Chiefs Ten Things About Today's NINTH STRAIGHT Win...and Playoff Clinch! - Page 4

**gblowfish** · 11:27 AM

Ten Things About Today's NINTH STRAIGHT Win

10. In September and October, the Chiefs were a gut wrenching 2-5. In the home opener, Charles fumbled away the game in the last minute -in front of a National TV audience- to the Donks. Next week we got clubbed like a baby seal -on National TV again- in Green Bay. Then outplayed in every facet on the road in Cincy. Then the maddening last minute defensive choke job at home against Cutler and the Bears. Then the no-show first half in Minnesota, only to lose in the second half when Stephenson deftly jarred a fumble loose from West to seal the Vikes' win. During the two wins during that span, KC played a great first half in Houston, then held on for dear life against Hoyer for a road win. And against the Steelers, we were lucky to miss out on Rapistburger, and beat Pittsburgh's third stringer Landry Jones. Then a totally unexpected thing happened: The Royals won the World Series, and the Chiefs ran off Nine Freaking Straight Wins, including sweeping the AFC West on the road. So here we are, back in the playoffs for the second time under Andy Reid. We still have a legit shot at the division, and we're in the big dance for sure. So there is a LOT to celebrate this night, but also a lot to worry about after this frustrating nail biting game today. Here we go:

9. In the post game presser, Alex called this a "game of two halves." And that it was. KC totally outplayed the Brownouts the first half, including blocking their fourth 50 yard field goal attempt of the year (wow...Factory of Sadness). So let's start by talking about the good things that happened in the first half. Alex hit Maclin with a beautifully threaded pass between three Browns in the end zone to take a first possession lead, and to give Maclin over 1000 receiving yards for the year. Alex frustrated the Browns defense running for 54 yards, setting his personal all time season rushing record, and picking up big first downs to sustain drives. Kelce showed up big in the end of half two minute drill, catching a nice TD ball to put the Chiefs up 17-3, then Sorensen gets the field goal block to end the half. Chiefs totally dominate, looks like its going to be a long day for the Brownies. Turns out, not so much.

8. Browns get the ball to start the second half and score ten unanswered points, and shut out KC the rest of the game. KC only runs 13 offensive plays in the second half. Johnny Rehab had KC gasping for air in the final two minutes, and if he would have had one more timeout left, may have pulled a Cutler. Luckily, he's still an inexperienced QB, and didn't make wise decisions in the fourth quarter on the final drive, or in the drive before when he threw a pass to one of his offensive linemen, drawing a grounding call, loss of down, and forcing a field goal. The three points Cleveland managed to score in the fourth quarter were the first fourth quarter points KC had given up in weeks. In the last six games -including today, KC outscored opponents 50-3 in the fourth quarter. Browns fans can look at their 3-12 record and take some consolation that they almost pulled the upset against a playoff bound team that hadn't lost since October, and be assured that they will get a kick ass draft pick come June.

7. QB stat review is a real mixed bag. Johnny Rehab threw for 11 more yards than Alex, both guys had a pick. Alex threw for two TDs, Johnny had zero. Manziel is the first QB in a long time to rush for over 100 yards on KC. I'd have to guess who the last one was, maybe Newton? Alex relied mostly on Maclin and Kelce today. Wilson caught a couple balls but not for much. He was limping around on the sidelines in the second half. Looked like he turned an ankle, so we'll have to watch him close to see if he plays against the Fade next Sunday. Johnny Rehab spread the ball to six different receivers NOT named Bowe, which is usually what Alex does in a game. Defense did a nice job holding Barnidge in check, especially after Manziel missed him wide open in the first quarter thirty yards down field.

6. The defense had to be dog tired by the end of the game, especially after they got no help at all from the offense in the second half. For the first time in weeks, KC had no sacks, although Ford had a couple of shots and whiffed each time. Ford only had one tackle today, same for Zombo. You would think that if either Hali or Houston could have played, this game would not have been so close at the end. But both teams have lots of starting guys down with injuries. This time of year especially, depth becomes a big factor. But both Ford and Zombo had disappointing performances.

