The things I couldn't say last night.
 

Due to the NFL's policy of trying to prevent me from watching Chiefs games, I had to go to a sports bar last night to watch the game. Therefore, I didn't post much in the game thread.

I'll impose upon you today a few thoughts about the game. You may use this highlight video for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRsIVeqOppY

So as not to be accused of stealing the concept of a numbered list of observations, I will use a custom labeling system of observations.

Observation 4. Jerick McKinnon is a player. His run at 3:33 in the video is our most impressive run this year, and had shades of Jamaal Charles against the Commanderskins. And his blitz pickup at 6:58 should be featured in textbooks about pass blocking. He's listed on the roster as 5-9 and 209 pounds, but man he sure doesn't look that big. Seeing him on the field I would guess him to be in the 170s or 180s. He must have a cast-iron core.

Observation 16c. I'm pretty sure that the referees have a plan to always screw over Chris Jones. We've talked about the fake roughing penalty so I won't keep repeating that, but I'm also astounded that they didn't call holding late in the game when he burst into the backfield and the raider behind him latched onto him. That wasn't a meaningless hold, because Chris was going to affect the play, and it was really obvious and out in the open.

Observation Delta Upsilon. It hurts to lose Tershawn. I was seeing Malik Herring in there a lot and was curious why he was getting so much action all of a sudden, and that explains it. I'm hopeful that Mike Danna will return soon and help offset Tershawn's loss. I know they're different positions on the line, but there seems to be a lot of shuffling around in Spagnuolo's brilliant defensive schemes.

Observation Panda. Cheffers' crew cost us at least one Super Bowl with "bad" officiating and I will always despise that, but I think the defensive holding on the missed field goal was a makeup call (10:08 on the video). I suspect the justification is that Allegretti was probably an eligible receiver, which is valid, but how often does that get called?

Observation Battle of Britain. Who was Patrick Mahomes II yelling at where Andy had to call him off? Was it for sure Crosby? I wish the network had shown what led up to it. Was it the head bump?

Observation Winona. If you want to add another highlight to Patrick's reel, look no further than the pass at 3:56 in the video. It wasn't a long gain or a touchdown, but holy mother of quarterbacks that was a great pass.

Observation NCC-1701. Travis Kelce's stats line: 7 catches for 25 yards, averaging 3.6 yards per reception. Oh, and four touchdowns. You don't see a stat line like that very often.

Observation 07-04-1776. I have to admit, there's some talent on that Raiders team. I don't think they're strong across the board like we are, but they've got some really strong position groups in terms of edge rushers and receivers. And Carr's last touchdown pass (11:22 in the video) was a perfectly placed pass.

Observation Low-cut evening gown. We've now seen Clyde get hit in the helmet twice on passes. He probably should learn to turn his head a little before we have to put him in the concussion protocol. I'm not down on him as much as others are, but it's clear to me that he's Andy's chosen back on early downs and McKinnon is our back in passing situations. Andy trusts McKinnon a lot in pass protection, and he's right.

Observation America. Having an elite linebacker in Bolton makes all the difference in the world on defense. I was a big Derrick Johnson fan, but I think Bolton has a bigger impact on the game.

Observation 14, Section 3, Paragraph 6. Our defensive secondary is a powerhouse. Our pass rush is struggling, but the secondary is always on top of things. Hunter Renfrow is effective and his only impact on the game was to lay out Davante Adams at the end. Adams had an impact but was stopped as well as anyone can stop him. I think the secondary is our strongest position group other than quarterback. And I think Sneed may be my favorite defensive back since peak Dale Carter. He can cover and he hits like a truck. See the video at 4:37 for proof.

Observation Spruce Goose. The failed two-point conversion, Part A. We should have gone for one there, because it would have put us up by eight and required the enemy to go for two. I think the only reason we didn't is because our rental kicker is going to be fired soon. I'm also curious where Patrick was going with the pass, because it was covered pretty well. Juju? (10:45 in the video).

Observation Scrooge McDuck Rolling in Money. The failed two-point conversion, Part B. The drama of the last drive makes this key play get lost. From what I can tell (11:41 in the video), this is Chris Jones and Justin Reid making an enormous short yardage stop that saved us from requiring last-minute Mahomes magic.

Observation 634582.63. I'll give Mecole credit. I thought he was dead when he came off the field in obvious pain from a non-contact injury. But he was right back in the game afterwards. I'll award him some toughness credits.

Observation Gamma Ray. When we punted with 2 minutes left, I thought we were in grave danger. Their lousy kicker has been aces and that's a lot of time on the clock. The defense did a great job there. I thought we were hosed when Adams made that non-catch on the sideline (13:24 in the video). I had to watch the replay two or three times to realize that he didn't have control of the ball yet when his left foot tapped. That's as close to a catch as you're going to see.

Observation 38-22-36. At 14:00 in the video you can't tell from that view, but I think Joshua Williams was the guy manned up on Davante Adams on that critical last play before Hunter Renfrow came over to help with double coverage. That surprised me. Can someone confirm that? Spagnuolo is a defensive gunslinger, though, because he had Sneed up on the line. (And nice belt on the quarterback by Bolton, too.)

