Game ball Berry, but....

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

The entire Falcons board is talking about trying to get Berry in the offseason but the idiots fail to realize they used a first round pick to get Neal since they couldn't get Berry. They may quite possibly be the dumbest fan base after Oakland

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

For all the contracts we have out there...there's no way you can dish out more than 7.5 a year for a safety unless we're willing to say goodbye to Poe and build depth with our draft picks, which may be fine with the comp picks we should be receiving.

The biggest need right now is at ILB and unless we got Jamie Collins, then Dorsey is going to use the 1st or 2nd rd pick to get one. Corner is the likely other pick based on how things are going...

[Hamwallet]

Originally Posted by TigerUppercut

For all the contracts we have out there...there's no way you can dish out more than 7.5 a year for a safety unless we're willing to say goodbye to Poe and build depth with our draft picks, which may be fine with the comp picks we should be receiving.

The biggest need right now is at ILB and unless we got Jamie Collins, then Dorsey is going to use the 1st or 2nd rd pick to get one. Corner is the likely other pick based on how things are going...

What did our Dline do today? I am a Poe fan but keeping him over Berry is dumb.

[threebag]

Hamwallet, folks here couldn't care less about the dude(less a couple posters). Most probably just want to check out her sausagewallet

[Gravedigger]

Even with Alex being great today, we wouldn't have won without the 9 points Berry gifted us. They played better than we did, as is to be expected as the away team with crowd noise. Berry earned his paycheck today, and if he keeps it up, I say pay the man to be your leader after DJ and Tamba hang it up, regardless if you don't "Pay a safety that much". You also should never draft a Safety in the top picks of the draft and that worked out pretty well for us.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Gravedigger

Even with Alex being great today, we wouldn't have won without the 9 points Berry gifted us. They played better than we did, as is to be expected as the away team with crowd noise. Berry earned his paycheck today, and if he keeps it up, I say pay the man to be your leader after DJ and Tamba hang it up, regardless if you don't "Pay a safety that much". You also should never draft a Safety in the top picks of the draft and that worked out pretty well for us.

How do you know that? If we weren't gifted the game-winning 2-pointer, we could have marched down the field with plenty of time to set up a field goal. If Berry doesn't get an INT, we could have made a stop and used that possession to set up a score. If the Chiefs weren't up by 11 in the 3Q, maybe Andy Reid doesn't pump the brakes with the playcalling, which became significantly more conservative once we were preserving a lead.

I haven't had much confidence in Alex's ability to close games until this year. With his performance at San Diego and Denver, he certainly deserves a benefit of the doubt. Alex didn't have a perfect performance. It doesn't happen unless Alex played a much more aggressive version of himself... but he did.

[PAChiefsGuy]

Alex Smith was great today. The nitpicking is ridiculous. Look at the horrendous mistakes Matt Ryan, an MVP canidate, made today.

Sure he didn't have a perfect game and the pass to Ware was horrible. But hey it happens... He was very accurate today and most importantly, no INTS. No QB is going to have a perfect game. Every QB has throws he wishes he could have back every game.

But if Alex Smith keeps playing like that and Maclin gets healthy and starts playing like he did last year will our offense is going to be good.

I've always said he's a good game manager and not a bad QB. He plays smart and wins games. He's one of the most underappreciated QBs because of his playing style IMO.

[temper11]

Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy

Alex Smith was great today. The nitpicking is ridiculous. Look at the horrendous mistakes Matt Ryan, an MVP canidate, made today.

Sure he didn't have a perfect game and the pass to Ware was horrible. But hey it happens... He was very accurate today and most importantly, no INTS. No QB is going to have a perfect game. Every QB has throws he wishes he could have back every game.

But if Alex Smith keeps playing like that and Maclin gets healthy and starts playing like he did last year will our offense is going to be good.

I've always said he's a good game manager and not a bad QB. He plays smart and wins games. He's one of the most underappreciated QBs because of his playing style IMO.

This. Smith-haters are quick to point out that the defense scored 9 points and baled Smith out... without acknowledging that those 9 points were gift wrapped by the other QB that most gush over around here. Smith was good. If Kelce doesnt step out of bounds and Smith hits ware it would have been a steller day.

Congrats KC! Big game on Thursday. Raider fan out here are all up in themselves over todays win. I'm counting on the chiefs to shut them all up this week.

[UK_Chief]

I agree but it was two overthrown passes. The Conley drop early on was on the money though so I'll give him one back

[kcchiefsus]

Yards and completions don't mean shit when you still don't score touchdowns. Alex Smith has proven over his career that he is rarely capable of more than 1 passing touchdown in a game.

[Pushead2]

He had a good game and made some good throws. The O-Line gave him good protection too.

I'm okay with his stat-line if we get that game in, game out from Smith.

[Sandy Vagina]

Also pleased with his overall performance, when considering that our run game has been.. less than good. More games like this, and I'll not only be open to a fair SB shot, I'll expect it.

[petegz28]

Hate to break it you you people but every QB, including Brady, Rodgers, Benny, all miss those kinds of passes like the ones to Ware. In fact, we have benefited over the years against those very QB's among others, by them doing just that. Shit happens.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Hate to break it you you people but every QB, including Brady, Rodgers, Benny, all miss those kinds of passes like the ones to Ware. In fact, we have benefited over the years against those very QB's among others, by them doing just that. Shit happens.

Especially on a scramble play.

That wasn't a designed route, IMO. Ware saw the open space and ran upfield. Meanwhile Smith is running around trying to keep the play alive and had to make a bang/bang play.

I agree with an earlier poster that he should've lofted it out there to give Ware a chance to run under it - failing to do so was a mistake. That said, that play was nowhere near the gimme that people are calling it. When guys are trying to essentially be psychic to determine how their teammate is going to handle a play, there's really nobody to blame if they can't pull it off.

It was a tough but makeable play. In a playoff game, making it may be the difference between advancing or going home. That said, Smith has shown that he can make that play on occasion as well. There's nothing that happened on that play to suggest that he can't hit it should it happen again later.

It's just not a 100% play. Sometimes he'll get it, sometimes he won't. You hope that the next time he does.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Especially on a scramble play.

That wasn't a designed route, IMO. Ware saw the open space and ran upfield. Meanwhile Smith is running around trying to keep the play alive and had to make a bang/bang play.

I agree with an earlier poster that he should've lofted it out there to give Ware a chance to run under it - failing to do so was a mistake. That said, that play was nowhere near the gimme that people are calling it. When guys are trying to essentially be psychic to determine how their teammate is going to handle a play, there's really nobody to blame if they can't pull it off.

It was a tough but makeable play. In a playoff game, making it may be the difference between advancing or going home. That said, Smith has shown that he can make that play on occasion as well. There's nothing that happened on that play to suggest that he can't hit it should it happen again later.

It's just not a 100% play. Sometimes he'll get it, sometimes he won't. You hope that the next time he does.

It was miscommunication on a broken play, plain and simple.

Smith thought Ware would run full speed, Ware slowed down and thought Smith would hit him earlier. It's one of those plays that everyone involved wished that they could have back but the blame lies with neither player.

I'm actually happy to see the effort. This was Smith's best game since San Diego, IMO. It *appears* that he gained a lot of confidence in the 4th quarter and OT period in Denver, which is a great sign for the offense.