Ten Things About Tonight's Game

[gblowfish]

Ten Things About Tonight's Game

10. It's almost Midnight, and I can just about now start feeling my fingers and toes again, so I'm going to do the speed metal version of Ten Things so that I can get some sack before heading back to the big Salt Mine in the morning. Any time you lose back to back games to Oakland and Denver, Chiefs fans are going to be upset and angry. And with good reason.The last two weeks the Chiefs have come out totally unprepared for the worst team in the AFC, and arguably the best team in the AFC. You can fall behind the Raiders 14-0 and still come back and win...which the Chiefs failed to do last week after taking a fourth quarter lead...but you can't give the Fivehead a 17-0 lead and expect to beat him. Ain't gonna happen. No how, no way. Tonight was put up or shut up night for KC. And the Donks shut us up, and shut us down, and smacked us in the mouth, and disrespected everything about this team. It was an embarrassing pants-ing and swirly for a Chiefs team pretending to be a serious contender for the AFC West. A team that now is 1-3 in four divisional games, a team that has fallen behind the Bolts for third place in division, and the only team we're ahead of beat us in a head to head meeting. Hard to feel good about much after tonight, but here's some thoughts from my frozen little cubby hole in the blanket wrapped around my head for the entire game:

9. The first quarter was a total abortion. Chiefs go three and out their first three series. Denver marches for two easy TD drives their first two series. KC is down 17-0 before they get their initial first down. It was frankly amazing KC was only down 20-7 at halftime. Except for the pass to Kelce and the TD to Fasano, the entire offensive effort in the first half was putrid. No other way to put it...putrid. Only two KC players rushed the ball: Charles, who only got ten carries, about half of what he should get - and Smith, who was running for his life again all night long. The two combine for a whopping 41 yards rushing, and Smith gets sacked six times. When you have one of the best running backs in the league, and he gets ten carries for 35 yards, that's on the offensive line, who was totally dominated all night long. Just punked and abused all night. Disgusting and maddening that the number one player in the entire NFL draft can't block anybody. The rest of our line was no better. If you can't get Charles more than 35 yards, and you get your QB sacked six times, you suck. End of story. Not good enough, kiss the playoffs goodbye.

8. KC's run defense is quickly headed to the top of the list for worst in the league. For the second straight week, they make a backup running back look like the second coming of Tony Dorsett. Anderson gets 32 carries and goes for 168 yards. You'd think that's what KC would do with Charles, but no. Not only that, but their back up to the back up Thompson got 10 carries for 39 yards.
KC's defensive front was absent again this week. Where were you Poe? Three tackles? Where were you Allen Bailey? Two Tackles? And sacks on the Fivehead? Just one by Houston. Just one will not beat the Fivehead. Fivehead threw to six different guys, but Sanders and Thomas were the favorite targets with six catches each and 136 yards between them. When the game counted the Chiefs defense could simply not get Denver off the field on third down. Just couldn't do it. Then when they finally DO get a decent stop, the fall for a fourth down fake punt. I'll get to that in a minute when we talk special teams. Conner Barf kicks five FGs against his former team: dude was here for a cup of coffee a few years back - and if Denver really wanted to push the issue, they could have gone for seven on at least three of those short FG attempts. After the first quarter, Denver just knew KC was going to get bitch slapped all night, and their play showed no regard for KC whatsoever. It was no contest, and they made sure everybody in Arrowhead and everyone watching on National TV knew it.

7. Let's talk passing game: Andy Reid, the offensive passing guru. Why can't this guru figure out a way to get a ball thrown to a wide receiver? Why are we paying Bowe all this money? Can somebody please explain how we can pull a guy in off the street -Jason Avant- and with less than a week's practice, he out plays Bowe? Bowe gets two catches. Two. Avery, our other wide receiving "Threat" manages to catch one ball for twenty yards. That's the good news. Bad news is, after he ran twenty yards, he fumbled the football. And no TDs from a wide out again. When was the last time an NFL team went an entire season without a wide out catching a TD? It could very well happen with this sorry receiving corps. Ever since Bowe got caught getting stoned and crusing around looking for Sonic, he's been one of the worst starting receivers in the NFL. I think we need to cut him loose next year, and take the Six Million that joint cost him and go after a real wideout in free agency. Again, what little passing effectiveness KC was able to generate was all by tight ends. When they were targeted, that is.

6. Special Teams: KC outclassed again. Down 14-0, the defense finally gets a stop on a third down and forces a punt on Fourth and two. DAT fields it at his ten yard line AGAIN, obviously not learning his lesson from last week in Oakland. Cooper gets beat by the gunner down field, and DAT lands on his shiny red pants ass back on the six yard line. Refs call Denver on a procedure penalty as their gunner ran out of bounds on purpose, so Andy makes Denver kick again. Except they don't kick, they fake it on fourth and seven and run it for around 15 yards. Sucker. Ha ha ha ha ha. Denver laughs all the way down the field to kick their first of five FGs to take a 17-0 lead. Third quarter with about three and a half minutes left. Chiefs have a chance to actually fight back into the ballgame, down 23-10 and forcing Manning to pass on third down. From his own 25 yard line, Manning throws an out pattern to Sanders, rookie Gaines steps in front of the throw, and just like last week against the Raiders, can't make what could have been a game altering interception. So Denver is at least forced to punt, only this time, Cooper loses track of the football, lets the ball hop up on the bounce and hit him in the knee, and the ball bounces conveniently into the breadbasket of the Denver gunner. Denver drive continues, they run off the rest of the third quarter, then end up kicking another FG to start the fourth quarter and take a three possession lead. At that point, game is essentially over. So, while you can't say Special Teams is the sole reason this game was lost, it certainly was a major contributing factor. The only thing KC did well was kick returns, but that's because the ball was hard as a brick with the five degree wind chill, and neither team punted or kicked off worth a crap.

