Chiefs Ten Things About Today's Game - Page 3

**gblowfish** · 04:57 PM

Ten Things About Today's Game

10. The NFL is a cruel, unforgiving place. The season is a 16 game grind. Injuries take a toll. Weak players on the roster get exposed. Bad losses come home to roost in December, forcing teams to win during desperate circumstances. KC hasn't been a very good road team this season. Their one signature road win was beating San Diego early in the year. So going to Pittsburgh in December -a place where the Chiefs haven't won since 1986- was a pretty tall order. And of course, they failed because they did nothing but kick field goals. If you can't score TDs, you don't deserve to go to the playoffs. If you can't score TD's, you'll always get beat by teams that do. If you can't score TDs, you cannot compete, period. Both teams scored four times today. Two of Pittsburgh's scores were TDs, the Chiefs kicked four field goals. Crunch time games like today show a lot about a team, their true heart, and what they're made of. I'm going to speak to the truth about this years team. Many of you may not like what I have to say, especially the rose colored glass homers, but I think hard truths are in order after today's loss.

9. This team will never be much more than a borderline "maybe make the playoffs" type of team with Alex Smith at QB. He is Matt Cassel with better scrambling ability. He is incapable of bringing your team back once behind. He consistently loses must win games. Maybe that's the "consistent quality," that Andy Reid admires. But he is not a difference maker. He cannot put a team on his back and will them to win. Who can, and who continues to do that? Manning. Brady. Rodgers. Luck. Roethlisberger. Rivers. Breese. Wilson. You know...guys who get to the playoffs and get to Super Bowls. Smith had Wilson wide open on a potential 60 yard bomb in the first half. He missed him, badly. Smith has no deep ball accuracy-at all. Passes from ten to fifteen yards is his effective range. Even in the fourth quarter down by two scores, Smith is still dinking and dunking the ball down the field. Yeah, he had a 300 yard passing day, but so what? That's on 45 passing attempts. Until we get a guy who is more than a "game manager," we're doomed to this type of year forever. The Chiefs seem to be complacent with this type of QB at the helm, and have been with every QB since Montana. It's engrained in the organizational DNA. They will never win until they find a difference maker at QB. And since they're committed to Smith for the forseeable future, this fact will not change soon.

8. Jamaal Charles may be the best running back in Chiefs history. But he is not a big game player, and is not a clutch player. He is injury prone, and he is mistake prone. He does not shine when most needed. Today he fumbled at a critical point in a 10-6 game, bringing about a potential 14-point swing; killing a Chiefs drive at the Pittsburgh 25. Then Pittsburgh marches the ball right down the field for seven and moves to a 17-6 lead, and game over. Charles could only manage 29 yards on nine carries, that's less than three yards a carry. Meanwhile, Bell runs for 63 yards and a TD. That's not great production, but he did score a TD in a critical game at a critical time. Charles has to prove to me he can be a difference maker in a game that means something important. He's never done that. Unfortunately, he's been beat up, or had a concussion, or for whatever reason couldn't rise to the occasion. His inability to stay healthy was a major reason we lost the Colts playoff game last year. Wasn't his fault he got hurt, but I'm just saying, the great ones rise to the occasion. Charles has never done that as a Chief. The NFL is a cruel, results oriented business. So by the standards of measurement in the NFL, it makes him a very good player. Not a great player compared to other backs in clutch situation. He may be in the Hall of Fame someday, but his lack of post season production will temper the discussion.

7. Dwayne Bowe has stolen his bloated paycheck this year. Yeah, he's had the flu this week. But in the second quarter, second and goal from the Steeler five yard line, Smith throws a back shoulder fade to Bowe, one on one on a backup Steelers cornerback. Bowe knows the ball is coming. He's supposed to be a strong, fight for the football type of possession receiver. The ball hits him in the hands, he drops it. Chiefs settle for three. Bowe catches six passes, but averages less than ten yards per catch. He never impacts the game. Meanwhile, Brown, his Steeler counterpart, goes for 72 yards and a TD, contributing to his team's victory in a must have game. Bowe should be cut or traded. He does not help this team win, he sucks up salary cap, and does not make the big play. Wilson, an undrafted free agent, has outplayed him two weeks in a row.

