Thoughts on Pre-Season Game #1
 

Well, how would you break it down?

Wait till the Youtube guy gets in....

+ means I think a player did better than expected, - means worse, = means no opinion or no change.

Credit to Direckshun, for I totally plagiarized his depth chart. I

QB
Matt Cassel +
Brady Quinn -
Ricky Stanzi =
Alex Tanney

RB
Jamaal Charles =
Peyton Hillis +
Cyrus Gray +
Shaun Draughn +
Nate Eachus

FB
Tim Biere =
Shane Bannon =

WR
Dwayne Bowe =
Jonathan Baldwin +
Steve Breaston =
Dexter McCluster +
Terrance Copper +
Devon Wylie =
Josh Bellamy =
Jeremy Horne =
Junior Hemingway =
Zeke Markshausen =
Jamar Newsome +
Brandon Kinnie =
Aaron Weaver =

TE
Tony Moeaki =
Kevin Boss =
Tim Biere =
Jake O'Connell =
Steve Maneri +

OT
Brandon Albert =
Eric Winston +
Donald Stephenson =
Ray Willis =
David Mims =
Luke Patterson =

OG
Jon Asamoah +
Ryan Lilja =
Jeff Allen -
Justin Cheadle =
Rich Ranglin =

C
Rodney Hudson +
Darryl Harris =
Rob Bruggeman =
Cam Holland =

NT
Dontari Poe =
Anthony Toribio +
Amon Gordon =
Jerrell Powe +

DE
Glenn Dorsey +
Tyson Jackson +
Allen Bailey =
Ropati Pitoitua +
Brandon Bair =
Jerome Long =
Ethan Johnson =

OLB
Tamba Hali +
Justin Houston +
Cameron Sheffield =
Andy Studebaker =
Gabe Miller =
Edgar Jones =

ILB
Derrick Johnson +
Jovan Belcher +
Brandon Siler =
Dexter Heyman =
Cory Greenwood =
Caleb Campbell =
Leon Williams =

CB
Brandon Flowers =
Stanford Routt -
Javier Arenas =
Jalil Brown =
Jacques Reeves =

S
Eric Berry =
Kendrick Lewis =
Travis Daniels =
Abram Elam +
DaQuan Menzie =
Terrence Parks =
Donald Washington =
Mikail Baker =
Neiko Thorpe =
Tyson Hartman =
Jean Fanor =
Chandler Fenner =
Dominique Ellis =

K
Ryan Succop =
Matt Szymanski =

P
Dustin Colquitt =

LS
Thomas Gafford =

It is preseason, and it is the first preseason game, but after going 3-17 over the previous 5 years, it was nice to see the first team actually show up.

Not as good or bad as CP will claim it was depending on agenda.

Much better than previous years, but doesn't mean a thing except for potential yet.

Well my DVR F-ed me over and I didn't get to watch squat.

I need the cliff notes version of what I missed.

how did Poe look? I only caught the 2nd half on a stream

We won and nobody got hurt. I call that perfect for a preseason game

First off I don't remember the last time we won our 1st pre-season game? I know it means nothing in the end but nonetheless.

We looked together. We looked organized. We were sharp, great tempo. One botched play by the starters on offense but shit will happen in the pre-season.

One thing they said was that Cassel was not allowed to check out of plays under Haley. I speculated that for quite some time and tonight I think I was proven to be correct.

1 or 2 decent push plays, double teamed some. Didn't do much.

Wow. I knew we were bad in preseason, but DAMN!
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This.



No one got hurt, we won.


/thread

Looked so-so. Took on some double and triple teams and looked decent at doing so but you can tell he still needs to work at it.

Cards won't win 3 games this year.

It's definately a good sign. Too bad McCluster didn't find the endzone.

We looked so much more comfortable than we ever did under Haley. Last season we didn't play starters in the first preseason game IIRC and this season they looked about ready for the regular season.

You certainly can tell Todd Haley no longer coaches this team just from this 1 meaningless preseason game

I'd like to see Clay gif his catches, but he wont do it. Punk.

