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**gblowfish** · 10-31-2010, 06:53 PM

Ten Things About Today's Game

10. Somebody needs to slap Katie Horner around -in a way she wouldn't enjoy, I mean. What happened to sunny and 63 degrees today? We had a little sun, but apparently she forgot to mention the howling 30 to 40 MPH winds. It may not have been quite as bad on the sunny side of the field behind the Buffalo bench. On the Chiefs side, it was downright chilly. And the wind was playing havoc with the kicking game. Colquitt had several squirelly punts. Luckily, Mr. Irrelevant got a chance to redeem himself today, where Lindell did not. I was glad Succop got his second chance and made it count, or he would have been masquerading as "the kicker who shall remain nameless" for Halloween. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

9. Since it's Halloween night, I had to rush home and get the house ready for the little trick or treaters. I'm in the bat cave writing this while the lovely Mrs. Blowfish is upstairs handing out fist fulls of Kit Kat Bars to the little neighborhood hoodlems. I have not read through the CP board, and I'm sure there will have been mucho discussion about many of the things I'm going to point out, but maybe without that filter you can let me know if you feel the way I do. Arrowhead had a few more empty seats today, not nearly as loud as previous weeks. Sam Mellinger wrote about that today here:

http://mellinger.kansascity.com/

8. First of all, why in the HELL are the Chiefs killing their own drives? There must have been five or six times where Charles and Jones were gashing the ball right up the field. Then Cassel would throw, mis-fire, put it into 2nd and long, then 3rd and 5 or 6, then incomplete on third down. WHY STOP RUNNING??? It's like Weis didn't figure that out until the overtime period. Charles ended up with 177 yards today -that's eight yards per carry friends-, Jones had 77 yards, and no turnovers. This game should have never, ever, EVER been this close. And the reason it was, was because the offense stalled its own drives by abandoning the run for no good reason, and for lapses on defense and in coaching.

7. Two unsung heroes on offense today: Moeaki and Asamoah. Let's start with #81. Moeaki has impressed me very much with his blocking ability. The Chiefs run left a bunch, especially with Moeaki on that side, so the line is Waters, Fat Albert and Moeaki. They are destroying people when we run. He also had some clutch catches in the OT, and you wonder why it took so long to find him. The guy simply catches everything that is thrown to him. If, and a big if, he stays healthy, he could be the Mack Lee Hill winner this year out of an incredibly talent crop of rookies. He's just been excellent.

6. Asamoah started his first NFL game today for Lilja. He did a fine job. Cassel was sacked three times today. At least two of those were his own fault for indecision with the football. Since the Chiefs only had given up five sacks all year before today, three was a lot, but you can't blame it on Asamoah. He helped the team rush for over 250 yards. Big props, because our O-line has some depth this year, and guys are stepping up and not embarrassing themselves when they get a chance to play.

5. I thought the Chiefs won today despite Coach Haley, who went full reerun in the first half. You never, ever, EVER pass up point opportunities, even against a winless team, at home, and especially in less than ideal weather conditions. Haley passed on a mid-30's range field goal in the first half, going on 4th and 3, for absolutely NO REASON. This was just rookie head coach stupidity. Luckily, it did not cost us a win today, but it very well could have. The Chiefs played a first half filled with blown opportunities, then failed to make any meaningful adjustments in the second half. We lucked out that Lindell missed his OT field goal opportunity. That guy is a good kicker, and the wind and distance, and a bit of a tip at the line of scrimmage, was just enough to foul up the attempt. Hopefully Coach Haley will learn something from having to squirm through an entire second half, plus a full overtime, thinking about passing up that one little field goal that could have made all the difference in second half game strategy today.

4. I think we missed McCluster today, although Charles was used a bit like McCluster at times with swing passes. I saw Dexter on the sidelines today in his warmups. He looks like he could play for a high school team. He's a little dude. Hard to believe he's endured the kind of NFL hits he's taken so far this year. It will be nice to have him back vs. Oakland next week. We need his versatility. He seemed to be moving around on the sidelines OK.

