Chiefs Ten Things About Today's Game - Page 5

**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.

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lcarus · 12-21-2014, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy 6

A serious point made.

JC is consistently asked to beat linemen and backers, consistently being asked to pound it between the tackles... its not the recipe for success with a guy like JC, this line is absolute dogshit, everyone but Hudson can suck my dong.

Fisher? dudes a bust, he just is... no better than this at the end of his second season? **** HIM.

Yep. 2 seasons and he sucks. I thought maybe he could get better and be a solid starter at LT but that was just wishful thinking. A #1 overall pick....jesus man. Just **** me with a red hot fire poker.

**petegz28** · 12-21-2014, 06:26 PM

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Nice write up. I agree with all of it but I'm not gonna blame Houston or Charles for much. Yeah that fumble sucked. Was it possible that he was down or did the ball start coming loose before his knee went down? Either way, he's gotta hold on to the ball.

And I'm just tired of Alex Smith. I've held off on blowing up on the dude here because A) there are tons of posters here who pretty much have that covered and do a better job of it than I ever could and B) I've felt kinda bad for him behind that awful, awful line. But NOW? I'm just done with the guy. **** him. When we have a 3rd down passing situation, not only am I shocked if we pick up the first down, but I'm shocked when it doesn't end up with either a sack or him being flushed out of the pocket only to throw the ball away or check it down for a 1 yard gain. It's just incredible how limited our offense is with this guy. He has pretty decent ability to keep plays alive and scramble out of trouble, but it never amounts to anything. Like....EVER. I see guys wide open on replays way too ****ing much. He's just gotta quit being a pussy and let guys make a play sometimes.

Our offense is not limited because of Smith. Did you see how much more time Ben-Burger had compared to Smith? Smith will stretch the field when it seems we have too and when he is able too. I go to the 3rd and 16 he hit Wilson on today.

So while Smith isn't all-world, if he always has to scramble 2 seconds after getting the ball then WTF?

However I do think he holds the ball too much at times.

BlackOp · 12-21-2014, 06:28 PM

The biggest play..or "non-play" was Smiths horrible pass on that bomb. He was wide open...So even if Smith has the best O-line in the NFL..if he cant make that throw...whats the point.

I was a Smith supporter...but he has had several opportunities to win games at the end. Broncos, 49ers, Cardinals...hasn't come through. KC is just about to achieve something that hasn't happened in the modern era...no WR TDs all season. Alex is the problem...the league is set-up for passing.

Pittsburgh's pass defense has been horrible all season...hence that TD that didn't happen. Smith couldn't find the endzone once....with the season on line.

Deberg_1990 · 12-21-2014, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by petegz28

Our offense is not limited because of Smith. Did you see how much more time Ben-Burger had compared to Smith? Smith will stretch the field when it seems we have too and when he is able too. I go to the 3rd and 16 he hit Wilson on today.

So while Smith isn't all-world, if he always has to scramble 2 seconds after getting the ball then WTF?

However I do think he holds the ball too much at times.

Not buying it. Did you see the play Big Ben made where he threw a TD pass while being dragged down? That's a play Alex Smith doesn't make.

**petegz28** · 12-21-2014, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackOp

The biggest play..or "non-play" was Smiths horrible pass on that bomb. He was wide open...So even if Smith has the best O-line in the NFL..if he cant make that throw...whats the point.

I was a Smith supporter...but he has had several opportunities to win games at the end. Broncos, 49ers, Cardinals...hasn't come through. KC is just about to achieve something that hasn't happened in the modern era...no WR TDs all season. Alex is the problem...the league is set-up for passing.

Pittsburgh's pass dense has been horrible all season...hence that TD that didn't happen. Smith could find the endzone once..

1 throw. QB's overthrow guys all the time. Even the Great Pey-Pey. The only problem with Smith is he only does it once a game so it's magnified when he doesn't hit.

**petegz28** · 12-21-2014, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Not buying it. Did you see the play Big Ben made where he threw a TD pass while being dragged down? That's a play Alex Smith doesn't make.

I don't know what to tell you. Anyone who is half-ass objective can't say with any credibility that our line isn't our biggest liability. You can cherry pick plays here and there all you want.

**Easy 6** · 12-21-2014, 06:32 PM

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Charles is an excellent runner between the tackles. He always has been.

Can he do it well? absolutely... but he's being asked to entirely too much.

Reid is giving him too many of those carries that should be designated for Davis.

lcarus · 12-21-2014, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by petegz28

Our offense is not limited because of Smith. Did you see how much more time Ben-Burger had compared to Smith? Smith will stretch the field when it seems we have too and when he is able too. I go to the 3rd and 16 he hit Wilson on today.

So while Smith isn't all-world, if he always has to scramble 2 seconds after getting the ball then WTF?

However I do think he holds the ball too much at times.