The funny thing is that I didn't check your explanation before I checked your ratings. Initially I thought they were an algebra problem. Then I wanted to know how Matt Cassell + Brady Quinn-stanzi=alex tanney

Yeah, we played some of them. Remember, Cassel handed the ball off like 7 times and then was pulled.

Night and day difference. Night and day.

Our RB depth is a positive.

Our QB depth is going to end up killing us.

Couple things I saw on offense that are really encouraging.

1. A screen play
2. The TD to Hillis. Hillis actually went downfield and not sideways.

Pioli made some comments pertaining how organized the team was this year. I was sure he was poking to Haley on some of that.

They won 8 last year. What did they do to become 5 games worst?

Well, I agree that Haley may not have been great, but keep in mind that we barely had started practicing by this time last year.

Stanzi should get 2nd team reps all this week and get the nod after Cassell in the next game.

Helps when you sign good free agents too. Pioli didn't do that for Haley.

I'd like to see Cassel hit a wide receiver who will be starting for us at some point.

Our defense is going to rape faces, and I am gonna have to make another video.

Yeah but so did 31 other teams and we looked like dog shit. We looked like dog shit under Haley and Herm when they had full off-seasons programs. As someone posted earlier, 3-17 in the preseason in 5 years says a lot about what was wrong with our coaching over that timespan.

Primarily, I'm very pleased. First decent preseason game they've played in years.

He hit McCluster twice. Another player you're most likely WRONG about.

What happened on the Baldwin throw? THey never showed a replay, couldn't tell it it was batted down or what.

Yeah I remember that now. But that is on Haley for trying to reinvent the wheel by changing up pretty standard preseason practices. But heck in the third preseason game against the Packers we were still playing our starters against their 2nd and 3rd string and we still didn't do well.

He did. Did you watch the game? He hit slot wr McCluster 3 times.

Was incomplete. He threw it up into double coverage. Probably shouldn't have made the throw but it's Baldwin so he probably said **** it, I'm giving him a chance.

What's going to happen to Breaston? With Bowe back and Baldwin working on the otherside.....does Breaston and McCluster split the slot reps?

1st read, then he threw it. He looked down each WR/RB

Read my post carefully. I want to see Cassel hitting Breaston, Bowe and Baldwin down the field, not scrub #4/#5 WRs.

Most likely. Probably will be Breaston and Dex for matchup reasons.

It was about a *sigh* of relief.

Breaston will likely go to the slot for the most part, with him going outside some as well.

Dude, I don't give a flying **** who he hits if it moves the ball and scores points. Contrary to what you might think, defenses have a tendancy to cover the #1 and #2 WR's a lot.

I really liked what I saw with our RB's. Its a huge improvement over last year.

Clay's pissed Cassel went to the open receiver....LMAO who'd a thunk????

So, he gets open against a 1st team defense, but the yards don't count. Gold Jerry.

I don't give a shit. McCuster made you look like a fool tonight.

This was one of the biggest improvements I noticed too. I think all three behind Charles are clearly better than any from last season once Charles went out.

Cassel hit exactly one pass I haven't seen him hit before.

Granted, it was a very nice throw.

This offense is not going to work if Dexter, or any slot receiver, is getting all the catches.

We heard about Baldwin The God ****er for weeks now and there was not shit to see tonight.

Hillis is going to pwn this year. I called it when we signed him. Dude it a complete threat, inside, outside and receiving.

I think, assuming they all continue to put great effort like they did tonight, the coaches are going to have a very very tough decision on their hands in regards to the RB position.

What part of hitting the open receiver doesn't register with you?

McCluster had a nice little game. It's not like he hasn't had nice bullshit preseason games before.

Things will be difference when Bowe is back and Dexter is the #4 wideout.

I wonder if Romeo will take the gang to any T-Pain concerts in training camp this year?
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Well they probably planned on working on the new stuff with Dexter more than anything else. The throw to Baldwin was a might as well give the guy a ball throw.