6. There was a big article in the KC Star today about how Eric Fisher has been mentored by John Alt over the past few weeks. Fisher was an embarrassment against a geriatric James Harrison today. Harrison beat Fisher for two sacks, and was in on several other tackles for loss. Fisher was basically awful. Right before the half, Charles tried to run behind Fisher on a fourth and one, and got stuffed because Fisher blocked the wrong guy. Sherman got his block. Fasano got his block Fisher blocked down on the nose tackle, leaving the linebacker -who he should have blocked - free to step up on the hole, completely clear to stuff Charles. Zero points, and a complete change in the complexion of the game. Next year will be Fisher's third year. If he doesn't improve, he will just be a journeyman line player, and will be a monumental waste of the first pick in the draft. If you can't run behind the first pick in the draft, with the blocking help of a fullback, and the blocking help of a tight end, and can't make one yard, you don't deserve to win.

5. Andy Reid made Alex Smith throw 45 times today. He only ran the ball 14 times. If Charles was too banged up to run, then pound Knile Davis. Davis is a capable big back. He's a lot like.....oh, say BELL of Pittsburgh. This kind of offensive imbalance is why we lose. If you are going to throw the ball all day, where is Kelce? Four catches? The only play Kelce was involved in that meant anything was a fake field goal. Then after showing the stones to try to sustain a drive for seven, they run Charles up the middle, Fasano gets beat on his block and Charles makes a yard. Then Bowe drops the fade in the end zone, then on third down Alex gets chased around the right side with no time to throw, because Fisher got beat by Harrison again. Alex meekly runs out of bounds at the five, and we kick a field goal. Then the Steelers march right down field to score their first TD. I think Andy knew that we'd need TDs to hang today. I think that's why he went for the fourth and one right before halftime. He gambled on Fisher and lost.

4. The real reason this is a mediocre team -either an 8-8 or 9-7 team as we'll see after next week- is because this defense was gutted. Losing DJ and DeVito the first game of the season hurt. Losing Berry hurt more. That's two All-Pro's and a legit run stopper right up the middle. The rest of our "All-Pro's" didn't do enough to change the course of this game. Hali's bad knee is making him ineffective. He had two tackles, no sacks, was not a factor at all. Houston had four tackles and one sack. That's not good enough. Poe? No sacks, one tackle. That's not good enough. Nobody forced a fumble or pick. Not good enough. Not good enough when the Steelers get five sacks and force a critical fumble on Charles. Steelers averaged seven yards on every first down play. Not good enough, defense. That said, the players who desperately needed to be our leaders did not show up on offense. Giving up 20 points in Pittsburgh is not terrible, but the Steelers kept the Chiefs at a good arm's length most of the game. They knew Smith would not rally the team once down by two scores.

3. Because of injuries, the Chiefs are down to a lot of bottom of the barrel guys seeing the field. Fleming, Owens, Parker, all not good enough. None should be kept on this roster next year, we have to do better. Gaines was out with the flu today (I suppose). He better have been puking his socks up in the locker room not to suit up and play. Mauga should be a special teamer like Zombo. He would only start for some of the worst teams in the league. On the offensive line, Linkenbach, Harris, not good enough. A wide receiver corps with Bowe, Avery, Hemmingway and Hammond? Not good enough. I'm OK with Avant and Wilson, we know who they are. Bowe would make a fine number three or four receiver for somebody, but his contract is a boat anchor. Cut him loose, let's get somebody in here who's a fighter and a winner.

2. Special teams contributed all the points (sadly) and made one nice play on a fake field goal for a first down. The final on-side kick was totally botched. Chiefs had no chance to recover. That's what you get with a rookie kicker. Santos has no prior experience in such a situation, and it showed. DAT could break nothing in kick coverage. We needed something extra from the specials to have a chance today, and didn't get it. They didn't beat us, they just didn't help that much.

1. So, it's come down to -realistically- all we can do is hope to spoil San Diego's season next week. I predict 20,000 or more no-shows. The ticket brokers were already dumping seats for dirt cheap. Phyllis has a bulging disc in his neck, but he'll find a way to slice and dice us. Once he sees our shit coverage on Heath Miller, Antonio Gates will run crazy against us. This team is mediocre. It's going to be mediocre. Yeah, there's some weird mathematical stuff that could still happen where the Chiefs would sneak in as a "playoff team," but do you really think they'd win anything? They're lumped in with all the other mediocre teams like Buffalo, and San Diego, and Baltimore. We lost to two of the teams who'll be picking in the top four slots in the 2015 draft. That's enough to send you home for New Years, and deservedly so. This team got what it deserved today.

