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**gblowfish** · 10-31-2010, 06:53 PM

Ten Things About Today's Game

10. Somebody needs to slap Katie Horner around -in a way she wouldn't enjoy, I mean. What happened to sunny and 63 degrees today? We had a little sun, but apparently she forgot to mention the howling 30 to 40 MPH winds. It may not have been quite as bad on the sunny side of the field behind the Buffalo bench. On the Chiefs side, it was downright chilly. And the wind was playing havoc with the kicking game. Colquitt had several squirelly punts. Luckily, Mr. Irrelevant got a chance to redeem himself today, where Lindell did not. I was glad Succop got his second chance and made it count, or he would have been masquerading as "the kicker who shall remain nameless" for Halloween. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

9. Since it's Halloween night, I had to rush home and get the house ready for the little trick or treaters. I'm in the bat cave writing this while the lovely Mrs. Blowfish is upstairs handing out fist fulls of Kit Kat Bars to the little neighborhood hoodlems. I have not read through the CP board, and I'm sure there will have been mucho discussion about many of the things I'm going to point out, but maybe without that filter you can let me know if you feel the way I do. Arrowhead had a few more empty seats today, not nearly as loud as previous weeks. Sam Mellinger wrote about that today here:

http://mellinger.kansascity.com/

8. First of all, why in the HELL are the Chiefs killing their own drives? There must have been five or six times where Charles and Jones were gashing the ball right up the field. Then Cassel would throw, mis-fire, put it into 2nd and long, then 3rd and 5 or 6, then incomplete on third down. WHY STOP RUNNING??? It's like Weis didn't figure that out until the overtime period. Charles ended up with 177 yards today -that's eight yards per carry friends-, Jones had 77 yards, and no turnovers. This game should have never, ever, EVER been this close. And the reason it was, was because the offense stalled its own drives by abandoning the run for no good reason, and for lapses on defense and in coaching.

7. Two unsung heroes on offense today: Moeaki and Asamoah. Let's start with #81. Moeaki has impressed me very much with his blocking ability. The Chiefs run left a bunch, especially with Moeaki on that side, so the line is Waters, Fat Albert and Moeaki. They are destroying people when we run. He also had some clutch catches in the OT, and you wonder why it took so long to find him. The guy simply catches everything that is thrown to him. If, and a big if, he stays healthy, he could be the Mack Lee Hill winner this year out of an incredibly talent crop of rookies. He's just been excellent.

6. Asamoah started his first NFL game today for Lilja. He did a fine job. Cassel was sacked three times today. At least two of those were his own fault for indecision with the football. Since the Chiefs only had given up five sacks all year before today, three was a lot, but you can't blame it on Asamoah. He helped the team rush for over 250 yards. Big props, because our O-line has some depth this year, and guys are stepping up and not embarrassing themselves when they get a chance to play.

5. I thought the Chiefs won today despite Coach Haley, who went full reerun in the first half. You never, ever, EVER pass up point opportunities, even against a winless team, at home, and especially in less than ideal weather conditions. Haley passed on a mid-30's range field goal in the first half, going on 4th and 3, for absolutely NO REASON. This was just rookie head coach stupidity. Luckily, it did not cost us a win today, but it very well could have. The Chiefs played a first half filled with blown opportunities, then failed to make any meaningful adjustments in the second half. We lucked out that Lindell missed his OT field goal opportunity. That guy is a good kicker, and the wind and distance, and a bit of a tip at the line of scrimmage, was just enough to foul up the attempt. Hopefully Coach Haley will learn something from having to squirm through an entire second half, plus a full overtime, thinking about passing up that one little field goal that could have made all the difference in second half game strategy today.

4. I think we missed McCluster today, although Charles was used a bit like McCluster at times with swing passes. I saw Dexter on the sidelines today in his warmups. He looks like he could play for a high school team. He's a little dude. Hard to believe he's endured the kind of NFL hits he's taken so far this year. It will be nice to have him back vs. Oakland next week. We need his versatility. He seemed to be moving around on the sidelines OK.