Observation with at least 8 characters that include one upper case letter, one number and one special character. At 14:00 in the video, what the h*** actually happened? Renfrow cut left and destroyed Adams. Did someone come off the snap late? I initially thought that Joshua might have jammed Adams on the line and slowed down his route, but that didn't really happen. There was the most minor of jams, but that was it. My theory is that the Raiders were trying to have Renfrow pick Williams, but that clearly didn't work.

Observation Churchill making the Victory Sign At 14:00 in the video, hahahahahahahahaha. That was the most Raiderish way to lose a game I've ever seen.

I like it. Can you do this weekly since Blowfish bailed on us?

Great job
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I thought this was going to be approximately 100 curse words

Regarding Observation with at least 8 characters that include one upper case letter, one number and one special character, Williams absolutely did affect the route. He got a little jam at the LOS and caused the timing to be off by a fraction of a second. That's what led to the collision downfield.

That McKinnon run was incredible.

Also love the take on Sneed. He’s probably my favorite player on the team besides Mahomes/Kelce. Such an underrated player outside of Chiefs fans. One of the best tackling corners in the league, and also very good at covering.

Yeah, after seeing HB the last two years, I really appreciate a DB that gets in the mix

Guess I'm not understanding why you weren't able to watch the game other than going to a sports bar? I absolutely hate watching Chiefs games in a bar.

You think that was enough? Maybe, but it was minor.

In retrospect, I think maybe they were hoping to use Adams and Williams to knock Thornhill off of Renfrow. But Thornhill was a bit behind.

I think the pass may have been going to Adams, though. It's hard to be sure since Carr panicked and heaved it.

In terms of technology, the world lives in 2022 and I live in 1978.

Thug.

The reason for the holding call on the FG attempt is that the defender cannot grab the lineman and pull them aside so that his teammate can shoot the now open gap.

Observation 16c: The only logical explanation is that Cheffers watched Chris Jones at the combine and feels inadequate.

I really enjoyed your reference to Renfrow being one of our D backs to take out Adams. That's Gold!

Agreed on Bolton, dudes already playing like a 5 year pro bowl vet... can't wait to see his partner in crime rejoin him

They need to extend Sneed ASAP before he and every other team sees how valuable he is.

Thornhill got trucked but made a tackle he did it again with not much trunking. He got jacobs on the ground a couple times 1v1

i.e. You're old and don't know how to work streams.


It's ok. Your wit and humor makes up for it. :thumb:

One observation that I forgot to mention is:

Observation 4Q - Darius Harris may be a breakout player for us for the four games that Gay is out. He's a linebacker with safety speed out there.

Most of our defensive backups have stepped in and filled the void as well as can be expected. We haven't been seeing any of that Sorenson / Neimann / Hughes BS that we saw last year. This bodes very well for the future. A little help on the D line and we're in awesome shape.

Replay coming on at 2 on NFLN alert

Nice job, Rainman.
On that last one, I wonder if either WR would have been able to get to it. Looked like Carr threw it too long due to the intense pressure and subsequent hit by Bolton.

And I agree, Bolton is a stud. Glad we got him.

Title suggestion for this new Series: Rain Man's Game Observations

I was expecting a roughing flag AND an illegal contact flag


We got neither


F the refs for robbing me of enjoying that moment

So is an Ermine in the Weasel family? Inquiring minds want to know?

This!!

I don't know what to do. I keep moving the antenna and have even put tin foil on it, but I still can't pick up the streams. I think maybe they're on UHF or something.

Check your TV's transistor fluid, could be running low.

Try holding a hangar in your other hand (a wire one, not a plastic one)

Excellent job, RM.

I thought the announcers had said Devine Deablo had gotten in a little extra after the td, got the personal foul enforced on kickoff, and it cut to Mahomes shouting "I'm here, I'm right here, hey I'm here."

I just assumed it was #5 that Mahomes was furious with.

Can confirm. Use the plastic hangers for interwebs access only.

Ermines are what weasels would be if they were the University of North Dakota's football mascot.

Sometimes the bottom dial on the TV doesn't tune in properly. You can usually get streams halfway between 52 and 54

In the second half Sneed was manned up on Adams quite a bit and they stopped throwing that way for most of the 3rd quarter. Then we went back to putting Watson on him again. At least it wasn't Fenton.

Why can't you go to Chiefs games are you banned from the stadium or something

No observation # 8675309?



Fail

Observation Winona I thought this would go into more detail and I am disappoint.
When one observes Winona I want all the juicy details.

For some reason i thought it was Deablo too. Not sure why i thought that....

This was a nail-biter of a game. Man, I didn't know how it was going to end, between the refs, Raiders, Orlando Brown, and the Chiefs. Thank gawd for Kelce and Mahomes.

:clap: Well done Rain Man


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Them eyes scream "psycho".

Every time I see someone lauding Bolton...I think back to all the draft day pundits on here who said that he would be just another Mizzou washout.