3. DJ was killing me today. He dropped one sure pick six in the first quarter, and dropped another sure pick in the fourth quarter that would have prevented the game tying drive. You HAVE to make those plays. Seemed like every fumble or tipped pass or pick-able ball went Buffalo's way this game. Except for the pass that hit Berry right between the 2 and the 9. Even with that, he almost lost it, and fell down when he caught the ball. That was a big pick. Berry is playing better as each week has gone by. He lead the defense with ten tackles today. He's excellent on run support. He still has some coverage issues, but I think he's smart enough to overcome that eventually. I believe he could be another Deron Cherry.

2. I'm going to play Mr. Pessimistic Chiefs fan here for just a minute. I don't believe the Chiefs have beaten a team with a winning record. It was a goal line stand to survive San Diego, a first down made by the nose hair of the football to ice the game in Cleveland, and today we let a winless team take us to the final three seconds of OT before eeking out a home win. Well, better lucky than good, I suppose. But the win today does bode well for the long run, as now there's a bit of a cushion going on the road vs. Oakland and Denver. If KC can can gain a split, we'll still be in pretty decent shape in the AFC West. Makes me wish the defense could have held onto that ten point lead with seven minutes left in Houston. How huge would have been to be 6-1 right now? I'll take 5-2. Game pics from KC Star website are here:

http://tinyurl.com/2bol6cp

1. Today was Military Appreciation Day at Arrowhead. Everybody got a little American Flag upon entering the stadium. At halftime they swore a bunch of kids into the Marine Corps, and showed the cameo pictures of dozens of service men and women from Kansas and Missouri who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. I always get a lump in my throat when we have a military fly over, today it was a big tanker jet. Nothing better than the Arrowhead crowd chanting U-S-A for all the guys in uniform on the field today. It always makes me thankful to have those guy protecting our freedom so we can enjoy our way of life, including our Chiefs games.

**noa** · 10-31-2010, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

7. Two unsung heroes on offense today: Moeaki and Asamoah.

Love what Pioli did with the team this year. Hate what he did to it last year.

siberian khatru · 10-31-2010, 07:39 PM

George, when Haley passed up the FG in the 2nd quarter, was the wind really bad? Was it as bad as it was in OT when it blew Succop's first attempt wide left?

**gblowfish** · 10-31-2010, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by siberian khatru

George, when Haley passed up the FG in the 2nd quarter, was the wind really bad? Was it as bad as it was in OT when it blew Succop's first attempt wide left?

The wind was swirling the whole game. And what is weird is, sometimes the flags by the big scoreboard will be fairly still, but the streamers on the goalposts are waving like crazy. You could see the wind whipping the ref's zebra shirts all day.

The kick they passed up was pointing to the west end zone (under the big scoreboard). The winning kick was east, towards the little scoreboard. Also in OT, they picked defending the west goal. I think Succop wanted to kick to the east end zone. During halftime he was warming up kicking at the east goalposts.

Stinger · 10-31-2010, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by siberian khatru

George, when Haley passed up the FG in the 2nd quarter, was the wind really bad? Was it as bad as it was in OT when it blew Succop's first attempt wide left?

Was pretty steady all day... I will say that there were probably more gusts in overtime than in regulation. That was the perspective from the upper bowl. Field level might have been different.

Deberg_1990 · 10-31-2010, 07:49 PM

Chiefs were 4/15 26% on 3rd downs..

Bills were 11/23 47% on 3rd downs.

Thats why this game was so close.

**BigRedChief** · 10-31-2010, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP

The Tampa Chiefs crew was yelling "RUN THE BALL!" all afternoon at the sports bar. We would get a drive going running the ball, then attempt a 1st down pass, and then the drive was over. Very frustrating!

Only thing more frustrating were the couple of times we were gashing them with the run, and then would throw the ball on 3rd & 1 only to punt.

Did the media ever ask Haley why the quit running the ball?

chiefzilla1501 · 10-31-2010, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Chiefs were 4/15 26% on 3rd downs..

Bills were 11/23 47% on 3rd downs.

Thats why this game was so close.

Man, what a huge step back. We were doing awesome on third down efficiency against Jacksonville and Houston.

Deberg_1990 · 10-31-2010, 07:53 PM

George,

What did you think of Chambers today? How did he look? Besides being invisible. : )

Demonpenz · 10-31-2010, 07:57 PM

The reason DJ drops alot of INT's is because he is a good linebacker with great speed. I can't fault him for dropping shit when many normal linebackers in the league wouldn't even be there.

threebag · 10-31-2010, 08:12 PM

I wish we could light someone up on a punt except jar the ball loose.

