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Originally Posted by OldSchool
It's a mix of the perfect storm.
Thursday night.
Traveling.
Raining like hell early on so you can't pass and only run.
Fell behind early due to blown assignments in run support.
Just wasn't the Chiefs' night.
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This.
I'm concerned with Mauga. That 90 yard run was because he was way out of position. DJ would have hit that hole and would have never missed that tackle. Mauga seems like hes afraid to hit the hole that the RB is coming out of. He did it a few times last week against Seattle; plays that should have gone for negative yards became 5-10 yard runs. Hes done it every game. He is a big reason why our run D is bad.
This was just the raiders night. The bounces went their way. After a bad first half (due to questionable play calling mixed with a shitload of rain), I thought the Chiefs played much better offensively and defensively. They shouldn't have given up that long run though. Thats what sealed their fate. They dug themselves a huge hole early and couldn't get out of it. Then the raiders went on a monstrous 7+ minute drive in the 4th...that didn't help us.
I thought Alex Smith played superb after the half (incidentally around the time that the rain stopped). He hit 10 straight passes and looked very sharp. Charles played great. But in the end, the hole was just too deep for us to get out of.
I'm not really discouraged by this game. It sucks we lost (and to the raiders no less). But we still have 5 games left that are all winnable. And after the rain stopped, the offense came alive. We had a lot of mistakes this game, and thats why we lost. You don't give up 90 yard runs, completely shit your pants on offense for an entire half, and win games in the NFL. I'm surprised we came back and nearly won after the first half.
Good game by the raiders. We almost had them.