5. Defense gave up six and a half yards per rush. That's not acceptable against a three win team. Mauga led the team with seven tackles, but looked bad most of the day. He whiffed on several tackles, and totally failed to get to the edge on Cleveland's rushing TD to start the second half. Parker was out of position. Berry dropped a pick in the first quarter that hit him right in the hands. Divito, Poe, Bailey and Howard did little but chase Johnny Rehab down the field all day. DJ was OK, but did nothing outstanding. Only Marcus Peters had a stellar defensive game with a momentum changing pick in the first half that may have been the difference in today's game. He should be AFC defensive rookie of the year hands down.

4. KC had a miserable special teams performance. Colquitt punted five times and averaged less than 30 yards per punt. They were saying on the Chiefs radio broadcast that he was injured, but didn't say what the injury was. Sorensen blocked a field goal at the end of the first half, which was great; then commits a hurtful, stupid holding penalty before the Chiefs get the ball in the fourth quarter for the last time, which starts the offensive drive at the KC three yard line. With better field position, KC may have been able to sustain a drive and keep Cleveland from ever getting the ball back for the final two minute suspense.

3. Chiefs were 40% on third down, but totally disappeared in the second half. I think the offense managed one first down in the entire second half. This game actually reminded me a lot of the season opening game in Houston. Cleveland had more penalties -83 yards vs. KCs 33 yards, and some critical mistakes at critical times really hurt the Browns.

2. It was a cold, blustery day. It was hard to see on TV, but the wind was howling out of the North. The goal posts on the east end were swaying back and forth in the wind the whole game. At least the rain held off, so that made the day tolerable. Bowe didn't catch a ball. He came over to the Chiefs bench area after the game, and visited with some friends in the stands, and gave a football to a kid. He looked like his weight was down, and he looked kind of sad to be playing for Cleveland. I felt bad for him. I think he has a good heart and he still cares about KC a lot. I'll bet he doesn't play much longer after this year.

1. So here we are, in the playoff dance again. Eerily similar to a couple years ago when we went to Indy and blew a 28 point lead in the Luck nightmare game. That year we ran off a bunch of wins in a row against crippled teams with second and third string starting QBs, and this year has been more of the same. The parity is stronger this year with all the injuries. Carolina lost today. So did Brady's Cheatriots. Green Bay -who embarrassed us on National TV back in September- got their ass handed to them in Arizona. St. Louis upset the Seahawks and the Ravens knock off Pittsburgh. I feel like we dodged a bullet today. Hopefully the Faiders will be complacent with their BS win against Phyllis this week and the Arrowhead weather will be nice and cold and nasty next Sunday. Tomorrow, Cincy could do us a big favor by knocking off the Donks, but it may be another battle of second stringers. I'm thinking we may end up going back where it all started, to Houston, and facing JJ Watt and company once again. It will certainly be an exciting couple of weeks to come, and it sure beats talking about who we're going to draft next, like they are in the Factory of Sadness tonight.

Happy New Year to all the CPers, and Congratulations to our Chiefs on making the playoffs after a 1-5 start. Remarkable job, and a great year so far.

Game highlights can be seen here:
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/201512...28&tab=analyze

KChiefsQT · 12-27-2015, 11:04 PM

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Bowe isn't a bad egg. He smokes some weed, a knucklehead sometimes but is harmless guy.

Bullshit. He has a bad attitude & is lazy. You probably won't believe me but I know a player on Cleveland's dad. He's a good guy & doesn't bad mouth people but he says his son can't stand having him in locker room & he's lazy as hell in practice. Bowe always rubbed me the wrong way - and not because he smokes weed. I'm from Northern California, its everywhere here. I don't like him because he's a Bowe-ZO and acts like a HOF WR but drops the ball like it's going out of style. I'm glad he's gone. Overpaid joke who will probably blow all his NFL earnings on fancy cars & diamond earrings.

