Ten Things About Tonight's Game: Week 4, KC 26 - Cheatriots 10

[gblowfish]

Ten Things About Tonight’s Game: Week 4, KC 26 - Cheatriots 10

10. This morning on the way to work I was listening to St. John on WHB. They were talking about how Jordan Ta’amu (Chiefs practice squad QB) was running the scout team this last week. And when Cam came down with the Covid, so did he! Man, talk about a method actor! Had to work a full afternoon and tore out from work right before 5pm. Got home about 5:45, threw some ground beef into the skillet; made some quick chili and popped open a cold Bob’s 47. Settled down in front of the Big Ass TV with a big ole bowl of steamy chili in one hand, a beer in the other and the remote in my teeth. All by myself because Mrs. B had to work tonight.

9. I’m a little worried about the Covid health of our team after rubbing up against the Cheatriots. Hoodie was wearing not one, but TWO masks. What does that tell you about the Pats? You think Bob Kraft has clean hands? You know his Chinese massage parlor handlers don't. Teams that have Covid creeping around shouldn’t be shaking hands after the game, especially when the Pats fly in here in two planes; one with maybe possibly infected players, and a second with probably not infected players. Hope everybody gargles with Clorox after this one. Last December when I was coming home from Boston, some jack wagon leaned his seat back into my lap and coughed without covering his mouth the whole way back to KC. Hope this is what awaits Hoodie tonight on the trip back to Logan. End to an absolutely perfect day for him. If you missed his post game presser, go check it out. Comedy gold.

8. Hoodie got some Where’s Brady Karma laid on him tonight when Patrick got called “in the grasp.” He clearly was fighting to get free and fumbled. It was a quick whistle that only superstar players get from refs. Guys like Rodgers, Five Head, and yes, Tommy Boy. It was a horrific call. But guess what? The league protects its stars. Hoodie can count it as payback for the tuck rule and every other call the Pats got during the last fifteen years. Hoyer, who looks like a penis in eye black, got first and goal twice and scored ZERO points. So, eat that Hoodie. KC’s defense was the star tonight when the offense sputtered for the majority of the first half.

7. First drive KC came out pretty well. Patrick almost threw a pick, got away with it and stalled out at drive end. Buttkicker gets a 23 yarder. Gay starts the game, Pats go three and out their first drive. Hoyer was high on most all of his passes. You could tell he was rusty. Thornhill had a nice ball hawk pick on a high pass. KC then runs four straight plays for over 10 yards each; Fisher jumps offsides, kills the drive and Buttkicker hits a 39 yarder.

6. Watkins was Patrick’s early go to guy. Gilmore made an all-pro play on him to poke the ball out and snuff a scoring drive. KC didn’t go back to Watkins most of the rest of the game. After that, the go to guy became Hardman. The second quarter is usually KC’s big scoring quarter, but Hoodie shut them out. Pats had a 100 yard rusher. They’ve won 53 out of their last 54 games when they’ve had a 100 yard rusher. Now it’s 53 out of 55. KC had no 100 yard rusher or pass receiver. Pats had four turnovers, and that was the big stat.

5. Guys who shined on D tonight were Fenton, Honey Badger, Clark and Taco. Fenton played great; had a pick and only gave up one play for the Pats last TD fade to Harry. That was just a perfectly executed play, one of the few good plays the Pats made. Honey Badger gets the tipped pick six, and Clark and Taco both brought good heat and stopped scoring drives in the first half. Extra credit to Clark for talking shit at Hoodie the whole game.

4. Tyreek Hill had a few nice moments - made a nice TD run on the jet sweep. Kelce on his birthday had one nice 45 yard catch, but was double teamed most of the evening. Looked like Hoodie just decided Kelce would not be the difference maker. CEH ran tough and does not go down easily. It was nice to have that balance on a night where nobody did anything on offense crazy good, but the group effort was enough to win. Defense chipping in the pick six was the dagger tonight. Stidham learned in a hurry this ain’t the SEC, and the Chiefs ain’t Mizzou.

3. I have a little concern about Buttkicker. Since he was the hero against the Bolts, he’s been shaky. He’s missed a couple field goals and extras. He needs to get back to basics and put his special team player of the week award in his desk drawer. Townsend punted great tonight, four punts averaged 56 yards. Hardman had a crazy scary play where a Pats punt bounced right through his wickets. Get away from the damn ball, man!

2. Gotta give Andy and Spags credit for getting a balanced team win. They won a two possession game against arguably the best NFL coach ever. Sure, they didn’t have Cam, but we didn’t have Sneed and Chris Jones. So…. well, Cam would have made this game much more interesting, but he may not have fared any better than the Hoyer/Stidham combo. Hey, we went 2-1 with Midnight Hour last year, so suck it up, Hoodie. Maybe Matt Casshole is available...

1. Chiefs have now won 13 straight games going back to last year. Andy has gotten out to a 4-0 start four years straight. So far this year, we faced and beat every other 2019 AFC division champion, one of those wins on the road. After four games we have a two game lead in the AFC West. Donks have no QB, Bolts suck and their coach is on the hot seat; Faiders have to come to Arrowhead next week. Bill O’Brien got whacked today in Houston because he has Deshaun Watson and STILL sucks! 4-0 is a beautiful thing, no matter how you slice it. So let’s keep the train rolling into October. Remember to keep your mask on, wash those hands and keep those two long yards between y’all!

[Hydrae]

A few thoughts:

Butker is definitely pulling his kicks to the left. I do think it is with Townsend as the holder since his last two kickoffs he made a point of putting those straight through the uprights. I know Butker approaches kicking as a science and is well aware of this trend. They will work through it but last night I started wondering if ew should have Henne as the holder. Can't be much worse and it would open up some interesting trick play possibilities.