**Rain Man** · 10-31-2010, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I get that we have to pass every once in a while.

What kills me is how many freaking times we pass on a running down. Stop getting cute--when it's 3rd or 4th and short, run the damn ball. Even worse that on many of those plays, we lined up in the shotgun.

Yeah, this. Especially when the game is on the line.

Late in the game, we had at least two drives where Charles would carry for 10 or 15 yards a couple of times, and then we'd pull him and put Jones in. Jones would then get 3 yards, carry again for 3 yards, and then we'd have to onvert a third down. Charles consistently gained 10 yards, so it seemed like when it was late in the game we should've just ridden the hot hand. We won, so it's all good, but it was frustrating to see the same pattern repeated more than once.

Three7s · 10-31-2010, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

George,

What did you think of Chambers today? How did he look? Besides being invisible. : )

Casper looked more obvious in the seats than Chambers......

LaChapelle · 10-31-2010, 08:25 PM

To prove to Pioli Cassel sucks
and that another QB is essential to success

**Buehler445** · 10-31-2010, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gblowfish

Ten Things About Today's Game

8. First of all, why in the HELL are the Chiefs killing their own drives? There must have been five or six times where Charles and Jones were gashing the ball right up the field. Then Cassel would throw, mis-fire, put it into 2nd and long, then 3rd and 5 or 6, then incomplete on third down. WHY STOP RUNNING??? It's like Weis didn't figure that out until the overtime period. Charles ended up with 177 yards today -that's eight yards per carry friends-, Jones had 77 yards, and no turnovers. This game should have never, ever, EVER been this close. And the reason it was, was because the offense stalled its own drives by abandoning the run for no good reason, and for lapses on defense and in coaching.

2. I'm going to play Mr. Pessimistic Chiefs fan here for just a minute. I don't believe the Chiefs have beaten a team with a winning record. It was a goal line stand to survive San Diego, a first down made by the nose hair of the football to ice the game in Cleveland, and today we let a winless team take us to the final three seconds of OT before eeking out a home win. Well, better lucky than good, I suppose. But the win today does bode well for the long run, as now there's a bit of a cushion going on the road vs. Oakland and Denver. If KC can can gain a split, we'll still be in pretty decent shape in the AFC West. Makes me wish the defense could have held onto that ten point lead with seven minutes left in Houston. How huge would have been to be 6-1 right now? I'll take 5-2. Game pics from KC Star website are here:

http://tinyurl.com/2bol6cp

1. Today was Military Appreciation Day at Arrowhead. Everybody got a little American Flag upon entering the stadium. At halftime they swore a bunch of kids into the Marine Corps, and showed the cameo pictures of dozens of service men and women from Kansas and Missouri who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. I always get a lump in my throat when we have a military fly over, today it was a big tanker jet. Nothing better than the Arrowhead crowd chanting U-S-A for all the guys in uniform on the field today. It always makes me thankful to have those guy protecting our freedom so we can enjoy our way of life, including our Chiefs games.

8 I agree with this wholeheartedly. Someone in the chat (I think it was Milkman or Dane) said they need to go PA on first down so they'd have options if it doesn't work (It seems like it rarely worked) and After the first few times Cassel sucked ass, they should have got the picture and they didn't. The only time Cassel was worth a shit was the drive in overtime, which I give him full credit for. He did a nice job of making plays when it counted. But ****. he killed so goddamn many drives it is unreal. Balls.

2 I agree with this. I've told about everybody I talk Chiefs with that they're not there yet. They're winning, but they aren't good enough to make noise in the playoffs. This game affirmed that. The shit of it is that coaching used to be a strength. Today they (sans Romeo) took the reerun pill. Goddamn it. We should have took the deathhammer to these mother****ers and we laid an egg.

1 Thanks for sharing. This type of thing they don't show on TV. They think Favre and TO are more important. Big thank you to all men and women serving their country.

My Take Son of a bitch. We should have lost that game 3 times over. Defensively I don't think we had a bad game. Still hate the soft zone, but it worked. Special Teams seems stagnant. Arenas took one today and then got blown the **** up. He should have called for a fair catch. Hopefully we can get that aspect of the game back to above average. Arenas is a good returner and hard to tackle but blocking is not there.

