The Chiefs have a plan though. They have a new defensive playbook. They have Cortland Finnegan. And they have a
SECRET WEAPON.
This is LB Austin Bennett. He is just a rookie. But whichever team drafted him was incredibly stupid, or incredibly broke, because he's just sitting in FA waiting to be claimed. 6-3, 243, 86 SPD, 89 ACC, 79 STR, 87 AGI, 67 CAT, 88 TACK. BEAST.
Bennett is perfect for my gameplan: I will move him to strong safety, but he won't be leaving the box. Essentially, I'm going to play a 3-5 on every snap, unless I think the Raiders are going to pass. And with my true rookie SS now playing FS (83 TACK), and Tamba Hali replacing Dee ford on run downs, my lineup is filled with run defenders.
The Raiders might beat me, but I will be damned if Murray will:
ANYHOO: I get the ball first and Jeremy Maclin returns to drop his first pass. Great.
I do move the ball, though. However, a promising opening drive ends when Earl Thomas absolutely DESTROYS Jamaal Charles, making him fumble. Good god ALMIGHTY. Nice signing, Raiders.
Shockingly, the Raiders throw three straight passes to start the game. Even more shockingly, Marcus Peters stops them. Here he is defending a pass intended for E. King.
I go up 3-0, but it should be 7-0. Alex badly underthrows a wide open Lamont. His pop gun arm is infuriating. Look at this shit. That's a TD and Lamont has to come back to the ball and cut off the DB.
LET OFF SOME STEAM, BENNETT!!! This gameplan is working. SUCK IT, Murray.
Finally, Maclin gets going. Touchdown! We're rolling now, baby. 10-3, Chiefs.
Unfortunately, my offense is now bogging down. I can't run the ball for shit. The Raiders get a TD before halftime, and we're tied at 10. Still...Murray has 9 carries for 32 yards at halftime. This is working.
It's still 10-10 in the third quarter. After the Raiders back me up with a great punt to the 2, I miss a huge opportunity. I had Maclin wide open deep and threw the ball short. But when your QB is Alex, you tend to ignore deep receivers. ****.
The Raiders keep trying to run the ball. They can't. Bennett is ****ing awesome.
The Raiders try to throw the ball. They can. Peters is ****ing terrible. E. King makes me pay for not drafting him.
Alex Smith responds by trying to jam the ball into a tight window and getting intercepted. I'm ****ed.
Tamba Hali misses a tackle. TD Murray. I'm ****ed.
Then the worst thing ever happens. The Raiders **** up the extra point. And MATT MCGLOIN of all people runs around the corner for 2 points. 25-10. I'm ****ed.
At this point I actually put together a drive. Only for Alex to lead Kelce out of bounds on a potential TD. I'm ****ed.
YES YES BENNETT YOU STUD! A miracle INT gets me another chance.
Touchdown Maclin! One stop and I can try and tie this abortion.
Poe stops Murray a yard short of the first on third down. I've got 2:54 left.
This time Alex hits it. Charles also gets a 2-point conversion. We're tied at 25 and there's 54 seconds left. COME ON CHIEFS.
The Raiders know EXACTLY what they're doing: going right after Peters. Still, the pass is incomplete.
And then, the mother of all ****s: The Raiders motion Latavius Murray out wide. Peters blows it and Carr fits the ball into the tightest window. The Raiders kick a FG as time winds down. Even when I stop Latavius Murray...he beats me.
Next week: the Chiefs have to go to Pittsburgh to face the 9-2 Steelers. Big Ben should easily rape the ever-loving shit out of Peters and the 32s.
Not so fast. Big Ben is broken. Kellen Moore might just keep these dwindling playoff hopes alive!
