[DJ's left nut]

The Chiefs just lost a game in the same fashion they generally prefer to win one.

TB's offense owned the clock, kept the ball and stayed on the field. The FGs and a fumbled mesh kept the game close, but the Bucs offense was much better than the Chiefs defense yesterday.

Houston was a non-factor and when with Zombo and the corpse of Hali on the field, they got no pressure at all. The defense absolutely played a big part in that loss.

Until their last drive of the game when they were trying to milk the clock, the Bucs made it into Chiefs territory on EVERY SINGLE POSSESSION. And even that drive went all the way to their own 49. I'm sorry, but that's damn near as bad as the zero punt game. I've never seen anything like that. Because of the Bucs ability to keep the Chiefs defense on the field, the offense got a whopping SEVEN drives. Seven.

Sorry, but that's a huge failure by the D. For everyone that is saying "well they only gave up 19 points!" isn't that a similar argument to 'well he just wins games'? The defensive performance was pitiful and for a team that relies on complementary football, the D simply didn't get the job done.

Now the offense could've definitely been better and I'll never understand that play call from Reid. I just don't get what he saw that made him think that passing over the middle inside the 5 was smart. It's just way too congested for that to be a good idea. And if you're going to punt from the 36, why the hell aren't you trying a short play to improve your chance at the FG? Why are you dialing up a deep ball when you need 4-5 yards to get into FG range? Oh, and why when you do choose to run the ball are you running behind your worst guard at their best player? His offensive gameplan just never seemed to make sense at all.

Eh, I'm sure this has all been said already but it's pretty ridiculous to say that Smith is why they lost this game - they lost this game because the whole team played like shit. Perhaps injuries finally ran them down and in the end you can only play poor football and win for so long. And frankly, they weren't going to win out anyway so if this game teaches them something that they can use to better themselves going forward, it's for the best. But shit man, they have got to play better than they played yesterday because that whole team failed in just about every form and fashion.