Offense...

we gash the shit out of them on the run and quit it. We give up points by going for it inside their 20. We continue to have Cassel **** our drives in the face. Biff fieldgoals in OT. Jesus it was frustrating as a fan.

Someone in the chat said, "These teams refuse to win," That was very accurate. Very accurate. We should have lost at the end of regulation. Got a good stop in OT. Sucked complete ass in OT. Gave them the ball back, managed to make them miss a FG. Sucked more ass in OT. Gave them the ball back and they stupided themselves into a sack for a huge loss. Cassel comes in and finally gets his head out of his ass and is very very sharp on the last drive. Where the **** is this asshat the rest of the game?

A win is a win and I will take it. But damn it was frustrating to watch.

Reerun_KC · 10-31-2010, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

8 I agree with this wholeheartedly. Someone in the chat (I think it was Milkman or Dane) said they need to go PA on first down so they'd have options if it doesn't work (It seems like it rarely worked) and After the first few times Cassel sucked ass, they should have got the picture and they didn't. The only time Cassel was worth a shit was the drive in overtime, which I give him full credit for. He did a nice job of making plays when it counted. But ****. he killed so goddamn many drives it is unreal. Balls.

2 I agree with this. I've told about everybody I talk Chiefs with that they're not there yet. They're winning, but they aren't good enough to make noise in the playoffs. This game affirmed that. The shit of it is that coaching used to be a strength. Today they (sans Romeo) took the reerun pill. Goddamn it. We should have took the deathhammer to these mother****ers and we laid an egg.

1 Thanks for sharing. This type of thing they don't show on TV. They think Favre and TO are more important. Big thank you to all men and women serving their country.

My Take Son of a bitch. We should have lost that game 3 times over. Defensively I don't think we had a bad game. Still hate the soft zone, but it worked. Special Teams seems stagnant. Arenas took one today and then got blown the **** up. He should have called for a fair catch. Hopefully we can get that aspect of the game back to above average. Arenas is a good returner and hard to tackle but blocking is not there.

Offense...

we gash the shit out of them on the run and quit it. We give up points by going for it inside their 20. We continue to have Cassel **** our drives in the face. Biff fieldgoals in OT. Jesus it was frustrating as a fan.

Someone in the chat said, "These teams refuse to win," That was very accurate. Very accurate. We should have lost at the end of regulation. Got a good stop in OT. Sucked complete ass in OT. Gave them the ball back, managed to make them miss a FG. Sucked more ass in OT. Gave them the ball back and they stupided themselves into a sack for a huge loss. Cassel comes in and finally gets his head out of his ass and is very very sharp on the last drive. Where the **** is this asshat the rest of the game?

A win is a win and I will take it. But damn it was frustrating to watch.

this, lots and lots of this...

