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Hog's Gone Fishin · 08-05-2013, 02:59 PM

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Alex Smith's Accuracy Sparks Chiefs Practice
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aaKansas City Chiefs QB Alex Smith wowed the crowd with pinpoint throws

Kansas City Chiefs QB Alex Smith didn't care that the skies were again overcast during practice on Monday; likely because his accurate throws would've outshined the sun, had it made an appearance.

Smith was on-point, nearly perfect, unofficially completing 17 of 20 passes for three TDs during the roughly two-and-a-half hour practice.

"It’s a reflection of the group,” Smith said. “O-line was great today; it starts with them. They did a good job communicating, especially in the blitz period, third down, everybody was on the same page and then there were guys making plays outside. We got off to a good start but really, I think the spark came from the guys up-front."

Among the many pass-catchers Smith connected with on Monday, Chiefs TE Anthony Fasano continues to play at a very-high level. Smith threw to Fasano three-straight times, late in practice, including one TD.

"He's such a dependable guy, so reliable," Smith said of Fasano. "He has such a great knowledge of the game, a great feel for it, defenses and how they’re playing him and he uses his body so well. He continues to make tough catches. He’s what you’re looking for in a TE, that reliable guy that continues to be open, time after time."

Another of Smith's targets was Chiefs WR Dwayne Bowe, whose best catch on Monday was a one-handed grab in 7-on-7s.

"That’s just him making me look good," Smith said. "There’s not much to it. I threw it up there and let him do the rest."

Bowe described the play from a different perspective.

"No, man," Bowe said of Smith's pass. "He put the ball right on the outside; he saw the inside leverage, and our job is to catch the ball; it happened to be a one-handed catch, but it was a great pass by Alex."

Bowe also shared how he's feeling just days away from the team's first preseason game of the year.

"I’m feeling good,” Bowe said. "We’re going against the best every day at practice, so when we get to the games, we will be ready."

Following Smith, Chiefs QB Chase Daniel stepped in Monday and continues to move the ball effectively, highlighted by his completion to a determined Chiefs TE Tony Moeaki on a third-down play in the red zone.

"Chase did a great job of getting the ball out quick," Moeaki said. "I was just trying to get the ball vertical and it was a third-down play, so getting the first down in the red zone, that’s huge. We as a TE group feel that’s where our number should be called; we’re just trying to help the team score."

Later in 11-on-11s, Chiefs QB Ricky Stanzi closed out the drill with a beauty of a throw for a TD to Chiefs rookie WR Frankie Hammond Jr.

"It was a great throw by Ricky,” Hammond Jr. said. "I kind of pinned the guy inside and he just made a great throw and I went up and got it."

Like the other Chiefs rookies, Hammond Jr. is ready and waiting for his opportunity to shine on Friday night.

"Definitely,” Hammond Jr said. "It’s just ‘lay it out all on the table’; you’ll only get so many opportunities in these preseason games, so when we get out there, we have to make the most of them and go out there and play hard."

The team played hard yet again today, which caught the eye of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid.

"Good work today," coach Reid said.

"This is our fifth day in a row of full contact and going. This is our longest stretch; we’ll have another day tomorrow. So, the guys pushed through a big red zone day today, big 3RD-and-long day today. I thought they traded back and forth, challenging each other and working hard.”

Part of the hard work paid off for the defense in 11-on-11s, when Chiefs DB Otha Foster III was in the right place at the right time for his pick-six INT.

"I was playing free," Foster III said. "The guy dragged across and the QB threw it to him, bounced off his shoulder and landed in my hands. We were going full contact, all the way, tackling to the ground and that’s why I ran it all the way back."

Foster hopes to carry the defensive momentum with him into Friday's road game against the Saints.

"I feel good about that because it’s close to my hometown in Louisiana," he said. "I’m going to have a lot of family there and they love the Saints, except when I’m playing; they’ll be on my side (on) Friday.”

The Chiefs return to the practice field tomorrow, before a day off on Wednesday, travel day to New Orleans on Thursday and then, the real fun begins Friday night at 7:00 PM CDT, from the Mercedes-Benz

Ace Gunner · 08-05-2013, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Romeo's losing season was the abberration. The Chiefs made the playoffs in 2010 behind a shitty QB. The next year, they were a step away from making the playoffs even without Jamaal Charles, Eric Berry, Moeaki, and with Houston playing half the season.

This team is easily in the hunt. They are a long shot to go deep in the playoffs, and don't know that they ever will behind Alex Smith, but there's no way anyone can claim this team can't compete this year.

this. and you forgot to mention Falco. Shane Falco. c'mon friday night..

keg in kc · 08-05-2013, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

This team is easily in the hunt. They are a long shot to go deep in the playoffs, and don't know that they ever will behind Alex Smith, but there's no way anyone can claim this team can't compete this year.

I haven't disagreed with any of that. All I'm arguing against is that 10 wins is somehow their floor. That's just east of Nutsville.

chiefzilla1501 · 08-05-2013, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

I haven't disagreed with any of that. All I'm arguing against is that 10 wins is somehow their floor. That's just east of Nutsville.

Okay, agree with that.

FlaChief58 · 08-05-2013, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

I haven't disagreed with any of that. All I'm arguing against is that 10 wins is somehow their floor. That's just east of Nutsville.

