Chiefs 10 Things the Packers have to do to beat the Chiefs. - Page 5

Thig Lyfe · 12-15-2011, 01:55 PM

10 seems like a lot. From the Packers website:

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Ten things Packers have to do to beat Chiefs
By Vic Ketchman, packers.com editor

This one might have a little more bite to it than otherwise would’ve been expected.

When Todd Haley was fired as Chiefs coach on Monday, I figured that would make this Sunday’s game a breeze for the Packers. I figured the Chiefs would name a three-game interim head coach who, in effect, would be a lame-duck coach expected to do little more than guide the Chiefs to a merciful conclusion to their season.

All of that thinking was dashed when it was announced that Romeo Crennel would be the Chiefs’ interim coach. That’s when the wheels in my head started to turn.

Let’s see, Crennel was with Chiefs GM Scott Pioli in New England. Hmmm. They like each other. They work well together. They’re a comfortable fit. Hey, I get it. Crennel is the next coach. This is just an audition.

What the Packers are going to get in the way of an opponent this Sunday is a team bent on impressing their new coach. They know that with a strong finishing kick to their season, the Chiefs will probably land the full-time head coach’s job for Crennel, and Crennel is a player-friendly coach. In other words, players could do a whole lot worse than Crennel.

“They made a change and there’ll be a new energy source that’ll come out of them. That’s been my experience,” Packers Head Coach Mike McCarthy said on Wednesday.

McCarthy knows how this stuff works. He knows players won’t play for a lame-duck coach, but they’ll play with fury for the guy they want and Crennel is the kind of coach players want.

“I do believe that how we play in these next three games will impact what they decide,” Crennel said on Wednesday of the decision-makers that will pick the Chiefs’ next coach.

Next three games? How about the next game? Should the Chiefs upset the undefeated Packers, Crennel would be a shoo-in to become the Chiefs’ next head coach. How could they not hire him?

So that’s what the Packers will be facing this Sunday in Kansas City, a Chiefs team motivated to win a game that would land their coach the full-time job and eliminate the prospect for radical change in the offseason. Nobody likes change, huh?

Here are 10 things the Packers have to do to beat the Chiefs:

1. Stay focused—The only way the Packers lose this game is if they get sloppy.

2. Run the ball—The Chiefs are 26th against the run and I loved the way the Packers ran the ball against the Raiders. With Greg Jennings out, what’s wrong with a little run-the-ball time?

3. Block Hali—Tamba Hali can really rush the passer. He’s the AFC version of Jason Pierre-Paul.

4. Expect Orton—Kyle Orton gives the Chiefs their best chance of winning.

5. Find McCluster—Dexter McCluster has big-play potential. He can stretch a team sideways.

6. Be ready—The Chiefs will be fired up from the start. Don’t let them get a foothold on their own turf.

7. Get a body on Baldwin—First-round pick Jonathan Baldwin is a big receiver who’s at his best catching the high ball.

8. Up the tempo—More plays would favor the Packers; fewer plays would favor the Chiefs.

9. Turn Cobb loose—With Jennings out, this game could become Randall Cobb’s breakout game.

10. Think clinch—That’s what a win would do. It would clinch home-field advantage for the playoffs and put the focus squarely on the pursuit of immortality.

http://www.packers.com/news-and-even...b-4e0a4746372f

Eat my caca if reposq.

Fritz88 · 12-15-2011, 07:50 PM

I thought only one Adam Teicher exists.

el borracho · 12-15-2011, 07:58 PM

Ten things? They don't need ten whole things, just ten points should ensure victory.

Caseyguyrr · 12-15-2011, 08:14 PM

this article could of been so much easier, shorter, and simpler to write

whoman69 · 12-15-2011, 08:23 PM

Really, worried about Dexter?

If this were turned around #1 is for the Chiefs to pray and hope that Tebow hasn't been given all the luck.

lcarus · 12-15-2011, 08:26 PM

Bull crap. We're winning this game.

Marcellus · 12-15-2011, 10:29 PM

#5 just killed me.

I want to hear Haley's honest opinion about drafting DMC. That would.d tell me a lot about how we got to this point and who is to blame.

Seems Pioli was intent on protecting his QB by trying to draft people to make him look good.

FAX · 12-15-2011, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcellus

#5 just killed me.

I want to hear Haley's honest opinion about drafting DMC. That would.d tell me a lot about how we got to this point and who is to blame.

Seems Pioli was intent on protecting his QB by trying to draft people to make him look good.

I don't blame him for that. It was an honest mistake.

McCluster's college coach said, "He's a spinner." and Pioli heard, "winner".

FAX

DuhChiefs · 12-15-2011, 10:33 PM

Watch out for McCluster?!
If there is anyone to be worried about it would be Succop cause he's the only one who puts points on the board....

crossbow · 12-15-2011, 10:38 PM

Point 5 is a valid concern. Nobody stretches the field sideways better then the Chiefs.

Mama Hip Rockets · 12-15-2011, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Frosty

3. Don't break into fits of laughter in the middle of plays.

Caseyguyrr · 12-15-2011, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcellus

#5 just killed me.

I want to hear Haley's honest opinion about drafting DMC. That would.d tell me a lot about how we got to this point and who is to blame.

Seems Pioli was intent on protecting his QB by trying to draft people to make him look good.

all of the 10 on this list killed me, like we actually stand a chance

Simply Red · 12-15-2011, 11:11 PM

I don't care what anyone says here: I bet they take the "W" this Sunday. Just enough to f*** up the draft order, but o'well. Have a Holly-Jolly Christmas!

NJChiefsFan · 12-15-2011, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Simply Red

I don't care what anyone says here: I bet they take the "W" this Sunday. Just enough to f*** up the draft order, but o'well. Have a Holly-Jolly Christmas!

If it was week 17 the Chiefs bad luck could pull that off, but with two weeks left to go, they will find a way to beat OAK or DEN. They will be beaten down on Sunday.

Simply Red · 12-15-2011, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

If it was week 17 the Chiefs bad luck could pull that off, but with two weeks left to go, they will find a way to beat OAK or DEN. They will be beaten down on Sunday.

Traditionally the Chiefs have one game per year, where they play sensational & shock the nation, like the emancipation proclamination.

I'm not POSITIVE it's this one, of course.... and frankly - they may get that ass waxed. But for now, i'm sticking w/ my gut. I think it may be this game, ...no joke. I guess it could've been the Chargers game, but God - who knows, man?

NJChiefsFan · 12-15-2011, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Simply Red

Traditionally the Chiefs have one game per year, where they play sensational & shock the nation, like the emancipation proclamination.

I'm not POSITIVE it's this one, of course.... and frankly - they may. But for now, i'm sticking w/ my gut. I think it may be this game, ...no joke. I guess it could've been the Chargers game, but God - who knows, man?

Or the Raiders.

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