Chiefs A Levelheaded Review Wk18 - Page 3

DenverChief · 06:43 PM

1. DEFENSE - is the story of today. 6 sacks and 4 turnovers (2 on downs). Everyone is firing at the right time. Holding the Raiders to 13 points after they went off on the 49ers.

2. Kadarius Toney - just goes to show how speed kills in the the redzone. He and Hardman make a huge difference when the field is short. That will make our offense more explosive in the playoffs.

3. Field position and the punting game. What a phenomenal job by TT at pinning the Raiders deep on multiple drives (4 and 6 yard line) and giving the Defense plenty of field to work with. That is how you protect your defense. The only Raiders scores were when they started at the 25 after a kickoff.

4. Pacheco just keeps getting better 64 yards rushing and a TD today finishing the regular season with 830 yards and 5 TD's rushing. ROJO in relief looks amazing - glad we held him back for the end of the season. I think he will add another dimension to our running game.

5. The secondary is really gelling as well. Had a couple of dropped picks but more than made up for it with solid efforts like Reid with the awesome pass breakup vs Darren Waller in the 3rd Q.

6. Special teams (Punting and PR) seemed to have cleaned up their act. No bad mistakes and some great awareness to pin the Raiders deep in their own territory after booming kicks by TT.

7. Chris Jones and Mike Danna really made their presence felt today with 2.5 and 2 sacks respectively. Really letting it all hang out knowing the #1 seed was on the line. Really makes me happy that the Defense has really put it together at the right time.

8. The snow globe play was hilarious and it goes to show these guys are still having fun. That is incredibly important. I would rate this play (sans penalty) up there with the Rose Bowl play in the Super Bowl.

9. #1 Seed and Home Field Advantage*. We are truly blessed that every year the Road to the Super Bowl runs thru Arrowhead. The Arrowhead invitational sounds much better than the AFC Championship

10. Happy New Year and Go Chiefs!

scho63 · 01-07-2023, 09:34 PM

If we can get to Burrow, we beat the Bengals.

Megatron96 · 01-07-2023, 09:35 PM

Toney is getting more involved, which is great to see right before the playoffs. Going to need big performances form him in the postseason to get to the SB.

**Buehler445** · 01-07-2023, 09:45 PM

Good read DC. Always good to smash the Faid. Always good to sweep the division. Always good to obliterate an ex-Brother****ing Cheatriot ****bag, especially of the McDouche variety. Also added benefit of I don't have to hear about how good Stidham is because he performed against the 9ers D (that was obviously checked the **** out).

I was worried about focus with the Hamlin thing. Travis looked super out of it in their podcast. Nice to see them come in and wipe the floor with these bitches.

Mahomes...he's filthy. I love him.

I'll echo the stuff on Pacheco. Hard not to root for that dude. I thought it was funny as **** when they went back to Toney after they called the penalty to the same side, same action, just without the eye candy. That's some big dick energy. LOL

budman3 · 01-07-2023, 10:08 PM

A much better effort but Stidham isn't that good. Defense needs to get off the field a lot more on third down. They just don't mix things up enough by Spagnoula to protect he secondary. Maybe two weeks off will help devise some more schemes.

Two things on offense. PM still is having a lot of trouble when any defense shows him different looks either with coverage, putting 8 men back or showing things late. The nature of the medium pass routes this season creates a lot of traffic which has been effective but dropping so many defenders into those routes really crowds the space and has frustrated PM often. Teams in the play-offs will continue to do this.

Second, any time they want Mahone can throw short swing passes or out in the flat to any running back on this team to pick up easy yards, first downs and to keep the clock moving, especially when the running game is effective and even more so when it's not. Frankly, I think these are impossible for defenses to stop. Getting the ball in the running backs hands more often on theses types of throws would help the defense stay off the field as well.

Megatron96 · 01-08-2023, 03:34 AM

This is not level-headed. At all. But it's a lot of fun to watch:

Megatron96 · 01-08-2023, 04:44 AM

I have to eat some crow. Justin Reid had a really nice game. His coverage on Waller was excellent. Made a couple nice plays in the run game I think as well, plus a sack. If he can play like that in the playoffs, this defense will really start to hum.

oldman · 01-08-2023, 04:50 AM

Hardman was out and I don't think Moore was even targeted (insert rant about Watson's snaps here).

If you look at only the stats it looks as if PMII had a bad day, almost as many rushing yards as passing. That'll give opponents something to think about.

Creed threw his man to the ground on the snowball play.

Megatron96 · 01-08-2023, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by oldman

Hardman was out and I don't think Moore was even targeted (insert rant about Watson's snaps here).

If you look at only the stats it looks as if PMII had a bad day, almost as many rushing yards as passing. That'll give opponents something to think about.

Creed threw his man to the ground on the snowball play.

Skyy was out. that's you didn't see him.

KINGPIN CHIEFS FAN · 01-08-2023, 04:57 AM

Just goes to show that the Chiefs are a well tuned machine when the refs let them play football without unnecessary flags all day long. I think it throws them off their game when they have to be concerned with wondering when the next flag is going to fly. It's like driving a Ferrari with bald tires.

DenverChief · 01-08-2023, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Megatron96

This is not level-headed. At all. But it's a lot of fun to watch:

definitely a steal from the NYG

ChiefRocka · 01-08-2023, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

The Chiefs can do this any week they want to.

They've been sandbagging.

Agreed, snowglobe was a show of confidence like WTFO

kc rush · 01-08-2023, 06:03 AM

Its nice that we seem to be getting to the QB with just the front 4 more consistently lately. Really helps.

TEX · 01-08-2023, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by kc rush

Its nice that we seem to be getting to the QB with just the front 4 more consistently lately. Really helps.