Al Czervik · 12-27-2015, 11:11 PM

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Cold medicine and OJ. I've been fighting off a cold the last couple days. We went to Hi-Boys before the game and had burgers in the car with the heater running. The wind was really serious today. It was damp but not raining, so it was tolerable down low where I sit. I'm sure upstairs was a real bitch. Looked like there were a lot of no shows today.

Thanks GB....Great read as always....

I was upstairs and the wind was pretty fierce....got worse in the 2nd half....

**HemiEd** · 12-28-2015, 08:05 AM

This game reminded me of the Chicago game. My cardiologist would not be happy about my 120 heart rate on the last Browns drive.

**Bwana** · 12-28-2015, 08:34 AM

Great read as always, I hope you kick that colds ass soon as well.

threebag · 12-28-2015, 09:37 AM

Great read as always George. Hope you start to feeling well and enjoy all those days off.

munkey · 12-28-2015, 09:38 AM

This was a total trap game they typically lose..although ugly a W is a W

Halfcan · 12-28-2015, 09:49 AM

Excellent write up as always! It was one of the top five coldest games I ever attended at Arrowhead. We were up top in 328. There were 20 mile an hour wind gust most of the miserable second half.

First half went pretty much like it should have. We opened with a nice long drive and put seven on the board. The Chiefs looked like a playoff bound team in every way.

Second half was a complete Fail. Once the Browns figured out that Ford could be pushed around like a bitch- their running game started dominating. Ford was easily blocked to the outside on the Browns first TD. Zombo and Mauga looked like they were wearing concrete boots they were so slow. I think Mauga might be the slowest human on earth. He didn't tackle for shit either. Berry was also disappointing-dropping a sure INT.

I said it last week-Chiefs have the absolute worst special teams in the NFL. That fake punt conversion was a back breaker. Davis should have just taken a knee on the Chiefs last possession and we would have had it at the 20. He had no lanes at all but decided to be a hero. Of course he comes up short and with an illegal block in the back call-we start at the 3 yard line. Pitiful. MVP punted like total shit all day and failed to bail out a predictable sputtering offense.

Alex missed Maclin for a sure TD that could have iced the game, he also had a WTF was that throw INT. He needs to play a complete game. This "we got the lead and now we can coast mentality" already burned us in the playoffs. The offensive line got their shit pushed in the second half.

Like Big Red said in his post game-it doesn't matter if you win be 1 or 20 it is still a win. It was great to clinch a playoff spot as well and keep the pressure on the Cheating Donks. Who would have thought we would clinch before Denver?

1st year both Royals and Chiefs made the playoffs at the same time. Pretty special event that helps us forget all of these ugly wins.

GloryDayz · 12-28-2015, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Halfcan

Excellent write up as always! It was one of the top five coldest games I ever attended at Arrowhead. We were up top in 328. There were 20 mile an hour wind gust most of the miserable second half.

First half went pretty much like it should have. We opened with a nice long drive and put seven on the board. The Chiefs looked like a playoff bound team in every way.

Second half was a complete Fail. Once the Browns figured out that Ford could be pushed around like a bitch- their running game started dominating. Ford was easily blocked to the outside on the Browns first TD. Zombo and Mauga looked like they were wearing concrete boots they were so slow. I think Mauga might be the slowest human on earth. He didn't tackle for shit either. Berry was also disappointing-dropping a sure INT.

I said it last week-Chiefs have the absolute worst special teams in the NFL. That fake punt conversion was a back breaker. Davis should have just taken a knee on the Chiefs last possession and we would have had it at the 20. He had no lanes at all but decided to be a hero. Of course he comes up short and with an illegal block in the back call-we start at the 3 yard line. Pitiful. MVP punted like total shit all day and failed to bail out a predictable sputtering offense.

Alex missed Maclin for a sure TD that could have iced the game, he also had a WTF was that throw INT. He needs to play a complete game. This "we got the lead and now we can coast mentality" already burned us in the playoffs. The offensive line got their shit pushed in the second half.