3. DJ was killing me today. He dropped one sure pick six in the first quarter, and dropped another sure pick in the fourth quarter that would have prevented the game tying drive. You HAVE to make those plays. Seemed like every fumble or tipped pass or pick-able ball went Buffalo's way this game. Except for the pass that hit Berry right between the 2 and the 9. Even with that, he almost lost it, and fell down when he caught the ball. That was a big pick. Berry is playing better as each week has gone by. He lead the defense with ten tackles today. He's excellent on run support. He still has some coverage issues, but I think he's smart enough to overcome that eventually. I believe he could be another Deron Cherry.

2. I'm going to play Mr. Pessimistic Chiefs fan here for just a minute. I don't believe the Chiefs have beaten a team with a winning record. It was a goal line stand to survive San Diego, a first down made by the nose hair of the football to ice the game in Cleveland, and today we let a winless team take us to the final three seconds of OT before eeking out a home win. Well, better lucky than good, I suppose. But the win today does bode well for the long run, as now there's a bit of a cushion going on the road vs. Oakland and Denver. If KC can can gain a split, we'll still be in pretty decent shape in the AFC West. Makes me wish the defense could have held onto that ten point lead with seven minutes left in Houston. How huge would have been to be 6-1 right now? I'll take 5-2. Game pics from KC Star website are here:

http://tinyurl.com/2bol6cp

1. Today was Military Appreciation Day at Arrowhead. Everybody got a little American Flag upon entering the stadium. At halftime they swore a bunch of kids into the Marine Corps, and showed the cameo pictures of dozens of service men and women from Kansas and Missouri who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. I always get a lump in my throat when we have a military fly over, today it was a big tanker jet. Nothing better than the Arrowhead crowd chanting U-S-A for all the guys in uniform on the field today. It always makes me thankful to have those guy protecting our freedom so we can enjoy our way of life, including our Chiefs games.

patteeu · 11-01-2010, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Frankie

In the 1st half, I saw Bowe drop an apparent TD pass. I got called on a quick errand and missed the replays. Was that a catchable ball? Whose bad was it, Bowe's or Cassel's?

It was the defender's good, IMO.

patteeu · 11-01-2010, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Gif Horse

Jesus, that's insult to all of those quarterbacks, especially Krieg, who had like 200 TD passes if memory serves. Cassel is never going to be Grbac. Grbac had major ****ing talent and could throw frozen ropes. His problem was being a jerk and a headcase in the clutch. Grbac NEVER looked as lost as Cassel looked against Buffalo.

Cassel is a shitty version of Jake Plummer. In fact, he plays almost exactly the same way - mobile, no downfield accuracy, shits his pants at the first sign of pressure and needs MAJOR talent around him to succeed.

Spoken like a guy who must have been too young to really pay attention to the Grbac-era Chiefs. Grbac had physical talent, but not looking lost was not one of his attributes. Cassel is 10x the QB that Grbac was when it comes to the mental aspects of the game.

I'm not even sure what makes you say that Cassel looked lost in this Buffalo game. Maybe you can gif him up and show me what you mean later in the week in your gif'ed up thread.

**gblowfish** · 11-01-2010, 08:16 AM

Grbac was king of the deer in the headlights look.
He lost a playoff game in Arrowhead vs. Denver, partly because he botched a two minute drill (final play was a lame pass somewhere in the same area code as Lake Dawson). He ran out of time waiting for plays to come in from the OC. He had no ability to think on his feet, he could only do what the OC told him to do, and if a play was late getting into the huddle, he was clueless. I see some of that in Cassel. He's robotic, doesn't have any Favre improv in him at all.

On the plus side, he has thrown more than 100 passes with no picks, and that's a good thing. Also, he's only been a starter for about a two years (counting New England) and he's still learning on the job. He does seem pretty studious on the sideline, and I agree that he usually goes down swinging when he does go down.

