies too, don't you?

DJ and Flowers will certainly help. Given their latest performances though (if you take much stock into preseason), I don't see how anyone can have confidence in this team suddenly flicking a switch and sticking with the Falcons.

:)

Arrowhead Pride ‏@ArrowheadPride
Romeo is hoping DJ and Flowers will be ready for Week 1. Can't say for sure, still waiting for practice. Lewis unlikely to be ready Week 1.

Lewis unlikely to play however...

I'm good with Elam for a few weeks max...

So that DJ injury wasn't particularly significant, then?

I would think it was a bad twist, that left him sore. You can twist an ankle pretty bad to where it's not a sprain, but hurts like 3-4 days later.

pretty much our only chance to win against Atlanta is in the trenches.

If we dominate at the LOS then we have a chance.

If we don't then i expect Ryan to throw for 400+ yards which will make our running game worthless.

Its just 1 game at the beginning of September, I want them to win of course, but if we lose, its not that big a deal in the grand scheme. and its an interconference game as well, technically the least important.


But somehow, CP will make it out to be "The Sky is falling" if we lose.

Eh...details details

....and San Diego. Same bullshit thread different year.

You guys look at every negative the team has and spin it wildly out of cotrol all the while propping the opponent up like they are a 22 deep with All Pro Super Team.

I thought every other team in the league is 22 deep all pro super teams.

Only we suck
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Then the midgets
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It's the Planet. Bengals, Bills, and Bucs are emerging powers dontcha know

They all have proven franchise qb's though...
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until midget rape

went to Buffalo

in search of

their first victory

Maybe we can make up a word that would explain it, like redonculous.

my concern is not just losing. It's LOSING big and getting humiliated. The kind that takes the heart of a young team.

I heard it was just a hemoroid.
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I'm usually the first one to agree with this. But this particular negative (the matchup of their super WRs and our mediocre DBs) is a real and ominous one.

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