Yeah, 10 wins would have me dancing naked in the streets

durtyrute · 08-05-2013, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

Oh I agree. I just stop a bit short of assuming they'll instantly be a playoff team just 'cause.

The reality is that any competent QB play last season and they win 5 or 6 games instead or 2. I think the same is true for this year, but instead of 5 or 6, it's 7 or 8.

Can they win 10 games? Sure. It's not impossible. But it would take great play from a number of guys who haven't played great ball before now, and a complete and instant turn-around in team psychology, something that coaching staffs have repeatedly failed to do here for as long as I've followed the team.

I think it can happen eventually, I just expect it to take a bit longer than one season.

My name is Durtyrute and I approve this message.

Kaepernick · 08-05-2013, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Chief Faithful

I've been a Chiefs fan since Haynes played HB and no team had a worse coaching staff than last year. I have never seen worse schemes on Offense or Defense.

Paging Mike Singletary and Jimmy Rae.

"Smash them in the mouf!"

How bad was the 49ers coaching under Singletary. Defenses ROUTINELY called out 49er offensive plays before we ran them. I would put Singletary with Rae as OC up against anything you can muster for abysmal coaching. Anyone you can name.

Opps, well maybe you've got me beat after all -- BUT ONLY BY DEGREES!

http://athlonsports.com/nfl/slidesho...es-nfl-1990#13

Romeo Crennel -- No list of terrible NFL head coaches would be complete without a mangled branch of Bill Belichick's diseased and poisonous coaching tree -- and because Charlie Weis has mercifully never been an NFL head coach, the honor goes to Crennel. After failing in Cleveland at 24-40 from 2005 to 2008, the Chiefs inconceivably gave Crennel another shot three years later and he went 4-15 and routinely delivered quotes such as this one following Kansas City's 2012 Week 2 loss: "I thought that we would be better, and we're not. So we have to try and figure out what that is. From what I've seen, if we do what we're supposed to do, then we would be better." Definitely. That's some good coaching insight. It's surprising Crennel didn't win more.

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/stor...es-nfl-history

**DaneMcCloud** · 08-05-2013, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Smith HATER

If Alex Smith maintains his checkdown/sack artist ways, and our #2 WR position remains a dumpster fire, and Sean Smith continues giving up first downs at a league-worst pace...we're definitely going to get our asses kicked against good teams.

The Chiefs don't play many "good teams" this season.

And you're speaking in hypotheticals.

If Avery has 800 yards and 3 TD's (last year's numbers), that won't be too shabby behind Bowe, Fasano and Charles.

**Buzz** · 08-05-2013, 08:43 PM

WORST TO FIRST, FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY STING LIKE A BEE! GO CHIEFS! VERMIEL OFFENSE, SCHOTTENHIEMER DEFENSE! SUPER BOWL HERE WE COME! YEAH BABY!

sorry, never mind...

**DaneMcCloud** · 08-05-2013, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

I haven't disagreed with any of that. All I'm arguing against is that 10 wins is somehow their floor. That's just east of Nutsville.

This team won 10 with a shit QB and no pass rush outside of Hali. Won 7 without their shit QB (and a backup that was shittier), best running back, best TE and best safety.

If 10 wins isn't their floor, what is it? Nine?

Hammock Parties · 08-05-2013, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

If Avery has 800 yards and 3 TD's (last year's numbers)

In a run-first offense, he won't.

It took over 650 pass plays called for him to get those numbers.

chiefzilla1501 · 08-05-2013, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

Hate to break it to you, but it probably isn't going to work out that way. Some guys will exceed expectations, and some guys will fall short. There's no way of knowing who or how many will fall into each category, but it's just not realistic to think that every move they made this offseason is going to pay dividends.

Like I said, it's possible, and I'm not at all saying it can't happen, but I think going into this season expecting 10 wins after seeing multiple low single-digit win totals in the last six years (4, 2, 4, 10, 7, 2...) is getting a little carried away.

It isn't that big of a turnaround. The Chiefs won 10 games in 2010. The way they played in 2011, they probably could have closed the season with close to 10 wins or more in 2011 with a healthy Jamaal Charles.

And in that time, they made plenty of personnel moves that can't get much worse than what they played with in those 2 years (and could be much better) and will probably have the best coached special teams units in the NFL.

Hammock Parties · 08-05-2013, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

This team won 10 with a shit QB and no pass rush outside of Hali. Won 7 without their shit QB, best running back, best TE and best safety.

If 10 wins isn't their floor, what is it? Nine?

10 wins is the ceiling, and only a giant homer would think otherwise.

**New World Order** · 08-05-2013, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

**** yes.

What is your evidence for these high expectations?

Never a 20 td or 3200 yards passing in a single year. He's also injury prone.

**DaneMcCloud** · 08-05-2013, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Smith HATER

In a run-first offense, he won't.

It took over 650 pass plays called for him to get those numbers.

Well, you have no idea what the offense will look like this season.

**DaneMcCloud** · 08-05-2013, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by New World Order

What is your evidence for these high expectations?

Never a 20 td or 3200 yards passing in a single year. He's also injury prone.

Just shut the **** up. This has been debated all offseason. Do a search.

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