Game ball Berry, but....

[Hamwallet]

Alex Smith went vertical today and he was nails minus the overthrown pass. He looked damn good today.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Fairplay

I agree, our offense is extremely conservative particularly in the passing game.
My confidence in Alex Smiths arm if he has to come back from say 10 points with 3-4 minutes to go are slim to none

THAT'S your ****ing metric?!?!

"Yeah, in that situation where hall of fame QBs come through maybe 1 time out of 5, I'm pretty down on Smiths ability to pull it from the fire..."

Well no shit. Truly a fair bar.

I mean hell, the guy only did it once this year and it wasn't on the road so **** him in the face.

Seriously, for all the shit that Bwillies undeniably stupid ****ing post received, yours is somehow dumber still. People aren't giving you enough credit for this gorgeous bit of dipshittery.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Fairplay

I agree, our offense is extremely conservative particularly in the passing game.
My confidence in Alex Smiths arm if he has to come back from say 10 points with 3-4 minutes to go are slim to none.

I'd like to see 3 or 4 quality football posts from you but odds are slim to none

[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.

[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.

[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.

[tomahawk kid]

Originally Posted by Sandy Cheeks

must be. something's clearly not working up front.

Its name is Andy Heck. Don't underestimate losing Chung to Philly either.

Heck is a horrible OL coach, and has struggled since he got here.

[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.

[Sandy Vagina]

Originally Posted by tomahawk kid

Its name is Andy Heck. Don't underestimate losing Chung to Philly either.

Heck is a horrible OL coach, and has struggled since he got here.

I can say as I am watchig more, I am unimpessed with some of Fulton's efforts.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Sandy Cheeks

must be. something's clearly not working up front.

Usually it's Alex Smith. But that wasn't the case yesterday.

When he doesn't press, the defense loads the box and stuffs the run game.
When he goes into a conservative shell, he pump fakes to his first reads instead of getting rid of the ball, so he holds onto the ball longer than he needs to. It also helped that Reid was more creative with the playcalling, so he needs to be aggressive too. I don't know why we waited so long in the season to start showing jet sweeps and options, which keep the defense on their feet.

It's amazing how much better the OL looks when Alex plays aggressive football.

[Sandy Vagina]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Usually it's Alex Smith. But that wasn't the case yesterday.

When he doesn't press, the defense loads the box and stuffs the run game.
When he goes into a conservative shell, he pump fakes to his first reads instead of getting rid of the ball, so he holds onto the ball longer than he needs to. It also helped that Reid was more creative with the playcalling, so he needs to be aggressive too. I don't know why we waited so long in the season to start showing jet sweeps and options, which keep the defense on their feet.

It's amazing how much better the OL looks when Alex plays aggressive football.

Mostly disagree. Change the name to Andy, and I would. At the very least, the lack of aggression is more like a 70/30 ratio on HC and QB.

Most of what Smith does is by design.. from Reid. You can tell that Andy draws up lots of screens and designs to get the ball to just one target. You can tell that Andy doesn't want to risk Smith taking many hits.

First intended target is open at all, Smith will go to him... and he frequently does. Say that this first target is Hill on an 8 yard curl. Remotely open, and Smith hits him. He doesn't wait to see if Kelce.. the next option.. is getting open on a flag route. Why? because pass rush.. and he won't abandon the 8 yard gain just on the chance that maybe the next option might get open.. and maybe he'll have time to get it there. Smith is not a risk taker.. and only becomes one when it becomes more clearly necessary.

Yesterday was both HC and QB recognizing that the ATL offense might slaughter on the scoreboard.. and along with that, understanding that ATL was weaker in the secondary.

AMEN for that, because the ATL defense was shutting down the KC run game. What little Ware got was nearly all on his own toughness and ability.

Now, we see if Andy goes back to small ball... actually, maybe not this week.. as OAK has similar strengths and weaknesses as ATL. 70/30 ratio, imho.

[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.

[tomahawk kid]

Originally Posted by Sandy Cheeks

I can say as I am watchig more, I am unimpessed with some of Fulton's efforts.

From what I've been told, Heck struggles to teach fundamentals (which was apparently Chung's strength).

Ehringer already has solid fundamentals (hence him starting as a rookie). I think his loss was a bigger blow than most people realize.

To the point of the previous poster's point, Fulton is a significant drop off.

[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.