Chiefs 10 Things the Packers have to do to beat the Chiefs. - Page 6

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.

ClevelandBronco · 12-15-2011, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

How about show up?

Take the field?

With just 10 guys.

**bevischief** · 12-16-2011, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by jd1020

I bet it was impossible to think of 10 things with straight face.

Or sober...

**bevischief** · 12-16-2011, 08:58 AM

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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 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?

If so Romo has a new job next season.

**Gonzo** · 12-16-2011, 08:59 AM

KC will win this game.

Wait... This is 1995, right?

**bevischief** · 12-16-2011, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Gonzo

KC will win this game.

Wait... This is 1995, right?

What are smoking? You need to share...

Dragonocho · 12-16-2011, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by crossbow

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

If they stretched the chains across the field sideways...we'd really move the ball.

**HemiEd** · 12-16-2011, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by tredadda

Two problems with the bolded part.

1. The Bears started Caleb Hanie, the Packers are starting Aaron Rodgers.

2. We beat the Bears because of a hail mary. Had that not succeeded (like they tend to fail the other 98% of the times they are attempted) we most likely lose.

yeah, reality sucks some times. But then again, that was at Chicago and this game has the rabid KC faithful rooting the Chiefs on.

Hopefully not too many of them are wearing green.

**gblowfish** · 12-16-2011, 10:06 AM

I'm betting the crowd will be 50-50.

**ChiefGator** · 12-16-2011, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

Here's my Advice to the Packers Players on Winning Sunday:

1. Wake up.
2. Fall out of bed.
3. Drag a comb across your head.
4. Make your way downstairs.
5. Drink a cup.
6. Look up.
7. Notice you are late.
8. Find your coat and find your hat.
9. Make the bus in seconds flat.
10. Be on the sideline by 12 Noon Sunday.

Bravo to you sir. This belongs in your all-time top 10 Chiefs lists.

kepp · 12-16-2011, 10:09 AM

1 - 10. Breathe

**HemiEd** · 12-16-2011, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

I'm betting the crowd will be 50-50.

With your experience on the subject, I would take your word for it and place the same bet. That really sucks though, but maybe it will help make the point to Clark and Scott.

Thig Lyfe · 12-18-2011, 08:36 PM

Whoops.

DBOSHO · 12-18-2011, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Demonpenz

Tamba Hali is good, but he isn't in the same class of player that Jason Pierre-Paul is...not even close.

Cant tell if srs

**Bwana** · 12-18-2011, 08:38 PM

Hell froze over.

Dr. Johnny Fever · 12-18-2011, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Gonzo

KC will win this game.

Gonzo pwns the whole board

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