With Tyreek, when he went out of bounds on the one play I was only okay with it because I did not see him limping at all. I was worried about that hamstring for sure. Then on the deep pass, my first thought was that Patrick is going to give 'Reek all kinds of hell because 'Reek has always said that Patrick could not out throw him. Well, it happened on that pass!

I also think that at least some of what we didn't see was due to Andy holding on to things in case we play them when it counts in the playoffs.

Oh, and that pass interference on Tyrann should have been a holding call. The ball was not in the air at the time of the foul so it should not have been pass interference. I may be wrong here but think that is how this should have been called.

Finally, speaking of the Tyrann, I have never seen a Honey Badger try to fly like he did as he was going into the end zone on the interception.

[Buehler445]

One other thing to consider is that the Patriots have REAL problems with speed on the edge. They couldn't stop us when we'd send speed to the edge.

My question is why didn't they go to the well more? We kept running it up the middle, where they were doing a good job of stuffing it. I'm guessing it was because Reid tried to keep Belicheat guessing, but we didn't have the horses to move dudes in the middle and they didn't have the horses to get to the edge. It's also possible he was not wanting to bust Belicheat hard enough that he'd change scheme. The devil you know kind of thing.

Anyway, just an interesting tidbit.

[FloridaMan88]

The Chiefs offense would have looked less "contained" if they would have finished that opening drive (when they marched down the field), and Sammy Watkins didn't fumble when they were driving again.

I would like to see Andy rely on the pass more on early downs when the running game is struggling (too many 1-2 yard rushing plays on first/second downs).

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

A few thoughts:

Butker is definitely pulling his kicks to the left. I do think it is with Townsend as the holder since his last two kickoffs he made a point of putting those straight through the uprights. I know Butker approaches kicking as a science and is well aware of this trend. They will work through it but last night I started wondering if ew should have Henne as the holder. Can't be much worse and it would open up some interesting trick play possibilities.

I noticed the same thing. When he used a tee and could line up the ball the way he likes it Butt-kicker pounded kickoffs right through the middle of the uprights.

[PHOG]

Thanks gblowfish!

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Re: #8.

I guess I could say I feel sorry for the Pats and maybe they got a little screwed on that ruling, but you know what? **** em.

The rest of the NFL had to put up with their bullshit for years, the special ref Tom Brady love, the cheating, etc. This is merely ‘karma’ for the Tuck rule, amongst other things. You know what they say about karma. What goes around, comes around Patsies.

Sorry you’ve lost your ‘favored’ status with the league. Prepare yourself to take it in the ass for several years while the league’s elite teams and QB’s get the benefit of the doubt on calls.

Sucks to be you all.

No fanbase deserves it more.


Great read, George!

[Graystoke]

Love me some Ten Things!
Thanks

[FloridaMan88]

The Faketriots built a dynasty and had 20 years worth of generous/favorable calls go their way... they get no sympathy.

[FAX]

Good job, Mr. gblowfish.

I would add that the defense that Billy Cheats rolled out in the first half was exceptional.

They constantly switched up both the pre-snap and post-snap looks. As the Cheaters rolled into position and revealed their plan ... I'm not sure I've ever seen a defensive scheme like that in my life.

There were snaps in which they rush 3, back everybody else off, and play some bizarre combo coverage of close zone while manning the running back, intermediate zone-match with spy and robber responsibility, combined with deep man and safety help. Meanwhile, they are roughing up the receivers off the line (nothing new there) and doubling crossing routes. Very unique. Very disciplined.

Even so, Mahomes had opportunities and he was definitely off his game. He missed several shots he normally makes in his sleep. In his post-game presser, Mahomes stated that (in the heat of battle) he also didn't see open receivers. I haven't yet seen the All-22, so I reserve judgement on that.

All in all, you have to respect the defense that the Cheaters fielded last night.

Outstanding, really.

My concern is that we could not run effectively against that defense. We should have been able to do so. Could it be that the pre-snap alignment was sufficiently disguised that Mahomes didn't check to a run? Was Wally unable to get a handle on their plan? Do we lack the ability to open proper holes for Clyde? Time will tell, I suppose.

FAX

[gblowfish]

Boston media crying "We Should Have Won" waaaaaaah..... https://sports.yahoo.com/patriots-vs...013930206.html

[Old Dog]

Thank you George. Great read, as always.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

Boston media crying "We Should Have Won" waaaaaaah..... https://sports.yahoo.com/patriots-vs...013930206.html

**** all things Cheatriot.

[Mecca]

Watching Patriots fans bitch about refs is hilarious, how the tide turns huh?

The other thing I've noticed is we are really hated by Seattle fans, I think it's their desire for Russ to win the MVP so they must hate on Mahomes because he's a threat.

[gblowfish]

Hoodie needs to jam a Subway footlong where the sun don't shine.

Last night's quick chili recipe:
1 lb 80/20 ground beef
1/2 lb chopped pork tenderloin, pre-cooked
1 can chili beans, drained
1 can rotel
1/2 of a finely chopped red onion
1 bottle Chili Sauce
1 packet chili seasoning
3 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1/2 tablespoon Old Bay Seasoning
1 tablespoon Zim's Hot Sauce
Pinch kosher salt & ground black pepper

Brown ground beef and red onions, drain. put in all the other stuff. cook on medium heat for about 20 mins uncovered, stir frequently. Garnish with shredded cheddar. Grab a good quality beer, enjoy.

BTW: Zim's is the shiznit. Get some: https://www.essentialgoodsks.com/web...s-by-zims.html

[cooper barrett]

George, Are you a pepperhead?