17.6 ppg

Two games against Tim Tebow, one against Caleb Hiney.

Convenient.

14 pts vs. Aaron Rodgers.

Suck it, bitch.

:)

89 points against Fitzpatrick and Stafford and 20 against Tebow. That's how it works.

That's admirable, but a statistical outlier.

It's embarrassing that we allowed 17 at home to Tebow.

A good defense should do what we did to Tebow in Week 17 every time.

Not that Week 9 at Arrowhead bullshit.

I hope you are right.

I think it could be very good. We'll start out slow with the new pieces in place probably but we'll gel and get better as the season goes on. The better Cassel and the offense plays, the better the defense is gonna look no matter what.

I imagine we will continue our bend but don't break mentality. Considering the Qbs we are up against, our yards per game stat won't be as nearly as important as points per game. Similar to NE last year. They gave up a ton of yards but ranked much better in points.

Optimism is good... but lets be real here fer a sec

Week 1 vs the Bills the Chiefs got blown out 41-7

Week 2 vs the Lions again they were blown out 48-3

Both games Cassel and Charles played.. there were no excuses then, and they mustered up a mere 10 points in 2 games

And the Defense?

They gave up damn near 100 points in 2 games

I find it difficult to believe that Stanford Routt and a rookie that's never taken an NFL snap in his career would have held the Bills and Lions to 13 points

The Bills now have Mario Williams

Someone convince me how things have changed when the Chiefs go to Buffalo in week 2

JC was injured early vs Detroit. That game was close until Cassel started giving the ball away.

I'm a firm believer that this is, at best, a 7-9 team this year.

I'm also a firm believer that responding to a Raider troll with a serious post is a waste of time.

But, I've got time to waste, so what the hell.

What has changed is preparation.

Todd Haley took a different approach to the shortened traing camp from every other coach in the league, a more relaxed, almost OTA style approach, in an effort to minimize injuries going into the season.

The end result was a team that was ill prepared to start the season, and that team paid for that mistake.

It's all good man

Not trolling- just making a point

I'd also like to point out a very telling stat

Are you aware?? That in the last 5 years from 2007-2011

The Chiefs have only beaten 3 teams that finished over .500??

What really stood out to me this past season was the enormous change in preparedness, intensity and professionalism when Romeo Crennel and Kyle Orton took over the team.

The team was focused and determined, something I hadn't seen from a Chiefs team since early 2010, especially the offense. Even with a severely depleted roster, Crennel was somehow able to get more out of this team than Todd Haley did in the three plus years he served as head coach.

I could be completely off-base and it's way, way too early to make any kind of solid prediction, especially because no one knows how Berry, Charles and Moeaki will respond to their off-season surgeries, but I am very optimistic about the 2012 season.

7-9 would be a major disappointment, IMO. If this team is healthy, I think a playoff win is likely, even with Cassel at the helm. They're just loaded at talent at nearly every position and young players like Allen, Poe and Menzie may surpass the veterans ahead of them earlier than some might expect.

And the defense could be special.

Hey. This is optimism. Its not permitted here.

:)

I say 10 wins.