Frankie · 11-01-2010, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by patteeu

Spoken like a guy who must have been too young to really pay attention to the Grbac-era Chiefs. Grbac had physical talent, but not looking lost was not one of his attributes. Cassel is 10x the QB that Grbac was when it comes to the mental aspects of the game.

I'm not even sure what makes you say that Cassel looked lost in this Buffalo game. Maybe you can gif him up and show me what you mean later in the week in your gif'ed up thread.

I totally agree with this post. All the hatred for Cassel I try to understand, but looking lost, I was scratching my head about.

Chiefnj2 · 11-01-2010, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

Grbac was king of the deer in the headlights look.
He lost a playoff game in Arrowhead vs. Denver, partly because he botched a two minute drill (final play was a lame pass somewhere in the same area code as Lake Dawson). He ran out of time waiting for plays to come in from the OC. He had no ability to think on his feet, he could only do what the OC told him to do, and if a play was late getting into the huddle, he was clueless. I see some of that in Cassel. He's robotic, doesn't have any Favre improv in him at all.

On the plus side, he has thrown more than 100 passes with no picks, and that's a good thing. Also, he's only been a starter for about a two years (counting New England) and he's still learning on the job. He does seem pretty studious on the sideline, and I agree that he usually goes down swinging when he does go down.

I can't believe I'm going to say this but, in defense of Grbac in that playoff game, I distinctly remember one or two short passes where (I think it was Rathman?) could have gotten out of bounds, but for some bizarre reason tried for 2 more yards and was tackled in bound keeping the clock rolling. Grbac's final pass to Dawson was ugly though.

Frankie · 11-01-2010, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

On the plus side, he has thrown more than 100 passes with no picks, and that's a good thing.

But, boy did he really try to toss a pick yesterday! It was right into the hands of the defender. Cassel lucked out on that one.

**Dave Lane** · 11-01-2010, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

Thanks, George. I always appreciate your takes. Disagree on the 4th down thing, but I'm a stats geek. I know it's a somewhat radical approach and hasn't really been "tested" in the NFL.

It was the smart call. Didn't like the play they called for it but especially with the wind it wasn't a gimme FG.

Frazod · 11-01-2010, 08:43 AM

Yesterday's game was painful to watch. I've said before that I'll never bitch about a coach with balls, but at this point I can't tell if Haley's more like Custer or Wile E. Coyote. Time to get back on your meds, Todd. Jesus. And Weis.... well, I haven't made my contempt for this overrated turd a secret, and it continues to grow week by week. I think we could run 400 yards and this assclown will still call a pass play on a critical 3rd and short. ****. And Cassel? No need to go there at this point. And the secondary is still a work in progress, surrendering far too many first downs on 3rd and long.

I'm trying to look on this mess as simply getting caught looking ahead to Oakland next week. Really, I am. We lost one game (Houston) that we should have won, and now we've won a game that we abso-****ing-lutely should have lost, which I guess makes us even. A win is a win. A win is a win. A win is a win. A win is a win....

But the coaching needs to improve. Dramatically. Our worst enemies right now are prowling our own sideline and sitting in our own booth.

**gblowfish** · 11-01-2010, 08:50 AM

Here's what the Buffalo News is saying:

Bills Can't Escape the Jaws of Defeat
by Mark Gaughan - Buffalo News

http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bi...icle237532.ece

KANSAS CITY -- The script was completely different from any other game the Buffalo Bills have played this season.

The ending -- well, you know the story.

The Bills were left to lament how they repeatedly let victory slip through their fingers after their 13-10 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

"It hurts," Bills coach Chan Gailey said. "You can't explain it. It makes you sick in your gut. I feel bad for our guys, because they're trying, they're playing hard. We're just not getting it done. I've got to teach us to get over the hump."

"I'm kind of at a loss for words," receiver Stevie Johnson said. "It seemed like we put together a good game as a team. We had opportunities but we couldn't come out with a win. Here we go again."

"It seems like almost every week, it's like, man if we could have made just one play," said guard Eric Wood. "If we could have made this play or that play, we'd have won that game."