Like Big Red said in his post game-it doesn't matter if you win be 1 or 20 it is still a win. It was great to clinch a playoff spot as well and keep the pressure on the Cheating Donks. Who would have thought we would clinch before Denver?

1st year both Royals and Chiefs made the playoffs at the same time. Pretty special event that helps us forget all of these ugly wins.

The cold, as usual, is a tale of seating. While it wasn't warm by any means, 344 had little wind and was very workable in terms of Temps.

In the warm months I generally pick the south side, in the winter months the north side, and in the rain I sport for tickets under cover.

**Anyong Bluth** · 12-28-2015, 10:19 AM

I agree that it was a total trap game, and look around the league and a bunch of teams tripped up.

I don't know what to make of it with a number of guys missing playing time- are they taking care of business or getting sloppier and lucky these past few weeks?

I'd like to see the offense and special teams straighten themselves out a bit and all 3 phases looking like they are more in rhythm. Maybe, this is much ado about nothing.

A few weeks ago this team looked like it could at least be competitive and go toe to toe with anyone in the league. Then again, so has Seattle as of late, and look at yesterday.

I'm not negative about things, I'm just unsure of where to gauge things especially when they are missing huge pieces on D that will be back, and would have been a major factor in yesterday's game having a very different outcome most likely.

Halfcan · 12-28-2015, 10:25 AM

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The cold, as usual, is a tale of seating. While it wasn't warm by any means, 344 had little wind and was very workable in terms of Temps.

In the warm months I generally pick the south side, in the winter months the north side, and in the rain I sport for tickets under cover.

Exactly right!

My son was in town for a Christmas break from the Navy. So I took my boys to the game as a Christmas present. I got the tickets pretty cheap.

We thought about moving down-but we could see pretty good and was not sure if it would have helped. Turned out to be an exciting game.

**Buehler445** · 12-28-2015, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth

I agree that it was a total trap game, and look around the league and a bunch of teams tripped up.

I don't know what to make of it with a number of guys missing playing time- are they taking care of business or getting sloppier and lucky these past few weeks?

I'd like to see the offense and special teams straighten themselves out a bit and all 3 phases looking like they are more in rhythm. Maybe, this is much ado about nothing.

A few weeks ago this team looked like it could at least be competitive and go toe to toe with anyone in the league. Then again, so has Seattle as of late, and look at yesterday.

I'm not negative about things, I'm just unsure of where to gauge things especially when they are missing huge pieces on D that will be back, and would have been a major factor in yesterday's game having a very different outcome most likely.

There is just a bunch of middling ball being played right now. You can take the comments you made and apply them to any playoff team.

Who is good? Carolina that just lost to a junk Atlanta team? Pitt? Will miss the playoffs unless NYJ loses to Buffalo. NE? That lost to those Jets and got gashed several times. Donk? They're on a pretty significant skid at the moment. Seattle? They got dumped. GB got fisted by Zona.

Last Sunday Arizona looked really good. Houston looked pretty tough after stomping Tennessee but they're QB'd by Brandon mother****ing Weeden. What the...? I don't even..... ****

BlackHelicopters · 12-28-2015, 10:59 AM

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**OnTheWarpath15** · 12-28-2015, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

There is just a bunch of middling ball being played right now. You can take the comments you made and apply them to any playoff team.

Who is good? Carolina that just lost to a junk Atlanta team? Pitt? Will miss the playoffs unless NYJ loses to Buffalo. NE? That lost to those Jets and got gashed several times. Donk? They're on a pretty significant skid at the moment. Seattle? They got dumped. GB got fisted by Zona.

Last Sunday Arizona looked really good. Houston looked pretty tough after stomping Tennessee but they're QB'd by Brandon mother****ing Weeden. What the...? I don't even..... ****

I don't think cherry picking a loss here or there is evidence of "middling ball".