Well, that's my rant. It's hard to be Mr. Jolly Pants when your team's season just went down in flames.

Finally, I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas. As for me, My mom was just released from a week's stay in the hospital yesterday to go home. My beautiful little kitty Mama Cat is quickly fading away from illness and old age, but I'm hoping she makes it another week to spend one more Christmas with us. My wife gets to retire after this school year concludes. My company laid off two people in the last month, and to my relief, neither of them was me. So I have much to be guardedly grateful for. I hope your world -family, health and profession- are calm, care-free and joyous. God Bless Us, every one.

KC Star Game Photos are Here:
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displacedinMN · 12-21-2014, 05:13 PM

George, as always-thanks. I am glad I did not have to see this game. Kid 2 had a gymnastics meet today. She placed in all but one event, so it was a good day there.

I was able to keep tabs on the game because gymnastics meets are 2 minutes of your child and 40 minutes of waiting and watching other teams. When the fumble happened and the TD, I closed the phone and announced game.

The season is now over to me. Time to de-chief the truck and figure out what I will be wearing on Fridays. Also, now that I have my Sunday afternoons back, I hope there will be something on TV. I will always have papers to correct and get ready for the next week of 8th graders.

Happy and Merry to all. What ever you like to celebrate. Enjoy the family. At least we can know that we are now going to get 2-3 minutes more of sunlight until June!!!!!!!

**notorious** · 12-21-2014, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Williams

Exactly. The only post-game analysis these ****wads deserve are Demonpenz MS Paint depictions of Alex shitting down his leg:

Is Alex shitting out the Charcoal Santa jammed in his "Stocking"?

stumppy · 12-21-2014, 05:15 PM

Very well put George.
Couldn't agree more.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 12-21-2014, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

Is Alex shitting out the Charcoal Santa jammed in his "Stocking"?

**digger** · 12-21-2014, 05:26 PM

Marry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy holidays.

**Buehler445** · 12-21-2014, 05:27 PM

Good read man.

I can't say that I'm disappointed in the D. Rape went 18/25 220 1TD. On the ground they went 68 1TD, 72 if you take out Rapes Sack. There was only one sack, but there was respectable pressure. If you tell me we could hold the Steelers to 20 points, 368 total yards, that's good enough to win. D, and Sutton came to play. Yeah, Poe, Hali, Houston could have racked up bigger stats, but overall D got it done. 12 points wins you not a ****ing thing in the 2014 NFL.

I can't agree about Charles. How many truly meaningful games has he played in? You can say the Indy crazy concussion game, and the slaughter at Baltimore Haley's first year. I can't remember if he got any carries in the Herm abortion, but if he did, they were minimal.

Most of the other need-to-win games, were in the regular season after the team has shit it's pants and probably didn't have to be need-to-win. Whereas he has been transcendent in many of his other regular season games that were important.

It is a ****ing travesty that Charles has been a Chief. Put Charles on a decent team and it would be just unfair. Just flat out unfair. He is a generational talent, and we are just a couple years away from ****ing off his career.

I'm on the fence about Bowe. He shouldn't be too old. Maybe he's always been a jumpball kind of guy, and Smith won't throw those. I know he's better than this year's stats, but I doubt that he's as good as his paycheck. It should be noted, though, that he blocks like a bulldozer.

Right there with you with Smith, Reid, OL - namely that joke of an overall first round pick. Really good writeup overall.

Simple fact is that the good teams hold serve at home and win the ones they should win. Then you can talk about going and getting good wins. The Seattle and NE wins were great, but we should have won Titans, Faid, and Donks at home on 10 days. We win the ones we should, we are in.

DTHOF · 12-21-2014, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

Oh for ****'s sake, the corner just made a great play. He gets paid too, you know.

Everyone talks about Bowe and how it can not get open and it is not the case. I watched Bowe specifically in the red zone and saw him running wide open by NFL standards and AS didn't even look his way. One was on the play where DAT got blown up. Five Steerlers were within five yards of that pass and were looking for that play. Another was early and AS just threw a rocket into the seats with no pressure.