The Bills fell to 0-7 for the first time since 1984. It's the first time in their history they have lost back-to-back overtime games.

Last week's 37-34 loss at Baltimore was a big-play fiesta, with eight touchdowns scored. This one was about methodical offense, with just two touchdowns.

The Chiefs were the better team on both sides of the line of scrimmage. Kansas City outrushed Buffalo, 274-137, and outgained the Bills overall, 414-328. The Bills called 56 passes and 28 runs.

The Bills still could have won if any one of the following plays went differently:

* Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick threw an interception at the Kansas City 27-yard line with 25 seconds left in regulation. The Bills needed only about 10 more yards to get in good position for a field goal.

* Fitzpatrick overthrew an open C.J. Spiller in the end zone with 8:11 left in overtime.

* Bills kicker Rian Lindell missed a 53-yard field-goal try with 7:19 left in overtime. Lindell had made the 53-yard try just moments before, but Kansas City had called timeout to stop the clock just before the ball was snapped.

The Bills' offense, which rolled up 514 yards last week in Baltimore, managed just 58 yards in the first half against the Chiefs. But the Bills found a rhythm in the third quarter, taking the second-half kickoff and holding the ball for 15 plays en route to a Lindell field goal that pulled them within 7-3.

"We adjusted at halftime," Fitzpatrick said. "We knew coming in they were a bend-but-don't-break type of defense, and they did a good job today in terms of that. It seemed the whole first half we were stuck in our end. They weren't going to allow us to get any big plays. On third down they played a lot more zone than man [to man]."

The Bills held the ball for 19:01 of the second 30 minutes.

"That was how we went into the ball game, understanding that we were going to have to dink and dunk our way down the field and treat 4-yard and 5-yard passes as run game because they're very physical tight end to tight end," Gailey said.

A 15-play, 83-yard march tied the game. Fitzpatrick hit 8 of 10 passes on the drive and capped it with a 4-yard scoring pass to Johnson on fourth and goal. It was a slant pass, and Johnson dove over the goal line just before he could be tackled.

"That's something we worked on probably one time throughout the week, but Coach [Gailey] called it," Johnson said. "He said, they'll play off, you'll come under and you'll have to bull rush in there. It was exactly how Coach said it. It was just execution."

The Bills had the ball back just 49 seconds later thanks to a good defensive stand (and questionable play-calling by the Chiefs). Fitzpatrick had the Bills at the Chiefs' 41 when his throw for Lee Evans sailed way over the receiver's head and was picked off by the Chiefs' Eric Berry. Fitzpatrick said it slipped.

"I catch the gun snap and pretty much as I catch it, throw it to Lee real quick," Fitzpatrick said. "It just squirted out."

Midway through overtime, Fitzpatrick moved the Bills from their own 10 to the Chiefs' 37. The Bills caught the Chiefs in a blitz with Spiller down the right sideline, but the pass sailed over his head.

"We got C.J. manned up with the linebacker on the outside and missed him in the end zone," Fitzpatrick said. "It was a good matchup. I let the ball go. I thought it was going to be perfect, and it just ended up being long."

"I don't know how many times in a row we've hit that in practice," Gailey said. "We didn't hit it today. It hurts."

The Bills called two more passes but only got to the 34, which put Lindell in a long-range position.

"We had a run called on one of them but we checked out of it because of the defense they gave us, which we've been doing and been fairly successful at," Gailey said of the two plays before the kick. "In hindsight, yeah, I wish we'd have run it a couple times there, but you make calls in games you wish you had back."

Kansas City's winning drive started with 1:13 left and went 53 yards to the Buffalo 16. Ryan Succop's 35-yard kick as time expired improved the Chiefs to 5-2.

"I thought we had it for sure," said linebacker Paul Posluszny. "I thought it was our game for sure. We fought hard. I felt we made the plays we needed to make at times. But we need to learn to win."

Reerun_KC · 11-01-2010, 08:53 AM

We dodged a shit ton of bullets yesterday...

**Buehler445** · 11-01-2010, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by HIChief

He must have had major shit stains on the final winning drive then.