Our line is absolute dog shit. I definitely agree with that. But Alex is just limited as a QB. He just is. He's way too reserved with his style. You have to be able to stretch the defense, and we have a huge sample size to demonstrate that he just can't do that. Sure, he could be sufficient enough to win a playoff game or something if all our ducks were in a row, but I don't like that we have to rely on that. We deserve an elite QB, and Alex isn't it.

**petegz28** · 12-21-2014, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy 6

Can he do it well? absolutely... but he's being asked to entirely too much.

Reid is giving him too many of those carries that should be designated for Davis.

Agreed. It would be different if we had a better line.

Deberg_1990 · 12-21-2014, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by petegz28

I don't know what to tell you. Anyone who is half-ass objective can't say with any credibility that our line isn't our biggest liability. You can cherry pick plays here and there all you want.

The line has it's problems yes. Won't argue that.

But Alex Smith is limited and a bigger problem.

tecumseh · 12-21-2014, 06:34 PM

Good take on the state of the Chiefs, George. I don't agree on your views of JC. I think you're half right on Bowe. I'd like to see him more involved in games, probably with another QB under center. Alex Smith is ball control to a fault. If the Chiefs are going in that direction, they should draft and grab only defensive players to grind down opponents offenses. The Chiefs seem to not have any identity other than " mediocre".

**petegz28** · 12-21-2014, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by lcarus

Our line is absolute dog shit. I definitely agree with that. But Alex is just limited as a QB. He just is. He's way too reserved with his style. You have to be able to stretch the defense, and we have a huge sample size to demonstrate that he just can't do that. Sure, he could be sufficient enough to win a playoff game or something if all our ducks were in a row, but I don't like that we have to rely on that. We deserve an elite QB, and Alex isn't it.

To stretch defenses you have to have a line that gives you time and WR's that can get open. I am not making excuses for Smith but most of the time he isn't the problem. It's just the rare times he does get protection of guys get open he seems to not see them.

He is sufficient enough to win a Super Bowl. He was a special teams play away from beating the Eli's right after he beat the Saints. Yes, he needs help in the way of a defense and running game but he isn't as bad as people are making him out to be.

**petegz28** · 12-21-2014, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

The line has it's problems yes. Won't argue that.

But Alex Smith is limited and a bigger problem.

Had the punt returner of SF got out of the way, Smith would have gone to a Super Bowl and your take would have been different. Just saying.

**Easy 6** · 12-21-2014, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by lcarus

Yep. 2 seasons and he sucks. I thought maybe he could get better and be a solid starter at LT but that was just wishful thinking. A #1 overall pick....jesus man. Just **** me with a red hot fire poker.

Feel no guilt my man, its perfectly reasonable to expect a second year guy who's moved back to his "natural/lol" position to make a big jump in his second year.

He hasnt, he got schooled by ancient ass James Harrison twice... hate that feeling that I've been had like this, the Chiefs are like buying my first $50 bag of weed in high school... expecting big things, a world of wonder... and I got three fingers worth of oregano instead.

lcarus · 12-21-2014, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by petegz28

To stretch defenses you have to have a line that gives you time and WR's that can get open. I am not making excuses for Smith but most of the time he isn't the problem. It's just the rare times he does get protection of guys get open he seems to not see them.

He is sufficient enough to win a Super Bowl. He was a special teams play away from beating the Eli's right after he beat the Saints. Yes, he needs help in the way of a defense and running game but he isn't as bad as people are making him out to be.

I don't think he's as bad as some make him out to be, but he's just average. I was thinking to myself during the game today about how many times I've thought or said "Wow what an incredible throw by Alex Smith". It's been pretty ****in rare.

12-21-2014, 04:27 PM
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $16856178 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, 06:28 PM	#63
BlackOp MVP Join Date: Oct 2012 Casino cash: $2575267	The biggest play..or "non-play" was Smiths horrible pass on that bomb. He was wide open...So even if Smith has the best O-line in the NFL..if he cant make that throw...whats the point. I was a Smith supporter...but he has had several opportunities to win games at the end. Broncos, 49ers, Cardinals...hasn't come through. KC is just about to achieve something that hasn't happened in the modern era...no WR TDs all season. Alex is the problem...the league is set-up for passing. Pittsburgh's pass defense has been horrible all season...hence that TD that didn't happen. Smith couldn't find the endzone once....with the season on line.
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12-21-2014, 06:34 PM	#71
tecumseh Veteran Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Sweet Spot Casino cash: $9980615	Good take on the state of the Chiefs, George. I don't agree on your views of JC. I think you're half right on Bowe. I'd like to see him more involved in games, probably with another QB under center. Alex Smith is ball control to a fault. If the Chiefs are going in that direction, they should draft and grab only defensive players to grind down opponents offenses. The Chiefs seem to not have any identity other than " mediocre".
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