Halfcan · 12-21-2014, 05:33 PM

Great job! Nothing much to add to that -I think you covered it very well.

I predicted this game in another thread- sans a run up in score by the Steelers. It was never close. Chiefs were beat before they stepped on the field. The whole team knows Alex would not lead them to a win.

They have zero heart-one more loss to cap off the season. Andy will end up losing his last 5 of 6 and missing the playoffs. Add that to last year's ending and it makes a trend. If he is not fired (which he won't be) he should at least be stripped of play calling duties.

Hard to believe they resigned Alex to an extension-why not wait until the end of the season? Did they really think this heartless, emotionless, robot game manager would break the bank in free agency? Clark continues to make the same types of dumb decisions his father did. Bad first round picks, bad choices at QB, D line, O line, Wr's.

We literally have Nothing to build a franchise around-because they have saddled this city to Smith. Not only giving up valuable picks to get him, stubbornly refusing to see what he is. They also failed to build any kind of team around him that would capitalize on his strengths and help hide his glaring weaknesses. Instead chose to protect him with the worst O line in chiefs history and give him a record breaking receiving corp-worst in NFL history at this point.

Another Chiefs year down the drain. Another disappointing heartless loss. Another big game we knew the Chiefs would never win. Another year of being a Chiefs fan and watching them fumble, bumble, sputter and choke to another forgettable year.

ThaVirus · 12-21-2014, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Look at just today's game… a virtual playoff game and Charles was awful. He choked… he failed to deliver as a franchise player.

Killer fumble? Check
Huge dropped pass on the final key drive? Check
Failing to capitalize on a huge play opportunity early in the game by failing to make ONE defender miss and getting ankle tackled for a minimal gain? Check

Charles is the Chiefs franchise player and is getting paid like one as well.

He no-showed in the Chiefs biggest game of the season to-date.

I think him not showing up today had a lot more to do with external factors than himself.

Our offense just sucks all around. The offensive line doesn't open up any holes without serious misdirection, Reid doesn't stick with the ground game to save his dick, and Alex's unwillingness to throw the ball down the field effectively forces us to face 8 man fronts week in and week out.

He had a fumble today, yeah. He fumbles every once in a while, yeah. The thing is, and why I'm so critical of Smith and not of the greatest playmaker this franchise has ever witnessed, Jamaal's production FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRR outweighs his gaffes. You say he's lost 3 fumbles all year? I say he's squeaked out at least 400 yards and 5 or so TDs that the average back would have had no prayer in making. Look no further than this ****ing team. Knile is averaging what now? It's got to be dangerously close to 2.9 YPC. Jamaal is averaging 5 despite not being given enough carries to find any kind of rhythm.

He's our best and most consistent player and has been since he took the starting spot back in 2009. He's played big in big games and he's done it often. He had, probably, his best game of the season against the Seahawks not long ago. He had 3 TDs against the Patriots. He does play well in big games.

stevieray · 12-21-2014, 05:41 PM

....one recurring phrase sums it up.

NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

**dannybcaitlyn** · 12-21-2014, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I think him not showing up today had a lot more to do with external factors than himself.

Our offense just sucks all around. The offensive line doesn't open up any holes without serious misdirection, Reid doesn't stick with the ground game to save his dick, and Alex's unwillingness to throw the ball down the field effectively forces us to face 8 man fronts week in and week out.

He had a fumble today, yeah. He fumbles every once in a while, yeah. The thing is, and why I'm so critical of Smith and not of the greatest playmaker this franchise has ever witnessed, Jamaal's production FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRR outweighs his gaffes. You say he's lost 3 fumbles all year? I say he's squeaked out at least 400 yards and 5 or so TDs that the average back would have had no prayer in making. Look no further than this ****ing team. Knile is averaging what now? It's got to be dangerously close to 2.9 YPC. Jamaal is averaging 5 despite not being given enough carries to find any kind of rhythm.

He's our best and most consistent player and has been since he took the starting spot back in 2009. He's played big in big games and he's done it often. He had, probably, his best game of the season against the Seahawks not long ago. He had 3 TDs against the Patriots. He does play well in big games.