That's the shit with Cassel. Dude was a ****ing worthless bum ALL ****ING GAME and then put together a beautiful drive with his back to the wall. That drive is precisely what he needs to do every drive. Weis gave him ample opportunity to make plays in the game and he stalled drives. I don't understand how he can be so horrible all game and then put together a drive like that.
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**gblowfish** · 11-01-2010, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

That's the shit with Cassel. Dude was a ****ing worthless bum ALL ****ING GAME and then put together a beautiful drive with his back to the wall. That drive is precisely what he needs to do every drive. Weis gave him ample opportunity to make plays in the game and he stalled drives. I don't understand how he can be so horrible all game and then put together a drive like that.
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Give any NFL starting QB six or seven cracks at it, and eventually they'll all put together some kind of coherent drive.

beer bacon · 11-01-2010, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Frankie

In the 1st half, I saw Bowe drop an apparent TD pass. I got called on a quick errand and missed the replays. Was that a catchable ball? Whose bad was it, Bowe's or Cassel's?

It was a very catchable ball. After the game somebody said the defender hooked one of Bowe's arms, and it should have been a DPI. Anybody notice that?

**gblowfish** · 11-01-2010, 09:56 AM

No, I thought Bowe was open, but the pass was underthrown, Bowe had to adjust to the ball, DB hit Bowe about the same time the ball got there (maybe a tiny bit early but not enough for DPI) and pinned Bowe's arm so he couldn't grab the ball. It was a good defensive play. No TD because (as usual) Cassel couldn't hit a receiver in stride.

JD10367 · 11-01-2010, 10:15 AM

In general, I'd say: don't sweat this game. The Bills have now gone on the road and played ridiculously tough against the Dolphins, Patriots, Ravens, and Chiefs (taking the last two to OT). Those teams are 6-1, 5-2, 5-2, and 4-3; taking out the Bills game, they're still a cumulative 16-8. The Bills may be 0-7 but could easily be 3-4 or 4-3.

Look on the bright side: your D held its own, your running game dominated, and even Cassel couldn't **** it up in the end (although he tried his best).

(EDIT: Fins game was in Buffalo. Still, they only lost 15-10.)

