Game Goat

[Toad]

Knowing that it's human nature to pin blame, who should be the Chiefs player(s) to be the game goat?

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by mac58

Ty Law if anyone. . .he let up 2 huge plays one being a TD

Agreed, there's no telling what happens if Law keeps his feet and sticks Santonio Holmes.

Heinz field was going nuts after that play. If we can get the stop there (it was 3rd down), the offense gets better field position and things could have been different.

Not saying that there's any one player that deserves to be singled out for their suckitude, however, gun to the head, I'd put the horns on Law for today's debacle.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by PastorMikH

Where's Larry Johnson in that list?

I'd say 15 carries for 26 yards and 3 catches for 6 yards when you are supposed to be a pro-bowl RB isn't cutting the mustard. Every RB has a bad game once and a while. But LJ has 62 total yards rushing in the last 2 games and take away his one long pass last week and he has a total of 32 yards recieving. Take away the one 78 yard pass last week and his combined totals for the last 2 weeks don't reach 100 yards.

Probowl RBs FIND a way to produce. LJ's ineptness can't be laid totally on the back of the O-Line. When Roaf and Welbourne were out last season he produced. A Top-tiered RB would find a way to produce.

Why is it a when a Player finally "Arives" he quits trying?


I wonder if SD will keep him under 25 yards rushing. It is definately possible.

Where's EDGE??? Oh wait, his Oline sucks too, maybe that is why he hasn't done shiznit all year??

[Skip Towne]

Did anyone else see Jared Allen catch their RB from behind? If that ain't hustle I don't know what is.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Did anyone else see Jared Allen catch their RB from behind? If that ain't hustle I don't know what is.

That was a pretty awesome play by Alchy.

[Skip Towne]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

That was a pretty awesome play by Alchy.

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I knew he had better than average speed but a 270 lb DE outunning a good RB?

[|Zach|]

[blueballs]

even good teams have games like this
but I'm too depressed to look it up

[BigRock]

Originally Posted by PastorMikH

Why is it a when a Player finally "Arives" he quits trying?

I agree totally. I hated when LJ gave up on that Huard INT. You could just see the quit in him when he ran down Polamalu and tackled him to prevent the TD. And last week when he kept getting bottled up and couldn't break anything, you could tell he had already quit when he broke a little screen pass into an 80 yard gain that let us win the game.



This just in, Damon Huard is our quarterback. Our offensive line is not very good anymore. The #1 item on defensive checklists is "STOP LARRY JOHNSON", typed in bold print and underlined twice. And Larry himself is surely nowhere near 100% after nearly getting his head rotated last week.

And this is the first game that he hasn't accounted for at least 100 yards of offense. And you're calling him a quitter? You're saying HE'S to blame?

[PastorMikH]

Originally Posted by BigRock

And this is the first game that he hasn't accounted for at least a 100 yards of offense. And you're calling him a quitter?

Take away 1 play last week and his production was at the same place as this week.


I'm not calling him a quitter, but I am saying that I don't think he's giving anywhere near the effort that he's capable of. As I stated earlier on another thread, last year LJ got the ball and ran over people. It took 3-4 sometimes more people hitting him to take him down. He's going down now with slap contact.

[PastorMikH]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Where's EDGE??? Oh wait, his Oline sucks too, maybe that is why he hasn't done all year??

Actually, he's got more rushing yards than LJ and he's in a new system.

[BigRock]

Originally Posted by PastorMikH

Take away 1 play last week and his production was at the same place as this week.

And? The play happened, didn't it? It counted, right? He kept getting little gains and little gains and then BOOM, he busted something wide open.

He made something happen. He found a way. That's exactly what you're criticizing him for NOT doing.

Originally Posted by PastorMikH

I'm not calling him a quitter, but I am saying that I don't think he's giving anywhere near the effort that he's capable of. As I stated earlier on another thread, last year LJ got the ball and ran over people. It took 3-4 sometimes more people hitting him to take him down. He's going down now with slap contact.

How is he supposed to run people over when they're hitting him in the backfield? And if they're not hitting him there, he's running into a wall at the line of scrimmage. He has to have at least a few steps to build momentum. Nobody's going to take two steps and run over someone who's charging forward at them.

Did you see the HBO footage? Did you see how pissed he was in the 49'ers game? He didn't exactly look like someone who wasn't giving all his effort.

[DenverChief]

Originally Posted by PastorMikH

Where's Larry Johnson in that list?

I'd say 15 carries for 26 yards and 3 catches for 6 yards when you are supposed to be a pro-bowl RB isn't cutting the mustard. Every RB has a bad game once and a while. But LJ has 62 total yards rushing in the last 2 games and take away his one long pass last week and he has a total of 32 yards recieving. Take away the one 78 yard pass last week and his combined totals for the last 2 weeks don't reach 100 yards.

Probowl RBs FIND a way to produce. LJ's ineptness can't be laid totally on the back of the O-Line. When Roaf and Welbourne were out last season he produced. A Top-tiered RB would find a way to produce.

Why is it a when a Player finally "Arives" he quits trying?


I wonder if SD will keep him under 25 yards rushing. It is definately possible.

Maybe it has to do with the fact he is the sole healthy RB on the team right now.....

[PastorMikH]

Originally Posted by BigRock

And? The play happened, didn't it? It counted, right? He kept getting little gains and little gains and then BOOM, he busted something wide open.

He made something happen. He found a way. That's exactly what you're criticizing him for NOT doing.


How is he supposed to run people over when they're hitting him in the backfield? And if they're not hitting him there, he's running into a wall at the line of scrimmage. He has to have at least a few steps to build momentum. Nobody's going to take two steps and run over someone who's charging forward at them.

Did you see the HBO footage? Did you see how pissed he was in the 49'ers game? He didn't exactly look like someone who wasn't giving all his effort.

Ok, Ok, I give. LJ is awesome. It isn't LJ's fault. Let's blame everything else and everyone else but LJ. It's Solari, Herm, Black, Huard, Tony, the D, the fans, Carl, Lamar. Shoot, if Green hadn't ran, he wouldn't have gotten hurt, it's his fault. It's Geather's fault for knocking Green out. It's the NFL's fault for the officiating. It's the grounds keeper's fault for mowing the grass too short. I can go on with excuses all night.

Great players rise above the circumstances on the field and find a way to produce. LJ has potential to be great but he's got a ways to go before he is a great player. And he needs a coach that will push him to be a great player, not just a coach that will keep feeding him the ball time after time hoping that the next play will be different than the last 20.

[dr00d]

yay! we suck

[BigRock]

Originally Posted by PastorMikH

I can go on with excuses all night.

I liked "the grass is too short", but if you can top your "Larry Johnson isn't trying hard enough, he doesn't need blocking, he should magically run through the people who are stacking the box and hitting him two steps after he's handed the ball" one, I'll be impressed.