Agreed with Virus here. Charles is the main focus for every defensive cordinator we face. Teams are selling out to stop him. Alex has a chance to get some respect and back up the defense up and he misses a wide upen wilson that could've been a easy seven. If Alex plays like a 68 mil like he should the oline looks better, Rb look better and a receivers are getting more balls, but alex keeps doing it to himself by dinking and dunking and drawing everything towards the line of scrimmage.

TEX · 12-21-2014, 05:47 PM

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Not only giving up valuable picks to get him, stubbornly refusing to see what he is. They also failed to build any kind of team around him that would capitalize on his strengths and help hide his glaring weaknesses. Instead chose to protect him with the worst O line in chiefs history and give him a record breaking receiving corp-worst in NFL history at this point.

And this is exactly why I couldn't believe they did N-O-T-H-I-N-G this past off season. Most surprising because both Dorsey and Reid had bad seasons with GB and Philly respectively when they had OL issues. To have a JAG OL Plus JAG WR's in addition to a JAG QB is a recipe for exactly what happened this year in KC. Saw this coming as did most. When you consider they didn't build on the success of last year, it's even more of a waste than just looking at this season in a singular sense.

**Easy 6** · 12-21-2014, 05:48 PM

"If You Cant Score Touchdowns You Dont Deserve to go to The Playoffs".

Theres your 2015 motto that hangs above the lockerroom exit.

ThaVirus · 12-21-2014, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy 6

"If You Cant Score Touchdowns You Dont Deserve to go to The Playoffs".

Theres your 2015 motto that hangs above the lockerroom exit.

But.. But.. But.. The game was close! There was no need to risk trying for the TD! Play it safe and take the points!

This pussy ass franchise and its brain washed fans. TD win most games. Score more and win more. **** this playing not to lose bullshit.

ThaVirus · 12-21-2014, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dannybcaitlyn

Agreed with Virus here. Charles is the main focus for every defensive cordinator we face. Teams are selling out to stop him. Alex has a chance to get some respect and back up the defense up and he misses a wide upen wilson that could've been a easy seven. If Alex plays like a 68 mil like he should the oline looks better, Rb look better and a receivers are getting more balls, but alex keeps doing it to himself by dinking and dunking and drawing everything towards the line of scrimmage.

Yeah, thanks for reminding me. Not only would that Wilson overthrow have put us ahead, it also would have changed the defensive fronts we'd have face from that point on. We're talking larger running lanes and more room for our speedsters to work underneath the deep coverage.

Just an egregious overthrow.