5. The refs let the teams play. Both teams had five penalties for around 35 yard each. Both teams had two TDs. If you give up five field goals at home, you're probably going to lose. Denver won TOP big. They had the ball almost 39 minutes and ran 80 plays to KC's 44. KC was an embarrassing one for nine on third down, and only managed eleven stinking first downs in the entire game. For a coach who is supposed to be an offensive genius, that's a pitiful execution of game plan.

4. The truth of the matter is, KC has a long way to go to match up with Denver. They have arguably the best QB in the NFL. They have arguably the best receiving corps in the NFL. They have a better offensive line. They have a much better defense, as proven tonight in this one on one matchup. They just have more talent at skill positions and in pass rushing and just play better when the chips are on the table. KC wilts whenever they find themselves in a meaningful game. Tonight they looked like the Royals on National TV. Until October, the Royals would always piss themselves on National TV. The Chiefs have that same stigma. Until they learn to put up, the rest of the AFC West is going to deservedly tell them to Shut Up.

3. It was wicked cold. For those of you who don't live here in KC, it was in the low 60's yesterday. This morning the temperature had dropped around 35 degrees overnight, and when the sun went down, the wind out of the northwest actually got worse. It was howling in the fourth quarter, and the wind chill was around zero. Just a freakin brutal night to be outside watching football. Damn shame that not only did our fans have to endure this shit fest of a contest, but had to put up with it in brutal cold conditions. At the end of the game all that were left were frozen die hards like me, and about 10,000 Donk fans. Not a pretty sight, I assure you.

2. The Fivehead now has a career record of 13-1 vs. KC. I hope this ****er retires after this year, as I'm sick of his ass. At least we beat Horse Face once in awhile. Then again, KC just can't seem to figure out Denver. Hell, even in the infamous Monday Night Meltdown when DT went postal on Thannon Tharpe, Bubby Frickin' Brister was the Denver QB. The more impressive stat to me is Denver has now won 11 straight road division contests. That's why they go to Super Bowls, and why we haven't won a playoff game in 24 years. Good teams put up. Bad teams have to shut up.

1. Well, look on the bright side: At least we won't have to line CHunt's pockets with a bunch of playoff ticket money right before Christmas. This was our shot at a playoff spot tonight. And the team failed miserably. And riddle me this:How can this team lose to a Raiders team that lost to St. Louis 52-zip today? How is that possible? Bottom line is, this team is simply not good enough, not tough enough, and was poorly prepared by the coaching staff the last two games. They don't deserve to go to the playoffs. Beating New England is going to be the high water mark. Get ready for 8-8, or 9-7 if we're lucky. I can't point to any game remaining on the schedule as a lock win, that's for sure.

[Reerun_KC]

After the season ended last week in Oakland, this game played out exactly how many felt it would...

The coaches, players and team knew the season was over, they spent 10 days going through the motions and came out so unprepared for this game.

Atrocity is all I can think of when I think of the 2014 KC Chiefs coaching staff game day preparations...

[TEX]

Originally Posted by Fishpicker

Fisher is bad, like Robert Gallery type of bad.

This.

He has NO business starting at LT in the NFL. They need to try and find another position for him during the off season. Maybe he can have the same kind of "success" playing Guard as Gallery had? Or maybe switch him back to RT, but shit - he's shown nothing to prove that he can play on either edge in pass protection

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by TEX

This.

He has NO business starting at LT in the NFL. They need to try and find another position for him during the off season. Maybe he can have the same kind of "success" playing Guard as Gallery had? Or maybe switch him back to RT, but shit - he's shown nothing to prove that he can play on either edge in pass protection

Sign a stopgap LT and move Fisher unless you can find a trade partner.

He's done.

[Coochie liquor]

Good read abou a shitty game! You could see that Manning was freezing on the field. I honestly think he wasn't the same after the strip sack. I'm glad I shut off the game with 7 min to go so I could be some coochie instead of watching and getting my hopes up. One other person I'd like to blame theist 2 losses on..... Clay. We were doing so much better when he was the villain in these parts. Clay needs to go back to the dark side and not let off again. He is the hatred that we all need to feel at some point. I'll admit I didn't know his true role until this horrible 2 game stretch. So I beg of you Claythan , troll on brother..... Troll on!!

[gblowfish]

Originally Posted by scho63

One thing I didn't mention that I was just reminded of, HOW MANY TACKLES DID WE MISS ON DEFENSE???