Huge difference. It's a MUST against Buff / Cin.

MahomesMagic · 01-08-2023, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Zebedee DuBois

What i especially like about Pacheco's emergence is that I no longer have to hear people whining about wanting Kareem Hunt back.

If we get Buffalo in the neutral site Championship, Pacheco is going to be the reason we win that game.

I feel like Andy has been deliberately careful not to overuse him.

njchiefs · 01-08-2023, 06:33 AM

I can’t tell you how many times I read, “That’s why everyone hates the Chiefs” in response to the Snowglobe play. It is soooo good to be hated

01-07-2023, 06:38 PM
DenverChief Pedantic Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Rocky Ford Casino cash: $3072617	A Levelheaded Review Wk18 1. DEFENSE - is the story of today. 6 sacks and 4 turnovers (2 on downs). Everyone is firing at the right time. Holding the Raiders to 13 points after they went off on the 49ers. 2. Kadarius Toney - just goes to show how speed kills in the the redzone. He and Hardman make a huge difference when the field is short. That will make our offense more explosive in the playoffs. 3. Field position and the punting game. What a phenomenal job by TT at pinning the Raiders deep on multiple drives (4 and 6 yard line) and giving the Defense plenty of field to work with. That is how you protect your defense. The only Raiders scores were when they started at the 25 after a kickoff. 4. Pacheco just keeps getting better 64 yards rushing and a TD today finishing the regular season with 830 yards and 5 TD's rushing. ROJO in relief looks amazing - glad we held him back for the end of the season. I think he will add another dimension to our running game. 5. The secondary is really gelling as well. Had a couple of dropped picks but more than made up for it with solid efforts like Reid with the awesome pass breakup vs Darren Waller in the 3rd Q. 6. Special teams (Punting and PR) seemed to have cleaned up their act. No bad mistakes and some great awareness to pin the Raiders deep in their own territory after booming kicks by TT. 7. Chris Jones and Mike Danna really made their presence felt today with 2.5 and 2 sacks respectively. Really letting it all hang out knowing the #1 seed was on the line. Really makes me happy that the Defense has really put it together at the right time. 8. The snow globe play was hilarious and it goes to show these guys are still having fun. That is incredibly important. I would rate this play (sans penalty) up there with the Rose Bowl play in the Super Bowl. 9. #1 Seed and Home Field Advantage. We are truly blessed that every year the Road to the Super Bowl runs thru Arrowhead. The Arrowhead invitational sounds much better than the AFC Championship 10. Happy New Year and Go Chiefs! Last edited by DenverChief; 01-07-2023 at 06:43 PM..*
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Megatron96 Suupraa Geniuuusss Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: North Phoenix, AZ Casino cash: $-1929600	Toney is getting more involved, which is great to see right before the playoffs. Going to need big performances form him in the postseason to get to the SB. __________________ *“Some ideas are so stupid only intellectuals believe them.”*- George Orwell Steven "Spags" Spagnuolo is my Adopt-A-Chief!!!
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01-07-2023, 09:45 PM	#33
Buehler445 Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scott City KS Casino cash: $-1565266	Good read DC. Always good to smash the Faid. Always good to sweep the division. Always good to obliterate an ex-Brother**ing Cheatriot bag, especially of the McDouche variety. Also added benefit of I don't have to hear about how good Stidham is because he performed against the 9ers D (that was obviously checked the out). I was worried about focus with the Hamlin thing. Travis looked super out of it in their podcast. Nice to see them come in and wipe the floor with these bitches. Mahomes...he's filthy. I love him. I'll echo the stuff on Pacheco. Hard not to root for that dude. I thought it was funny as ** when they went back to Toney after they called the penalty to the same side, same action, just without the eye candy. That's some big dick energy. LOL
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01-07-2023, 10:08 PM	#34
budman3 Starter Join Date: Dec 2021 Casino cash: $-389600	A much better effort but Stidham isn't that good. Defense needs to get off the field a lot more on third down. They just don't mix things up enough by Spagnoula to protect he secondary. Maybe two weeks off will help devise some more schemes. Two things on offense. PM still is having a lot of trouble when any defense shows him different looks either with coverage, putting 8 men back or showing things late. The nature of the medium pass routes this season creates a lot of traffic which has been effective but dropping so many defenders into those routes really crowds the space and has frustrated PM often. Teams in the play-offs will continue to do this. Second, any time they want Mahone can throw short swing passes or out in the flat to any running back on this team to pick up easy yards, first downs and to keep the clock moving, especially when the running game is effective and even more so when it's not. Frankly, I think these are impossible for defenses to stop. Getting the ball in the running backs hands more often on theses types of throws would help the defense stay off the field as well.
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01-08-2023, 04:44 AM	#36
Megatron96 Suupraa Geniuuusss Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: North Phoenix, AZ Casino cash: $-1929600	I have to eat some crow. Justin Reid had a really nice game. His coverage on Waller was excellent. Made a couple nice plays in the run game I think as well, plus a sack. If he can play like that in the playoffs, this defense will really start to hum. __________________ *“Some ideas are so stupid only intellectuals believe them.”*- George Orwell Steven "Spags" Spagnuolo is my Adopt-A-Chief!!!
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01-08-2023, 04:50 AM	#37
oldman Curmudgeon Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: North by Northwest Casino cash: $5836784	Hardman was out and I don't think Moore was even targeted (insert rant about Watson's snaps here). If you look at only the stats it looks as if PMII had a bad day, almost as many rushing yards as passing. That'll give opponents something to think about. Creed threw his man to the ground on the snowball play.
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01-08-2023, 06:33 AM	#45
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