12-21-2014, 04:27 PM
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $16886178 VARSITY	Ten Things About Today's Game Ten Things About Today's Game 10. The NFL is a cruel, unforgiving place. The season is a 16 game grind. Injuries take a toll. Weak players on the roster get exposed. Bad losses come home to roost in December, forcing teams to win during desperate circumstances. KC hasn't been a very good road team this season. Their one signature road win was beating San Diego early in the year. So going to Pittsburgh in December -a place where the Chiefs haven't won since 1986- was a pretty tall order. And of course, they failed because they did nothing but kick field goals. If you can't score TDs, you don't deserve to go to the playoffs. If you can't score TD's, you'll always get beat by teams that do. If you can't score TDs, you cannot compete, period. Both teams scored four times today. Two of Pittsburgh's scores were TDs, the Chiefs kicked four field goals. Crunch time games like today show a lot about a team, their true heart, and what they're made of. I'm going to speak to the truth about this years team. Many of you may not like what I have to say, especially the rose colored glass homers, but I think hard truths are in order after today's loss. 9. This team will never be much more than a borderline "maybe make the playoffs" type of team with Alex Smith at QB. He is Matt Cassel with better scrambling ability. He is incapable of bringing your team back once behind. He consistently loses must win games. Maybe that's the "consistent quality," that Andy Reid admires. But he is not a difference maker. He cannot put a team on his back and will them to win. Who can, and who continues to do that? Manning. Brady. Rodgers. Luck. Roethlisberger. Rivers. Breese. Wilson. You know...guys who get to the playoffs and get to Super Bowls. Smith had Wilson wide open on a potential 60 yard bomb in the first half. He missed him, badly. Smith has no deep ball accuracy-at all. Passes from ten to fifteen yards is his effective range. Even in the fourth quarter down by two scores, Smith is still dinking and dunking the ball down the field. Yeah, he had a 300 yard passing day, but so what? That's on 45 passing attempts. Until we get a guy who is more than a "game manager," we're doomed to this type of year forever. The Chiefs seem to be complacent with this type of QB at the helm, and have been with every QB since Montana. It's engrained in the organizational DNA. They will never win until they find a difference maker at QB. And since they're committed to Smith for the forseeable future, this fact will not change soon. 8. Jamaal Charles may be the best running back in Chiefs history. But he is not a big game player, and is not a clutch player. He is injury prone, and he is mistake prone. He does not shine when most needed. Today he fumbled at a critical point in a 10-6 game, bringing about a potential 14-point swing; killing a Chiefs drive at the Pittsburgh 25. Then Pittsburgh marches the ball right down the field for seven and moves to a 17-6 lead, and game over. Charles could only manage 29 yards on nine carries, that's less than three yards a carry. Meanwhile, Bell runs for 63 yards and a TD. That's not great production, but he did score a TD in a critical game at a critical time. Charles has to prove to me he can be a difference maker in a game that means something important. He's never done that. Unfortunately, he's been beat up, or had a concussion, or for whatever reason couldn't rise to the occasion. His inability to stay healthy was a major reason we lost the Colts playoff game last year. Wasn't his fault he got hurt, but I'm just saying, the great ones rise to the occasion. Charles has never done that as a Chief. The NFL is a cruel, results oriented business. So by the standards of measurement in the NFL, it makes him a very good player. Not a great player compared to other backs in clutch situation. He may be in the Hall of Fame someday, but his lack of post season production will temper the discussion. 7. Dwayne Bowe has stolen his bloated paycheck this year. Yeah, he's had the flu this week. But in the second quarter, second and goal from the Steeler five yard line, Smith throws a back shoulder fade to Bowe, one on one on a backup Steelers cornerback. Bowe knows the ball is coming. He's supposed to be a strong, fight for the football type of possession receiver. The ball hits him in the hands, he drops it. Chiefs settle for three. Bowe catches six passes, but averages less than ten yards per catch. He never impacts the game. Meanwhile, Brown, his Steeler counterpart, goes for 72 yards and a TD, contributing to his team's victory in a must have game. Bowe should be cut or traded. He does not help this team win, he sucks up salary cap, and does not make the big play. Wilson, an undrafted free agent, has outplayed him two weeks in a row. 6. There was a big article in the KC Star today about how Eric Fisher has been mentored by John Alt over the past few weeks. Fisher was an embarrassment against a geriatric James Harrison today. Harrison beat Fisher for two sacks, and was in on several other tackles for loss. Fisher was basically awful. Right before the half, Charles tried to run behind Fisher on a fourth and one, and got stuffed because Fisher blocked the wrong guy. Sherman got his block. Fasano got his block Fisher blocked down on the nose tackle, leaving the linebacker -who he should have blocked - free to step up on the hole, completely clear to stuff Charles. Zero points, and a complete change in the complexion of the game. Next year will be Fisher's third year. If he doesn't improve, he will just be a journeyman line player, and will be a monumental waste of the first pick in the draft. If you can't run behind the first