10-31-2010, 06:53 PM
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $16886178 VARSITY	Ten Things About Today's Game Ten Things About Today's Game 10. Somebody needs to slap Katie Horner around -in a way she wouldn't enjoy, I mean. What happened to sunny and 63 degrees today? We had a little sun, but apparently she forgot to mention the howling 30 to 40 MPH winds. It may not have been quite as bad on the sunny side of the field behind the Buffalo bench. On the Chiefs side, it was downright chilly. And the wind was playing havoc with the kicking game. Colquitt had several squirelly punts. Luckily, Mr. Irrelevant got a chance to redeem himself today, where Lindell did not. I was glad Succop got his second chance and made it count, or he would have been masquerading as "the kicker who shall remain nameless" for Halloween. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. 9. Since it's Halloween night, I had to rush home and get the house ready for the little trick or treaters. I'm in the bat cave writing this while the lovely Mrs. Blowfish is upstairs handing out fist fulls of Kit Kat Bars to the little neighborhood hoodlems. I have not read through the CP board, and I'm sure there will have been mucho discussion about many of the things I'm going to point out, but maybe without that filter you can let me know if you feel the way I do. Arrowhead had a few more empty seats today, not nearly as loud as previous weeks. Sam Mellinger wrote about that today here: http://mellinger.kansascity.com/ 8. First of all, why in the HELL are the Chiefs killing their own drives? There must have been five or six times where Charles and Jones were gashing the ball right up the field. Then Cassel would throw, mis-fire, put it into 2nd and long, then 3rd and 5 or 6, then incomplete on third down. WHY STOP RUNNING??? It's like Weis didn't figure that out until the overtime period. Charles ended up with 177 yards today -that's eight yards per carry friends-, Jones had 77 yards, and no turnovers. This game should have never, ever, EVER been this close. And the reason it was, was because the offense stalled its own drives by abandoning the run for no good reason, and for lapses on defense and in coaching. 7. Two unsung heroes on offense today: Moeaki and Asamoah. Let's start with #81. Moeaki has impressed me very much with his blocking ability. The Chiefs run left a bunch, especially with Moeaki on that side, so the line is Waters, Fat Albert and Moeaki. They are destroying people when we run. He also had some clutch catches in the OT, and you wonder why it took so long to find him. The guy simply catches everything that is thrown to him. If, and a big if, he stays healthy, he could be the Mack Lee Hill winner this year out of an incredibly talent crop of rookies. He's just been excellent. 6. Asamoah started his first NFL game today for Lilja. He did a fine job. Cassel was sacked three times today. At least two of those were his own fault for indecision with the football. Since the Chiefs only had given up five sacks all year before today, three was a lot, but you can't blame it on Asamoah. He helped the team rush for over 250 yards. Big props, because our O-line has some depth this year, and guys are stepping up and not embarrassing themselves when they get a chance to play. 5. I thought the Chiefs won today despite Coach Haley, who went full reerun in the first half. You never, ever, EVER pass up point opportunities, even against a winless team, at home, and especially in less than ideal weather conditions. Haley passed on a mid-30's range field goal in the first half, going on 4th and 3, for absolutely NO REASON. This was just rookie head coach stupidity. Luckily, it did not cost us a win today, but it very well could have. The Chiefs played a first half filled with blown opportunities, then failed to make any meaningful adjustments in the second half. We lucked out that Lindell missed his OT field goal opportunity. That guy is a good kicker, and the wind and distance, and a bit of a tip at the line of scrimmage, was just enough to foul up the attempt. Hopefully Coach Haley will learn something from having to squirm through an entire second half, plus a full overtime, thinking about passing up that one little field goal that could have made all the difference in second half game strategy today. 4. I think we missed McCluster today, although Charles was used a bit like McCluster at times with swing passes. I saw Dexter on the sidelines today in his warmups. He looks like he could play for a high school team. He's a little dude. Hard to believe he's endured the kind of NFL hits he's taken so far this year. It will be nice to have him back vs. Oakland next week. We need his versatility. He seemed to be moving around on the sidelines OK. 3. DJ was killing me today. He dropped one sure pick six in the first quarter, and dropped another sure pick in the fourth quarter that would have prevented the game tying drive. You HAVE to make those plays. Seemed like every fumble or tipped pass or pick-able ball went Buffalo's way this game. Except for the pass that hit Berry right between the 2 and the 9. Even with that, he almost lost it, and fell down when he caught the ball. That was a big pick. Berry is playing better as each week has gone by. He lead the defense with ten tackles today. He's excellent on run support. He still has some coverage issues, but I think he's smart enough to overcome that eventually. I believe he could be another Deron Cherry. 