I still think Droughn is going to beat out Gray.

Cassel looked much better than I expected. Call me cautiously pessimistic.

McCluster... look, it's no secret. I love the guy. I think he's a blast to watch. I know he's not the best on the field, but he adds a lot of dimension and I think he gets treated too harshly around here. I though he looked great.

Our running game is going to be the best in the league if everyone stays healthy.

Our O-Line looks every bit as good as expected, and maybe even a little better in places.

Defense is a beast.

But... it's only one preseason game. We'll see if they can keep it going. I just want to see consistency and smart, aggressive play.

I have a good feeling about the season.

Cassel has made a career out of hitting short passes and not putting up points. I'm glad he hit open receivers but, again, I've seen him hit those passes before.

Encouraged by the one impressive throw he made.

You're dreaming.

The Chiefs' running game and defense looked sharp. Cassel looked like the best QB on the Chiefs roster by a wide margin. Woulda liked to see Baldwin get more balls thrown his way....

And the Cardinals are absolutely awful. They might be picking #1 or #2 next year.

Cassel goes 5-6 for like 64 yards and a TD and Clay still finds room to bitch....

I love ya, Clay...keep it up

I would say that he looked very strong and athletic, but he needs a lot of work on his technique. I did notice that he got double teamed a few times. I even noticed him getting triple teamed on one play.

Yeah I had no idea he had 61 receptions in 2010. When you can pass him the ball and make the first defensive guy that contacts him be a DB you are in good shape.

CP doesn't like a pick they'll discredit everything he does. Like it it's defense to the death.

Did we beat the Cardinals worse than the Saints?

If you didn't notice they had him playing ahead of Gray. We shall see.

Your so sexy when your pissed off.


Dex can be the #4, he is still going get his plays in and make them count. I want to see the best on the field. So far Breaston didn't catch a big drop in the bucket to set up a TD from the 5.

Seriously.

It's only one meaningless preseason game, but can we please give Cassel some props. It changes nothing, but he played a hell of a game all the way around.

Certainly exceeded my expectations. Now the question is, can he keep it up?

Thank you for replacing Thomas Jones and Jackie Battle!

I don't know man, he's 2 years older than Gray, and while Droughn was good, Gray was also equally impressive as well. Plus, if one of them get cut, I would imagine they will get picked up by other teams.

Yeah I don't get why McCluster is so loathed on CP. He's capable of making plays.

Winston is really gonna help beast up the right side of our line. Which is something that we haven't had since John Tait.

Hillis...what can you say? The guy is a beast. Having Charles, Hillis, and Gray...that's a lot of RB firepower. We should be a top 5 rushing team. I don't think I'm being too much of a homer in thinking that.

Mother ****ers jiizz over Manning going 4-7 for 44 yards and a pick and still want to bash on Cassel for going 5-6 for 64 and a TD.

My initial thought -- avoid game threads.

Bunch of annoying pieces of shit in tonight's thread.

That's all.

The deeper throw on the corner to Dexter was a really nice throw. Thought he looked pretty sharp and had a good grasp of the offense.



We will have to wait and see tho. Defenses are gonna get exotic. We are gonna need him to make a play against an exotic Steeler coverage or Ravens crazy passrush. That's when I'll judge.

I'm still going hate Cassell unless of course he wins us the damn Super Bowl. Then I will love him and fondle his wife for him. I can do that anyways but he had a good showing tonight.

I'll say it again, the biggest improvment you will see out of Cassel this year is he is now able to check out of plays. They said tonight more than once that under Haley he was not allowed to do so.

It was nice to see Cam Sheffield in on some action. He adds good depth to the charts.

Considering a year ago we lost 25-0 to the Bucs in the first preseason game, I'd say it's improvement. It's just preseason but you can see a prepared team.

Oh, another encouraging sign, the TD to Hillis was a hot route adjust to a blitz

Yeah, I was already saddling up on the Draughn bandwagon. Then Gray started making him look like a chump. Seriously, our running game is gonna be a blast to watch this year.