pick in the draft, with the blocking help of a fullback, and the blocking help of a tight end, and can't make one yard, you don't deserve to win. 5. Andy Reid made Alex Smith throw 45 times today. He only ran the ball 14 times. If Charles was too banged up to run, then pound Knile Davis. Davis is a capable big back. He's a lot like.....oh, say BELL of Pittsburgh. This kind of offensive imbalance is why we lose. If you are going to throw the ball all day, where is Kelce? Four catches? The only play Kelce was involved in that meant anything was a fake field goal. Then after showing the stones to try to sustain a drive for seven, they run Charles up the middle, Fasano gets beat on his block and Charles makes a yard. Then Bowe drops the fade in the end zone, then on third down Alex gets chased around the right side with no time to throw, because Fisher got beat by Harrison again. Alex meekly runs out of bounds at the five, and we kick a field goal. Then the Steelers march right down field to score their first TD. I think Andy knew that we'd need TDs to hang today. I think that's why he went for the fourth and one right before halftime. He gambled on Fisher and lost. 4. The real reason this is a mediocre team -either an 8-8 or 9-7 team as we'll see after next week- is because this defense was gutted. Losing DJ and DeVito the first game of the season hurt. Losing Berry hurt more. That's two All-Pro's and a legit run stopper right up the middle. The rest of our "All-Pro's" didn't do enough to change the course of this game. Hali's bad knee is making him ineffective. He had two tackles, no sacks, was not a factor at all. Houston had four tackles and one sack. That's not good enough. Poe? No sacks, one tackle. That's not good enough. Nobody forced a fumble or pick. Not good enough. Not good enough when the Steelers get five sacks and force a critical fumble on Charles. Steelers averaged seven yards on every first down play. Not good enough, defense. That said, the players who desperately needed to be our leaders did not show up on offense. Giving up 20 points in Pittsburgh is not terrible, but the Steelers kept the Chiefs at a good arm's length most of the game. They knew Smith would not rally the team once down by two scores. 3. Because of injuries, the Chiefs are down to a lot of bottom of the barrel guys seeing the field. Fleming, Owens, Parker, all not good enough. None should be kept on this roster next year, we have to do better. Gaines was out with the flu today (I suppose). He better have been puking his socks up in the locker room not to suit up and play. Mauga should be a special teamer like Zombo. He would only start for some of the worst teams in the league. On the offensive line, Linkenbach, Harris, not good enough. A wide receiver corps with Bowe, Avery, Hemmingway and Hammond? Not good enough. I'm OK with Avant and Wilson, we know who they are. Bowe would make a fine number three or four receiver for somebody, but his contract is a boat anchor. Cut him loose, let's get somebody in here who's a fighter and a winner. 2. Special teams contributed all the points (sadly) and made one nice play on a fake field goal for a first down. The final on-side kick was totally botched. Chiefs had no chance to recover. That's what you get with a rookie kicker. Santos has no prior experience in such a situation, and it showed. DAT could break nothing in kick coverage. We needed something extra from the specials to have a chance today, and didn't get it. They didn't beat us, they just didn't help that much. 1. So, it's come down to -realistically- all we can do is hope to spoil San Diego's season next week. I predict 20,000 or more no-shows. The ticket brokers were already dumping seats for dirt cheap. Phyllis has a bulging disc in his neck, but he'll find a way to slice and dice us. Once he sees our shit coverage on Heath Miller, Antonio Gates will run crazy against us. This team is mediocre. It's going to be mediocre. Yeah, there's some weird mathematical stuff that could still happen where the Chiefs would sneak in as a "playoff team," but do you really think they'd win anything? They're lumped in with all the other mediocre teams like Buffalo, and San Diego, and Baltimore. We lost to two of the teams who'll be picking in the top four slots in the 2015 draft. That's enough to send you home for New Years, and deservedly so. This team got what it deserved today. Well, that's my rant. It's hard to be Mr. Jolly Pants when your team's season just went down in flames. Finally, I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas. As for me, My mom was just released from a week's stay in the hospital yesterday to go home. My beautiful little kitty Mama Cat is quickly fading away from illness and old age, but I'm hoping she makes it another week to spend one more Christmas with us. My wife gets to retire after this school year concludes. My company laid off two people in the last month, and to my relief, neither of them was me. So I have much to be guardedly grateful for. I hope your world -family, health and profession- are calm, care-free and joyous. God Bless Us, every one. KC Star Game Photos are Here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl...le4770033.html Last edited by gblowfish; 12-21-2014 at 04:57 PM..
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12-21-2014, 05:13 PM	#31
