Players that outplayed epectations tonight

[BossChief]

1) Charles - can we get the guy the ball more...and on plays other than draws? PLEASE?

2) Glenn Dorsey - Man was a dominating force tonight!

3) DJ - good job man, you held down your gap (with exception of a couple plays) and played solid football.

4) Tyson Jackson - you showed some fire out there and contributed to a run defense that played a damn good game

5) Shaun Smith - we were noticeably better with you on the field as the nose. Keep up the good work.

6) Moeaki - had some nice blocks and if we had a quarterback, he would have had a big game.

7) Arenas - good returns are becoming the norm and his coverage was pretty good most of the time. Kids gonna be good once he gets up to speed on defense.

8) Carr - Great game, nuff said.

9) DMC - I cant wait till we find a way to get this kid on the field consistently. I think his "illness" limited how much they used him tonight, but his speed on the punt return is .2 faster than his timed speed from the combine...maybe faster.

10) The team as a whole - it was nice to see em playing as a team for the first time in a few years. We are noticeably on the right path if we can "fix the quarterback"

[T-post Tom]

Lilja had a good game. Waters was fun to watch. He had some nasty fire going.

[petegz28]

I think the biggest stand outs tonight were DJ and Dorsey on defense and Charles on offense. That kid is just sick. I think people are getting a bit down on Jones, not because he is bad but because they want more Charles. I think we will get more Charles as well but we simply can't have him in there every play or he will get broken.

[beer bacon]

Originally Posted by petegz28

I think the biggest stand outs tonight were DJ and Dorsey on defense and Charles on offense. That kid is just sick. I think people are getting a bit down on Jones, not because he is bad but because they want more Charles. I think we will get more Charles as well but we simply can't have him in there every play or he will get broken.

I understand Haley/Weis not wanting Charles to get broken down with 30 carries every game, but he needs more than 11. The goal should be 15-20 touches for Charles every game. In a game like this, they should be more concerned with getting some first downs at the end of the game then preserving Charles. This is especially true when his touches are still in the single digits.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by beer bacon

I understand Haley/Weis not wanting Charles to get broken down with 30 carries every game, but he needs more than 11. The goal should be 15-20 touches for Charles every game. In a game like this, they should be more concerned with getting some first downs at the end of the game then preserving Charles. This is especially true when his touches are still in the single digits.

Had KC not been up by 14 a lot of the game I would think Charles would have gotten the ball more.

With the rain and Charles fumble history as well as Jones non-fumble history I think they limited Charles touches.

[teedubya]

Crennell had a great game.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by teedubya

Crennell had a great game.

Teh defense has improved thus far. We are flying to the ball and yes, I couldn't believe my eyes, we are tackling!!! We just have to get someone on the other side of Hali to bring the pass rush off the edges and continue to work on getting more push in the middle.

Lets be honest, SD is a good offensive team and next to Indy, probably the best offensive team we are going to see all year.

[teedubya]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Teh defense has improved thus far. We are flying to the ball and yes, I couldn't believe my eyes, we are tackling!!! We just have to get someone on the other side of Hali to bring the pass rush off the edges and continue to work on getting more push in the middle.

Lets be honest, SD is a good offensive team and next to Indy, probably the best offensive team we are going to see all year.

Im glad we played them in the rain.

This defense is gonna end up top 12-15 defense... but maybe, it could be a top 7-10 defense. I reallllly like defense.

Top 5 defenses make me very happy.

[SenselessChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Teh defense has improved thus far. We are flying to the ball and yes, I couldn't believe my eyes, we are tackling!!! We just have to get someone on the other side of Hali to bring the pass rush off the edges and continue to work on getting more push in the middle.

Lets be honest, SD is a good offensive team and next to Indy, probably the best offensive team we are going to see all year.

Actually, SD may be the best offensive team we play. That said, we got to face them in really poor weather conditions that probably favored the Chiefs.

When they play the Colts, it will be in the dome.

[Psyko Tek]

Originally Posted by teedubya

Crennell had a great game.

is he finally getting the many top ten draft picks to be what they should be?

I loved last night

I love defense

was a 90's time warp as I wore my DT jersey screen printed so it says D mas


but **** YEAH

I now wanna spend the cash to get my son to arrowhead
I don't wanna tell him how the noise used to be
how the D used to be

I want him to see how it is

[Shogun]

No love for flowers?

[BossChief]

Originally Posted by Shogun

No love for flowers?

I expect him to be great.

That's what he is.

I should have added:

11) the ol...they played much better than I expected them to.

[Goldmember]

I was very impressed with Carr. After him getting burned in the preseason and practice, it didn't sound like he was doing very well.

[BossChief]

Originally Posted by Goldmember

I was very impressed with Carr. After him getting burned in the preseason and practice, it didn't sound like he was doing very well.

He was/is still learning to play man coverage. He will continue to progress IMO the more he learns to get his head turned.

[DBOSHO]

I'm just afraid the rain did more for us than anything. Rivers was carving us up when it was dry.