2. I'm going to play Mr. Pessimistic Chiefs fan here for just a minute. I don't believe the Chiefs have beaten a team with a winning record. It was a goal line stand to survive San Diego, a first down made by the nose hair of the football to ice the game in Cleveland, and today we let a winless team take us to the final three seconds of OT before eeking out a home win. Well, better lucky than good, I suppose. But the win today does bode well for the long run, as now there's a bit of a cushion going on the road vs. Oakland and Denver. If KC can can gain a split, we'll still be in pretty decent shape in the AFC West. Makes me wish the defense could have held onto that ten point lead with seven minutes left in Houston. How huge would have been to be 6-1 right now? I'll take 5-2. Game pics from KC Star website are here: http://tinyurl.com/2bol6cp 1. Today was Military Appreciation Day at Arrowhead. Everybody got a little American Flag upon entering the stadium. At halftime they swore a bunch of kids into the Marine Corps, and showed the cameo pictures of dozens of service men and women from Kansas and Missouri who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. I always get a lump in my throat when we have a military fly over, today it was a big tanker jet. Nothing better than the Arrowhead crowd chanting U-S-A for all the guys in uniform on the field today. It always makes me thankful to have those guy protecting our freedom so we can enjoy our way of life, including our Chiefs games.
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11-01-2010, 08:16 AM	#78
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $16886178 VARSITY	Grbac was king of the deer in the headlights look. He lost a playoff game in Arrowhead vs. Denver, partly because he botched a two minute drill (final play was a lame pass somewhere in the same area code as Lake Dawson). He ran out of time waiting for plays to come in from the OC. He had no ability to think on his feet, he could only do what the OC told him to do, and if a play was late getting into the huddle, he was clueless. I see some of that in Cassel. He's robotic, doesn't have any Favre improv in him at all. On the plus side, he has thrown more than 100 passes with no picks, and that's a good thing. Also, he's only been a starter for about a two years (counting New England) and he's still learning on the job. He does seem pretty studious on the sideline, and I agree that he usually goes down swinging when he does go down.
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11-01-2010, 08:43 AM	#83
Frazod Did you hear what I said? Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $-776615	Yesterday's game was painful to watch. I've said before that I'll never bitch about a coach with balls, but at this point I can't tell if Haley's more like Custer or Wile E. Coyote. Time to get back on your meds, Todd. Jesus. And Weis.... well, I haven't made my contempt for this overrated turd a secret, and it continues to grow week by week. I think we could run 400 yards and this assclown will still call a pass play on a critical 3rd and short. **. And Cassel? No need to go there at this point. And the secondary is still a work in progress, surrendering far too many first downs on 3rd and long. I'm trying to look on this mess as simply getting caught looking ahead to Oakland next week. Really, I am. We lost one game (Houston) that we should have won, and now we've won a game that we abso-**ing-lutely should have lost, which I guess makes us even. A win is a win. A win is a win. A win is a win. A win is a win.... But the coaching needs to improve. Dramatically. Our worst enemies right now are prowling our own sideline and sitting in our own booth.
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11-01-2010, 08:50 AM	#84
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $16886178 VARSITY	Here's what the Buffalo News is saying: Bills Can't Escape the Jaws of Defeat by Mark Gaughan - Buffalo News http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bi...icle237532.ece KANSAS CITY -- The script was completely different from any other game the Buffalo Bills have played this season. The ending -- well, you know the story. The Bills were left to lament how they repeatedly let victory slip through their fingers after their 13-10 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. "It hurts," Bills coach Chan Gailey said. "You can't explain it. It makes you sick in your gut. I feel bad for our guys, because they're trying, they're playing hard. We're just not getting it done. I've got to teach us to get over the hump." "I'm kind of at a loss for words," receiver Stevie Johnson said. "It seemed like we put together a good game as a team. We had opportunities but we couldn't come out with a win. Here we go again." "It seems like almost every week, it's like, man if we could have made just one play," said guard Eric Wood. "If we could have made this play or that play, we'd have won that game." The Bills fell to 0-7 for the first time since 1984. It's the first time in their history they have lost back-to-back overtime games. Last week's 37-34 loss at Baltimore was a big-play fiesta, with eight touchdowns scored. This one was about methodical offense, with just two touchdowns. The Chiefs were the better team on both sides of the line of scrimmage. Kansas City