Seemed like 40 at least. We had at least 20 poor arm tackles that the runner or WR broke for another 6-7 yards.

We were being gashed last night worse than a Filipino whore working a US Battleship the first day in port!

Yes, the tackling was poor. Mauga is not a good open field tackler. One of Berry's strong suits was coming up on run support. Missing Berry and DJ in the middle of the field is starting to come home to roost. Teams are doubling Poe, and just blasting us between the guards. Hard to stop Manning when he was constantly in 2nd or 3rd and short.

[Chief Pote]

I'm embarrassed to be a fan...BUT not as much as I was at the end of the Indy game, so there's that...

[MikeMaslowski]

Originally Posted by ChiefButthurt

I'm embarrassed to be a fan...BUT not as much as I was at the end of the Indy game, so there's that...

After last night, your avatar could be considered child abuse. Just sayin'.

[stevieray]

13-1?

..as long as Manning is in Dungver, we won't win anything meaningful.

[Hydrae]

Originally Posted by OP

Avery, our other wide receiving "Threat" manages to catch one ball for twenty yards. That's the good news. Bad news is, after he ran twenty yards, he fumbled the football.

IMO, Avery should be cut today! When he caught that one pass he should have been aware of the game situation. Instead of lowering his shoulder he should have been headed to the sideline to stop the clock. There was a little over 4 minutes left at that point and we had already used our timeouts. He should have never put himself in a position for that fumble to occur! He is wasting money and space on this roster while contributing nothing.

[CoMoChief]

I hate this team.

[Hootie]

they are 7-5 and the most boring team I've ever seen

we don't force turnovers on defense

we run a 1970s offense

boring as ****

[gblowfish]

Oh I forgot to mention something, so here's a bonus thing # 11:


11. When the game was over, it takes a really long time for me to get out of the seating bowl, because i'm down all the way on the front row, and there's a little old grandma who sits down the aisle from me, and it take awhile to get her up and moving, especially after an ice cold night like last night. So anyway, after the game I'm trudging along in my two pairs of long johns, Chiefs hoodie, stocking cap, Otis Taylor Jersey, nose running with snot from the cold, blanket wrapped around me. Poor Mrs. Blowfish in the same miserable condition. We leave Arrowhead, and the wind is literally BLASTING from the Northwest. My car was way in the back of the lot, probably a 200 yard walk from Arrowhead. When we finally get to the car, we get in, crank the heater up and teeth chatter for a few seconds. We look at each other and say, "Well, that really sucked." So then as I'm pulling out of the parking lot, a fire truck passes me with the lights and siren on. Across the road in another lot, there was a dumpster on fire. "Perfect...I said to Mrs. Blowfish. A dumpster fire. Just....perfect."

She said "At least dumpster fires are warm."

Good point, dear. Good point.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

This team just absolutely exhausts me. I'm sorry you even had to write that up. 11 was my favorite, because it's an example of life imitating "art".

[Buehler445]

Excellent read George. Far far better read than the game was to watch.

This one sucked. Not so much that we lost, but that we weren't close. DaFace and I had talked, and he's making a concerted effort to not care about football. I thought it was a good idea, but found myself buying in anyway, especially after the Seahag games, and then watching NE come alive after we planted them on their asses (Thank Christ Gronk was still hurt back then....oof).

Anyway, with all the motivation in the world they **** off and play soft like a bunch of ****ing middle schoolers that don't know any better. Inexcusable. The Raider game you could explain away with a letdown game, kind of like NE did against us. But when the chips are down and your future is on the line, you absolutely shit the bed in all facets. Inexcusable.

It's good to know that those cheating ****ing donko bitches are still dirty players. That late hit on Smith was pretty egregious. I'd be interested to see what would have happened if somebody planted that hit on Manning. **** them. And **** the Chiefs for letting him think he could do it. How soft are we that we just let that shit happen in a division game at home?

Another thing I saw that was inexplicably stupid was CJ Anderson was having a hard time understanding the audibles. Two different times he was asking Manning WTF to do and he basically waved him off and told him to get out of his face. If Manning doesn't give a **** where he is or what he does, it's obvious Anderson isn't getting the ball. And what do we do? Bite on the goddamned play fake. What on earth could they possibly thinking? IIRC they were both on third down. Just epic stupid.

It's also interesting to me that the offensive powerhouses in the AFC have shifted to power running. Both Brady and Manning have decided that if you're going to gear up with DBs, they're going to run on you. To me that's the difference between consistently good teams and the Chiefs. You've got to take what is available, not be cute, not establish your identity, not run your predetermined plays. Just figure out what's there and run the play with the best chance to succeed. Reid is a hell of an offensive mind, but I'm not sure he can get out of his own way and just beat people.

This one felt like a Herm game. It wasn't as close as the score showed. We were decimated all over the ****ing place. In Arrowhead. In the division.

**** Herm and **** Reid if he thinks this is OK.

[penbrook]

Actually the play right after Smith got drilled to the ground Sherman went right after Miller with no regard to the play.

So far only Kelce and Sherman have showed that they have Smiths back. Both white guys too