The dude has flat out become one of the best in the game...and has a major motor and a desire to just knock the crap out of people.

Sexy AF

The last few plays 2nd and 3, 3rd and 3 were straight up shit play calls. I just needed 8 more yards for the Mahomes Magic hit my pocket $$$

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Classic Andy with a lead.

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Probably already answered earlier in the thread.

Did anyone ask him why he tried to throw deep to Hardman instead of just picking up the first down? Weird decision.


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My personal guilty please from last night is when the raiders WR threw Carr's 200th TD pass into the Chiefs stands.


ROFL

Or an aeronautical storage one.

Where is said video?

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Observation NCC-1701. Travis Kelce's stats line: 7 catches for 25 yards, averaging 3.6 yards per reception. Oh, and four touchdowns. You don't see a stat line like that very often.

Actually you don’t ever see this. Saw on one of the morning shows that the second fewest yards by a receiver with 4 TDs was like 90.

CEH deciding to run parallel to the first down line didn’t help.

Just reading that holding on a FG has only been called 2 times in the last 7 years. The last one before last night was also against the Raiders in 2015........by a ref named Carl Cheffers

I didn’t read the beginning of the thread.

It sounds like your coaching staff didn't study up on Cheffers' tendencies. I bet Andy warned his players not to do that.

The Ermine/rain man threads are classic.

This, he was balling out all over the place making plays. I texted my grandson about #47 kicking ass during the game. Love this kid.

BS, man. We heard you, and so did Jermaine Eluemunor.

I wonder what an Ermine pelt brings in from Alaskan Furs? Asking for a friend!

Derek carr strategy against the chiefs for several years has been prayer balls. At some point our defense has to play the adjustment. At the very least turn to the ball for just this one game.

McKinnon can play but it feels situational. We have to use him more when defenses consume our OL. But mckinnons had some shit games this year too. We need to ultimately get to swapping Pacheco or McKinnon based on matchup, with ceh in high leverage situations. Less ceh on long down and distance please

Yep, in his interview with Carrington on 610 sports. He said that Kelce and MVS had shorter routes in the middle of the field and the Raiders doubled Kelce and when the guy was coming up for the double team he actually took MVS out of the play. He said he decided to throw to Mecole and sometimes you have to just let a guy make a play, but Mecole didn't do what Mahomes thought he would with the route. Mahomes did say that Mecole did the right thing with the route, but Mahomes always takes the blame, so who knows.

I love the "psycho" women folk. She's welcome to eat crackers in my bed any day or night.

RM: Great write up. Thank you for sharing. Very funny.

I would only disagree on the state of our secondary. (Is my sarcasm meter faulty?) It might fall a wee bit short of a "powerhouse." Their technique is inconsistent & they commit way too many penalties.

That Jerick McKinnon run seemed to spark us

Observation: Raiders sure the **** tried to load up this offseason spending top dollar on players like Dante Adams and they still didn't beat us. Granted they gave us a run for our money but we prevailed and just look at their record after spending all that money and going be funny when Dante gets suspended of course probably just a couple games it's not like he beat up a vacuum cleaner. I expect 2 game suspension and be shocked if he gets more than 4.

Look at all that waisted money and draft picks just like Dungver. Chargers are easily our biggest competition but their coach will kill switch their season. Justin Herbert is Philip Rivers 2.0

It's good to be a Chiefs fan

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Raiders were hit with rare and controversial penalty vs. Chiefs that hadn't been called on any team since 2015

It was incredibly blatant. The replay shows our Olineman pulled down and out of the way. There was no subtlety to it.

I wouldn't say Blowfish bailed. :harumph:

He bailed. He took his ball and went home.

CP is a brotherhood. He walked out on the brotherhood.

He stated he was getting burnt out, getting home later and later from the games, and then having to rewatch the next day and try to write a full detailed write-up was wearing thin.

He changed the Ten Things to Some Things last year and then add in just 2-3 complete assholes here that were jerkoffs to him and it became clear to him that it wasn't worth the time anymore. :harumph:

He did a great job for many years. :clap:

You can nominate Rainman to take the baton and run with it.

Yeah i get all that. I understand it's a lot to keep up with and why he started kinda subletting it out.

None of that changes the fact that he quit on us. He could have simply stopped making the threads and still participated here. At least respond to the original thread where people were asking for him. Instead he gave everyone the cold shoulder unless you were on Facebook. Took his ball and went home.

So a couple of people were jerks. Is there anyone here who has NOT dealt with that? 2-3 assholes (who weren't even harassing you) is reason to turn your back to hundreds of people here who enjoyed you? Disloyal.

Yeah Blowfish i know you're reading this. You pulled a Gaz. You can thumbs down this post too.

Detox, you're sounding like a bitter spurned ex-girlfriend. Reel it in.

He did hold.....I`m not arguing the call. Just find it funny it hasn't been called for 7 years but the last time it was called, it was called against the Raiders by the same ref.

Feels kinda like a call that can be called anytime...especially if you want to make up for a poor call earlier?? Hmmmm ;)