displacedinMN In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Correcting papers Casino cash: $-820000	George, as always-thanks. I am glad I did not have to see this game. Kid 2 had a gymnastics meet today. She placed in all but one event, so it was a good day there. I was able to keep tabs on the game because gymnastics meets are 2 minutes of your child and 40 minutes of waiting and watching other teams. When the fumble happened and the TD, I closed the phone and announced game. The season is now over to me. Time to de-chief the truck and figure out what I will be wearing on Fridays. Also, now that I have my Sunday afternoons back, I hope there will be something on TV. I will always have papers to correct and get ready for the next week of 8th graders. Happy and Merry to all. What ever you like to celebrate. Enjoy the family. At least we can know that we are now going to get 2-3 minutes more of sunlight until June!!!!!!! __________________ #investigatecarlcheffers
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12-21-2014, 05:15 PM	#33
stumppy New and Improved Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Springfield, Mo. Casino cash: $-2401410	Very well put George. Couldn't agree more. __________________ “As a nation, we can endure damaging policies for a four-year term. But we cannot survive a president willing to terminate our Constitution”
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12-21-2014, 05:26 PM	#35
digger Thread I will end you....... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kansas City, KS Casino cash: $-1540000 VARSITY	Marry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy holidays. __________________ Patrick Mahomes II MVP 2X Super Bowl MVP 3x Travis Kelce TE GOAT
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12-21-2014, 05:27 PM	#36
Buehler445 Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scott City KS Casino cash: $-1605266	Good read man. I can't say that I'm disappointed in the D. Rape went 18/25 220 1TD. On the ground they went 68 1TD, 72 if you take out Rapes Sack. There was only one sack, but there was respectable pressure. If you tell me we could hold the Steelers to 20 points, 368 total yards, that's good enough to win. D, and Sutton came to play. Yeah, Poe, Hali, Houston could have racked up bigger stats, but overall D got it done. 12 points wins you not a ***ing thing in the 2014 NFL. I can't agree about Charles. How many truly* meaningful games has he played in? You can say the Indy crazy concussion game, and the slaughter at Baltimore Haley's first year. I can't remember if he got any carries in the Herm abortion, but if he did, they were minimal. Most of the other need-to-win games, were in the regular season after the team has shit it's pants and probably didn't have to be need-to-win. Whereas he has been transcendent in many of his other regular season games that were important. It is a **ing travesty that Charles has been a Chief. Put Charles on a decent team and it would be just unfair. Just flat out unfair. He is a generational talent, and we are just a couple years away from **ing off his career. I'm on the fence about Bowe. He shouldn't be too old. Maybe he's always been a jumpball kind of guy, and Smith won't throw those. I know he's better than this year's stats, but I doubt that he's as good as his paycheck. It should be noted, though, that he blocks like a bulldozer. Right there with you with Smith, Reid, OL - namely that joke of an overall first round pick. Really good writeup overall. Simple fact is that the good teams hold serve at home and win the ones they should win. Then you can talk about going and getting good wins. The Seattle and NE wins were great, but we should have won Titans, Faid, and Donks at home on 10 days. We win the ones we should, we are in.
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12-21-2014, 05:33 PM	#38
Halfcan In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2005 Casino cash: $7327995	Great job! Nothing much to add to that -I think you covered it very well. I predicted this game in another thread- sans a run up in score by the Steelers. It was never close. Chiefs were beat before they stepped on the field. The whole team knows Alex would not lead them to a win. They have zero heart-one more loss to cap off the season. Andy will end up losing his last 5 of 6 and missing the playoffs. Add that to last year's ending and it makes a trend. If he is not fired (which he won't be) he should at least be stripped of play calling duties. Hard to believe they resigned Alex to an extension-why not wait until the end of the season? Did they really think this heartless, emotionless, robot game manager would break the bank in free agency? Clark continues to make the same types of dumb decisions his father did. Bad first round picks, bad choices at QB, D line, O line, Wr's. We literally have Nothing to build a franchise around-because they have saddled this city to Smith. Not only giving up valuable picks to get him, stubbornly refusing to see what he is. They also failed to build any kind of team around him that would capitalize on his strengths and help hide his glaring weaknesses. Instead chose to protect him with the worst O line in chiefs history and give him a record breaking receiving corp-worst in NFL history at this point. Another Chiefs year down the drain. Another disappointing heartless loss. Another big game we knew the Chiefs would never win. Another year of being a Chiefs fan and watching them fumble, bumble, sputter and choke to another forgettable year.
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12-21-2014, 05:41 PM	#40
stevieray Most things I worry about… Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Under Pressure Casino cash: $-1334727	....one recurring phrase sums it up. NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
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12-21-2014, 05:48 PM	#43
Easy 6 pie is never free Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the drivers seat Casino cash: $-192225	"If You Cant Score Touchdowns You Dont Deserve to go to The Playoffs". Theres your 2015 motto that hangs above the lockerroom exit.
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