10-31-2010, 06:53 PM
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $16886178 VARSITY	Ten Things About Today's Game Ten Things About Today's Game 10. Somebody needs to slap Katie Horner around -in a way she wouldn't enjoy, I mean. What happened to sunny and 63 degrees today? We had a little sun, but apparently she forgot to mention the howling 30 to 40 MPH winds. It may not have been quite as bad on the sunny side of the field behind the Buffalo bench. On the Chiefs side, it was downright chilly. And the wind was playing havoc with the kicking game. Colquitt had several squirelly punts. Luckily, Mr. Irrelevant got a chance to redeem himself today, where Lindell did not. I was glad Succop got his second chance and made it count, or he would have been masquerading as "the kicker who shall remain nameless" for Halloween. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. 9. Since it's Halloween night, I had to rush home and get the house ready for the little trick or treaters. I'm in the bat cave writing this while the lovely Mrs. Blowfish is upstairs handing out fist fulls of Kit Kat Bars to the little neighborhood hoodlems. I have not read through the CP board, and I'm sure there will have been mucho discussion about many of the things I'm going to point out, but maybe without that filter you can let me know if you feel the way I do. Arrowhead had a few more empty seats today, not nearly as loud as previous weeks. Sam Mellinger wrote about that today here: http://mellinger.kansascity.com/ 8. First of all, why in the HELL are the Chiefs killing their own drives? There must have been five or six times where Charles and Jones were gashing the ball right up the field. Then Cassel would throw, mis-fire, put it into 2nd and long, then 3rd and 5 or 6, then incomplete on third down. WHY STOP RUNNING??? It's like Weis didn't figure that out until the overtime period. Charles ended up with 177 yards today -that's eight yards per carry friends-, Jones had 77 yards, and no turnovers. This game should have never, ever, EVER been this close. And the reason it was, was because the offense stalled its own drives by abandoning the run for no good reason, and for lapses on defense and in coaching. 7. Two unsung heroes on offense today: Moeaki and Asamoah. Let's start with #81. Moeaki has impressed me very much with his blocking ability. The Chiefs run left a bunch, especially with Moeaki on that side, so the line is Waters, Fat Albert and Moeaki. They are destroying people when we run. He also had some clutch catches in the OT, and you wonder why it took so long to find him. The guy simply catches everything that is thrown to him. If, and a big if, he stays healthy, he could be the Mack Lee Hill winner this year out of an incredibly talent crop of rookies. He's just been excellent. 6. Asamoah started his first NFL game today for Lilja. He did a fine job. Cassel was sacked three times today. At least two of those were his own fault for indecision with the football. Since the Chiefs only had given up five sacks all year before today, three was a lot, but you can't blame it on Asamoah. He helped the team rush for over 250 yards. Big props, because our O-line has some depth this year, and guys are stepping up and not embarrassing themselves when they get a chance to play. 5. I thought the Chiefs won today despite Coach Haley, who went full reerun in the first half. You never, ever, EVER pass up point opportunities, even against a winless team, at home, and especially in less than ideal weather conditions. Haley passed on a mid-30's range field goal in the first half, going on 4th and 3, for absolutely NO REASON. This was just rookie head coach stupidity. Luckily, it did not cost us a win today, but it very well could have. The Chiefs played a first half filled with blown opportunities, then failed to make any meaningful adjustments in the second half. We lucked out that Lindell missed his OT field goal opportunity. That guy is a good kicker, and the wind and distance, and a bit of a tip at the line of scrimmage, was just enough to foul up the attempt. Hopefully Coach Haley will learn something from having to squirm through an entire second half, plus a full overtime, thinking about passing up that one little field goal that could have made all the difference in second half game strategy today. 4. I think we missed McCluster today, although Charles was used a bit like McCluster at times with swing passes. I saw Dexter on the sidelines today in his warmups. He looks like he could play for a high school team. He's a little dude. Hard to believe he's endured the kind of NFL hits he's taken so far this year. It will be nice to have him back vs. Oakland next week. We need his versatility. He seemed to be moving around on the sidelines OK. 3. DJ was killing me today. He dropped one sure pick six in the first quarter, and dropped another sure pick in the fourth quarter that would have prevented the game tying drive. You HAVE to make those plays. Seemed like every fumble or tipped pass or pick-able ball went Buffalo's way this game. Except for the pass that hit Berry right between the 2 and the 9. Even with that, he almost lost it, and fell down when he caught the ball. That was a big pick. Berry is playing better as each week has gone by. He lead the defense with ten tackles today. He's excellent on run support. He still has some coverage issues, but I think he's smart enough to overcome that eventually. I believe he could be another Deron Cherry. 2. I'm going to play Mr. Pessimistic Chiefs fan here for just a minute. I don't believe the Chiefs have beaten a team with a winning record. It was a goal line stand to survive San Diego, a first down made by the nose hair of the football to ice the game in Cleveland, and today we let a winless team take us to the final three seconds of OT before eeking out a home win. Well, better lucky than good, I suppose. But the win today does bode well for the long run, as now there's a bit of a cushion going on the road vs. Oakland and Denver. If KC can can gain a split, we'll still be in pretty decent shape in the AFC West. Makes me wish the defense could have held onto that ten point lead with seven minutes left in Houston. How huge would have been to be 6-1 right now? I'll take 5-2. Game pics from KC Star website are here: http://tinyurl.com/2bol6cp 1. Today was Military Appreciation Day at Arrowhead. Everybody got a little American Flag upon entering the stadium. At halftime they swore a bunch of kids into the Marine Corps, and showed the cameo pictures of dozens of service men and women from Kansas and Missouri who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. I always get a lump in my throat when we have a military fly over, today it was a big tanker jet. Nothing better than the Arrowhead crowd chanting U-S-A for all the guys in uniform on the field today. It always makes me thankful to have those guy protecting our freedom so we can enjoy our way of life, including our Chiefs games.
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