The Chiefs, while winning, have been pretty poor on offense for a month now.

Carolina had ONE hiccup.

Pittsburgh had been playing well for a month before yesterday.

NE has lost 2 games on the road, in OT to playoff teams.

Seattle had won 5 straight, including two against playoff teams before yesterday.

I'll give you Denver and GB. They're a mess.

Those teams had played great ball for the last month before slipping up once. We've been fortunate to be winning despite playing poorly against inferior competition for the last month.

O.city · 12-28-2015, 11:05 AM

Carolina that almost blew a 35 7 lead?

Pittsburgh had been rolling playoff teams recently?

**Buehler445** · 12-28-2015, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

I don't think cherry picking a loss here or there is evidence of "middling ball".

The Chiefs, while winning, have been pretty poor on offense for a month now.

Carolina had ONE hiccup.

Pittsburgh had been playing well for a month before yesterday.

NE has lost 2 games on the road, in OT to playoff teams.

Seattle had won 5 straight, including two against playoff teams before yesterday.

I'll give you Denver and GB. They're a mess.

Those teams had played great ball for the last month before slipping up once. We've been fortunate to be winning despite playing poorly against inferior competition for the last month.

Maybe middling ball isn't the right term. A lot of inconsistent ball to say the least. A lot of teams look unbeatable for a drive or two and look like invalids for a few more. If I were a fan of any team in the playoffs I wouldn't be feeling good about anything, except maybe Arizona. I'd probably think they could pull it together if I were a fan of Seattle or NE, but on the field, nobody except Arizona.

Typically teams that finish strong make the most noise in the playoffs. NE almost always does. The WC teams usually had to get hot to make the dance, that's why there is so much success. I don't see anyone that is scary now, based off the last few weeks except Arizona.