outrushed Buffalo, 274-137, and outgained the Bills overall, 414-328. The Bills called 56 passes and 28 runs. The Bills still could have won if any one of the following plays went differently: * Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick threw an interception at the Kansas City 27-yard line with 25 seconds left in regulation. The Bills needed only about 10 more yards to get in good position for a field goal. * Fitzpatrick overthrew an open C.J. Spiller in the end zone with 8:11 left in overtime. * Bills kicker Rian Lindell missed a 53-yard field-goal try with 7:19 left in overtime. Lindell had made the 53-yard try just moments before, but Kansas City had called timeout to stop the clock just before the ball was snapped. The Bills' offense, which rolled up 514 yards last week in Baltimore, managed just 58 yards in the first half against the Chiefs. But the Bills found a rhythm in the third quarter, taking the second-half kickoff and holding the ball for 15 plays en route to a Lindell field goal that pulled them within 7-3. "We adjusted at halftime," Fitzpatrick said. "We knew coming in they were a bend-but-don't-break type of defense, and they did a good job today in terms of that. It seemed the whole first half we were stuck in our end. They weren't going to allow us to get any big plays. On third down they played a lot more zone than man [to man]." The Bills held the ball for 19:01 of the second 30 minutes. "That was how we went into the ball game, understanding that we were going to have to dink and dunk our way down the field and treat 4-yard and 5-yard passes as run game because they're very physical tight end to tight end," Gailey said. A 15-play, 83-yard march tied the game. Fitzpatrick hit 8 of 10 passes on the drive and capped it with a 4-yard scoring pass to Johnson on fourth and goal. It was a slant pass, and Johnson dove over the goal line just before he could be tackled. "That's something we worked on probably one time throughout the week, but Coach [Gailey] called it," Johnson said. "He said, they'll play off, you'll come under and you'll have to bull rush in there. It was exactly how Coach said it. It was just execution." The Bills had the ball back just 49 seconds later thanks to a good defensive stand (and questionable play-calling by the Chiefs). Fitzpatrick had the Bills at the Chiefs' 41 when his throw for Lee Evans sailed way over the receiver's head and was picked off by the Chiefs' Eric Berry. Fitzpatrick said it slipped. "I catch the gun snap and pretty much as I catch it, throw it to Lee real quick," Fitzpatrick said. "It just squirted out." Midway through overtime, Fitzpatrick moved the Bills from their own 10 to the Chiefs' 37. The Bills caught the Chiefs in a blitz with Spiller down the right sideline, but the pass sailed over his head. "We got C.J. manned up with the linebacker on the outside and missed him in the end zone," Fitzpatrick said. "It was a good matchup. I let the ball go. I thought it was going to be perfect, and it just ended up being long." "I don't know how many times in a row we've hit that in practice," Gailey said. "We didn't hit it today. It hurts." The Bills called two more passes but only got to the 34, which put Lindell in a long-range position. "We had a run called on one of them but we checked out of it because of the defense they gave us, which we've been doing and been fairly successful at," Gailey said of the two plays before the kick. "In hindsight, yeah, I wish we'd have run it a couple times there, but you make calls in games you wish you had back." Kansas City's winning drive started with 1:13 left and went 53 yards to the Buffalo 16. Ryan Succop's 35-yard kick as time expired improved the Chiefs to 5-2. "I thought we had it for sure," said linebacker Paul Posluszny. "I thought it was our game for sure. We fought hard. I felt we made the plays we needed to make at times. But we need to learn to win."
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11-01-2010, 08:53 AM	#85
Reerun_KC Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Casino cash: $7231160	We dodged a shit ton of bullets yesterday...
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11-01-2010, 09:56 AM	#89
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $16886178 VARSITY	No, I thought Bowe was open, but the pass was underthrown, Bowe had to adjust to the ball, DB hit Bowe about the same time the ball got there (maybe a tiny bit early but not enough for DPI) and pinned Bowe's arm so he couldn't grab the ball. It was a good defensive play. No TD because (as usual) Cassel couldn't hit a receiver in stride. Last edited by gblowfish; 11-01-2010 at 10:20 AM..
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11-01-2010, 10:15 AM	#90
JD10367 Cheaterlover* Join Date: May 2009 Location: RI Casino cash: $10010716	In general, I'd say: don't sweat this game. The Bills have now gone on the road and played ridiculously tough against the Dolphins, Patriots, Ravens, and Chiefs (taking the last two to OT). Those teams are 6-1, 5-2, 5-2, and 4-3; taking out the Bills game, they're still a cumulative 16-8. The Bills may be 0-7 but could easily be 3-4 or 4-3. Look on the bright side: your D held its own, your running game dominated, and even Cassel couldn't **** it up in the end (although he tried his best). (EDIT: Fins game was in Buffalo. Still, they only lost 15-10.)
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