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Madden NFL 08 PC v0.0 Game Log - Raiders at Chiefs
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Raiders 0 10 7 11 0 28
Chiefs 3 7 0 15 0 25
Game Statistics: Raiders Chiefs
First Downs 13 19
Third Down Conversions 6 6
Third Downs 14 14
Third Down Percentage 42.9% 42.9%
Fourth Down Conversions 0 0
Fourth Downs 0 2
Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% 0.0%
Two Pt Conversions Made 1 1
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 1 1
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 100.0% 100.0%
Offense Redzone Num 3 4
Offense Redzone TDs 2 3
Offense Redzone FGs 1 0
Offense Redzone Percentage 100.0% 75.0%
Rushing Attempts 30 26
Rushing Yards 85 72
Rushing Average 2.8 2.8
Rushing TDs 1 0
Passing Yards 234 309
Passing Completions 15 28
Passing Attempts 28 47
Completion Percentage 53.6% 59.6%
Passing Average 8.4 6.6
Passing TDs 2 3
Offensive Pass Interceptions 1 2
TOTAL OFFENSE 319 381
Defensive Pass Interceptions 2 1
Punt Return Yards 4 6
Kick Return Yards 114 85
Punts 6 3
Punt Avg 47.2 44.0
Fumbles 2 1
Fumbles Lost 0 1
Penalties 4 1
Penalty Yds 50 10
Turnovers 1 3
TIME OF POSSESSION 22:04 25:43
Individual Stats: Chiefs
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Alex Smith 28 46 315 60 6.8 2 3 2 29 84.9
Logan Thomas 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 39.6
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Jamaal Charles 22 63 2.8 10 0 1
Alex Smith 2 9 4.5 8 0 0
Charcandric West 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Chris Lamont 5 98 19.5 29 0 0 53
Jeremy Maclin 10 96 9.5 17 2 2 22
Travis Kelce 6 55 9.1 29 0 1 6
Jamaal Charles 4 35 8.7 15 1 0 16
Tre McBride 2 27 13.5 19 0 0 4
Chris Conley 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Cairo Santos 1 1 100 0 2 2 100 0 5 0
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Dustin Colquitt 3 132 44.0 53 0 0 1
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Tai Campbell 4 85 21.2 0 25
Chris Lamont 0 0 0.0 0 0
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Chris Lamont 1 6 6.0 6 0
Tai Campbell 1 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Zach Brown 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Dontari Poe 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Justin Houston 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Tai Campbell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Marcus Peters 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
Sam Shields 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 4 0
Austin Bennett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 12.0 1 0 0 0
Brandon Spikes 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Stephen Paea 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Tamba Hali 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ron Parker 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0
Keith Rhodes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
Alex Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Phillip Gaines 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Dee Ford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Tre McBride 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Tyvon Branch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Eric Fisher 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Eric Fisher 2 2
Laurent Duvernay-Tard 1 0
Anthony Sherman 1 0
Keith Mosling 1 0
Jamaal Charles 1 0
Travis Kelce 1 0
Individual Stats: Raiders
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Derek Carr 15 28 234 53 8.3 0 2 1 47 90.4
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Latavius Murray 26 63 2.4 9 1 2
Derek Carr 4 22 5.5 10 0 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Amari Cooper 5 89 17.7 30 0 0 15
Eric King 4 64 16.0 47 1 0 4
Latavius Murray 2 33 16.5 22 0 0 7
Jason Witten 1 23 23.0 23 0 0 3
Rod Streater 2 18 9.0 12 1 1 0
Michael Crabtree 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Robbie Gould 2 2 100 0 2 2 100 0 0 0
Marquette King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Marquette King 6 283 47.1 61 0 1 1
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Taiwan Jones 5 114 22.7 0 38
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Taiwan Jones 1 4 4.0 4 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Curtis Lofton 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
Neiron Ball 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 0
Earl Thomas III 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 2 0
Travis Carrie 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 6 0
Justin Ellis 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Mario Edwards Jr. 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
David Amerson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Khalil Mack 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Barry Church 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
D.J. Hayden 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40 20.0 0 0 0 0
Jabaal Sheard 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Davon House 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Dan Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jermon Bushrod 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Jason Witten 6 0
Jermon Bushrod 6 0
Donald Penn 5 0
Amari Cooper 4 0
Jon Asamoah 4 0
Rodney Hudson 2 0
Gabe Jackson 2 0
Marcel Reece 2 0
Eric King 1 0
Lee Smith 1 0
Game Log Ends
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