12-27-2015, 07:52 PM
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $16886178 VARSITY	Ten Things About Today's NINTH STRAIGHT Win...and Playoff Clinch! Ten Things About Today's NINTH STRAIGHT Win 10. In September and October, the Chiefs were a gut wrenching 2-5. In the home opener, Charles fumbled away the game in the last minute -in front of a National TV audience- to the Donks. Next week we got clubbed like a baby seal -on National TV again- in Green Bay. Then outplayed in every facet on the road in Cincy. Then the maddening last minute defensive choke job at home against Cutler and the Bears. Then the no-show first half in Minnesota, only to lose in the second half when Stephenson deftly jarred a fumble loose from West to seal the Vikes' win. During the two wins during that span, KC played a great first half in Houston, then held on for dear life against Hoyer for a road win. And against the Steelers, we were lucky to miss out on Rapistburger, and beat Pittsburgh's third stringer Landry Jones. Then a totally unexpected thing happened: The Royals won the World Series, and the Chiefs ran off Nine Freaking Straight Wins, including sweeping the AFC West on the road. So here we are, back in the playoffs for the second time under Andy Reid. We still have a legit shot at the division, and we're in the big dance for sure. So there is a LOT to celebrate this night, but also a lot to worry about after this frustrating nail biting game today. Here we go: 9. In the post game presser, Alex called this a "game of two halves." And that it was. KC totally outplayed the Brownouts the first half, including blocking their fourth 50 yard field goal attempt of the year (wow...Factory of Sadness). So let's start by talking about the good things that happened in the first half. Alex hit Maclin with a beautifully threaded pass between three Browns in the end zone to take a first possession lead, and to give Maclin over 1000 receiving yards for the year. Alex frustrated the Browns defense running for 54 yards, setting his personal all time season rushing record, and picking up big first downs to sustain drives. Kelce showed up big in the end of half two minute drill, catching a nice TD ball to put the Chiefs up 17-3, then Sorensen gets the field goal block to end the half. Chiefs totally dominate, looks like its going to be a long day for the Brownies. Turns out, not so much. 8. Browns get the ball to start the second half and score ten unanswered points, and shut out KC the rest of the game. KC only runs 13 offensive plays in the second half. Johnny Rehab had KC gasping for air in the final two minutes, and if he would have had one more timeout left, may have pulled a Cutler. Luckily, he's still an inexperienced QB, and didn't make wise decisions in the fourth quarter on the final drive, or in the drive before when he threw a pass to one of his offensive linemen, drawing a grounding call, loss of down, and forcing a field goal. The three points Cleveland managed to score in the fourth quarter were the first fourth quarter points KC had given up in weeks. In the last six games -including today, KC outscored opponents 50-3 in the fourth quarter. Browns fans can look at their 3-12 record and take some consolation that they almost pulled the upset against a playoff bound team that hadn't lost since October, and be assured that they will get a kick ass draft pick come June. 7. QB stat review is a real mixed bag. Johnny Rehab threw for 11 more yards than Alex, both guys had a pick. Alex threw for two TDs, Johnny had zero. Manziel is the first QB in a long time to rush for over 100 yards on KC. I'd have to guess who the last one was, maybe Newton? Alex relied mostly on Maclin and Kelce today. Wilson caught a couple balls but not for much. He was limping around on the sidelines in the second half. Looked like he turned an ankle, so we'll have to watch him close to see if he plays against the Fade next Sunday. Johnny Rehab spread the ball to six different receivers NOT named Bowe, which is usually what Alex does in a game. Defense did a nice job holding Barnidge in check, especially after Manziel missed him wide open in the first quarter thirty yards down field. 6. The defense had to be dog tired by the end of the game, especially after they got no help at all from the offense in the second half. For the first time in weeks, KC had no sacks, although Ford had a couple of shots and whiffed each time. Ford only had one tackle today, same for Zombo. You would think that if either Hali or Houston could have played, this game would not have been so close at the end. But both teams have lots of starting guys down with injuries. This time of year especially, depth becomes a big factor. But both Ford and Zombo had disappointing performances. 5. Defense gave up six and a half yards per rush. That's not acceptable against a three win team. Mauga led the team with seven tackles, but looked bad most of the day. He whiffed on several tackles, and totally failed to get to the edge on Cleveland's rushing TD to start the second half. Parker was out of position. Berry dropped a pick in the first quarter that hit him right in the hands. Divito, Poe, Bailey and Howard did little but chase Johnny Rehab down the field all day. DJ was OK, but did nothing outstanding. Only Marcus Peters had a stellar defensive game with a momentum changing pick in the first half that may have been the difference in today's game. He should be AFC defensive rookie of the year hands down. 4. KC had a miserable special teams performance. Colquitt punted five times and averaged less than 30 yards per punt. They were saying on the Chiefs radio broadcast that he was injured, but didn't say what the injury was. Sorensen blocked a field goal at the end of the first half, which was great; then commits a hurtful, stupid holding penalty before the Chiefs get the ball in the fourth quarter for the last time, which starts the offensive drive at the KC three yard line. With better field position, KC may have been able to sustain a drive and keep Cleveland from ever getting the ball back for the final two minute suspense. 3. Chiefs were 40% on third down, but totally disappeared in the second half. I think the offense managed one first down in the entire second half. This game actually reminded me a lot of the season opening game in Houston. Cleveland had more penalties -83 yards vs. KCs 33 yards, and some critical mistakes at critical times really hurt the Browns. 2. It was a cold, blustery day. It was hard to see on TV, but the wind was howling out of the North. The goal posts on the east end were swaying back and forth in the wind the whole game. At least the rain held off, so that made the day tolerable. Bowe didn't catch a ball. He came over to the Chiefs bench area after the game, and visited with some friends in the stands, and gave a football to a kid. He looked like his weight was down, and he looked kind of sad to be playing for Cleveland. I felt bad for him. I think he has a good heart and he still cares about KC a lot. I'll bet he doesn't play much longer after this year. 1. So here we are, in the playoff dance again. Eerily similar to a couple years ago when we went to Indy and blew a 28 point lead in the Luck nightmare game. That year we ran off a bunch of wins in a row against crippled teams with second and third string starting QBs, and this year has been more of the same. The parity is stronger this year with all the injuries. Carolina lost today. So did Brady's Cheatriots. Green Bay -who embarrassed us on National TV back in September- got their ass handed to them in Arizona. St. Louis upset the Seahawks and the Ravens knock off Pittsburgh. I feel like we dodged a bullet today. Hopefully the Faiders will be complacent with their BS win against Phyllis this week and the Arrowhead weather will be nice and cold and nasty next Sunday. Tomorrow, Cincy could do us a big favor by knocking off the Donks, but it may be another battle of second stringers. I'm thinking we may end up going back where it all started, to Houston, and facing JJ Watt and company once again. It will certainly be an exciting couple of weeks to come, and it sure beats talking about who we're going to draft next, like they are in the Factory of Sadness tonight. Happy New Year to all the CPers, and Congratulations to our Chiefs on making the playoffs after a 1-5 start. Remarkable job, and a great year so far. 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12-28-2015, 09:49 AM	#52
Halfcan In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2005 Casino cash: $7327995	Excellent write up as always! It was one of the top five coldest games I ever attended at Arrowhead. We were up top in 328. There were 20 mile an hour wind gust most of the miserable second half. First half went pretty much like it should have. We opened with a nice long drive and put seven on the board. The Chiefs looked like a playoff bound team in every way. Second half was a complete Fail. Once the Browns figured out that Ford could be pushed around like a bitch- their running game started dominating. Ford was easily blocked to the outside on the Browns first TD. Zombo and Mauga looked like they were wearing concrete boots they were so slow. I think Mauga might be the slowest human on earth. He didn't tackle for shit either. Berry was also disappointing-dropping a sure INT. I said it last week-Chiefs have the absolute worst special teams in the NFL. That fake punt conversion was a back breaker. Davis should have just taken a knee on the Chiefs last possession and we would have had it at the 20. He had no lanes at all but decided to be a hero. Of course he comes up short and with an illegal block in the back call-we start at the 3 yard line. Pitiful. MVP punted like total shit all day and failed to bail out a predictable sputtering offense. Alex missed Maclin for a sure TD that could have iced the game, he also had a WTF was that throw INT. He needs to play a complete game. This "we got the lead and now we can coast mentality" already burned us in the playoffs. The offensive line got their shit pushed in the second half. Like Big Red said in his post game-it doesn't matter if you win be 1 or 20 it is still a win. It was great to clinch a playoff spot as well and keep the pressure on the Cheating Donks. Who would have thought we would clinch before Denver? 1st year both Royals and Chiefs made the playoffs at the same time. Pretty special event that helps us forget all of these ugly wins.
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12-28-2015, 10:19 AM	#54
Anyong Bluth Deus ambulans inter homines Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago Casino cash: $9439340	I agree that it was a total trap game, and look around the league and a bunch of teams tripped up. I don't know what to make of it with a number of guys missing playing time- are they taking care of business or getting sloppier and lucky these past few weeks? I'd like to see the offense and special teams straighten themselves out a bit and all 3 phases looking like they are more in rhythm. Maybe, this is much ado about nothing. A few weeks ago this team looked like it could at least be competitive and go toe to toe with anyone in the league. Then again, so has Seattle as of late, and look at yesterday. I'm not negative about things, I'm just unsure of where to gauge things especially when they are missing huge pieces on D that will be back, and would have been a major factor in yesterday's game having a very different outcome most likely. __________________ Suck it, *beautiful*
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12-28-2015, 10:59 AM	#57
BlackHelicopters Spiraling down the Drain Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Dante's Ninth Circle Casino cash: $-10000	If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be right. __________________ "We're both part of the same hypocrisy, Senator, but never think it applies to my family." "Fredo. You are my brother, and I love you. But never take sides against the Family again. Ever." 2019 Adopt a Chief - Travis Kelce #87
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12-28-2015, 11:05 AM	#59
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