Ten Things About Today’s Game – Guest Edition

[scho63]

Ten Things About Today's Game

I was nervous all week and took a notepad while watching the game today to jot down everything I could. This is like trying to follow the Beatles after they arrived in America and played Shea Stadium. It will never be as good…..

1. CHIEFS PLAYED A VERY COMPLETE GAME-EVERYONE CONTRIBUTES
What a great way to win a football game by having everyone step up and help the team win. Rams have NEVER beaten us since they moved to St Louis and today we continued that streak. We scored 34 straight points, quickly fixed what was wrong at the start and once again beat a team that was weaker. We were supposed to beat them and we did. It is never easy when your opponent is feeling confident after the big win they had beating Seattle but we torpedoed their hopes shortly after the start of the second quarter and never looked back.

Most everyone had a good-to-great game with a big edge in time of possession, even on turnovers, killed them in sacks, a few too many penalties, and overall stepped on their necks when we had them down. That’s how a good team becomes great. Even little Cairo Santos started booming kickoffs into the stands by the end of the game.

2. SLOW START-THE CHIEFS WAY
Why is it that after watching the Chiefs for 44 years they never seem to get going until another team scores? Once again we came out and played like a bunch of 40 year old guys playing flag football on the weekend. We gave up too much space on coverage, stumbled around on defense with huge holes, made numerous mistakes on offense, had stupid penalties, let the other team score and then finally said, “HEY WE ARE SUPPOSEDLY PLAYING PRO FOOTBALL AT OUR HOME STADIUM, LET’S KICK ASS!” Then things finally began to shift to our favor.

We really sucked in the first quarter and Rams dominated. Special teams opened the game with allowing a big 41 yd return to the 35 yard line to start for the Rams and they scored in 3 minutes. Felt like a repeat of the Titans game and made me initially very nervous.

Abdullah played like shit almost the entire game and was burnt like toast against Britt for a big gain in the 1st QTR. He was at least 7-8 YARDS behind. Looked like he was running in quicksand.

3. MOMENTUM SHIFT – MISS A FIELD GOAL AFTER A VERY NICE DRIVE AND SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES IN THE 2ND QTR
How demoralizing is it for a team to take a quick lead, dominate their opponent on the road, play good defense and offense, and then just when you are going to kick a field goal after a good drive to pad your lead, your kicker shits the bed and the momentum swings 180 degrees. Well it is easy to see what happens because the Chiefs took major advantage of the shift and woke up out of their coma to kick the Rams ass up and down the field for the rest of the game.

Kelce is so damn good and should be targeted no less than 7-8 times a game. Guy is a faster Jason Whitten and he may become one of the greatest TE’s ever to play. That is bold statement but I’m going on record! Write it down!!! You heard it here!!!

Rams were getting injured all over the place-they had guys getting hurt all day and in the second quarter, suffered a few tough ones and I know how it feels as we suffered a lot early in the season. This also helped us.

4. JAMAAL CHARLES = PRIEST HOLMES = MARCUS ALLEN
We are very lucky to have three of the greatest Red Zone touchdown scoring machines in NFL history playing at some time for the Chiefs.

When Joe Montana gave the ball to Marcus Allen, he didn’t score some of the time, he didn’t score most of the time, he scored ALL of the time. Priest Holmes did the same and now we have Jamaal Charles who smells the end zone and finds a way to get to the end zone. Andy Reid blew the Denver game by not giving JC any carries at the end of the game and probably lost the 49’ers game by NOT feeding the ball to Jamaal to wind down the clock when we had a lead.
Why oh why Fat Andy? You have an incredibly talented workhorse at your disposal, use him more please!!!

5. OUR DEFENSIVE REPLACEMENTS PLAYING GREAT-WHERE IS ERIC BERRY AND WHO CARES THAT HE IS NOT PLAYING?
If someone told me at the beginning of the year that Derrick Johnson, Mike Devito, Erik Berry, Jeff Allen, Joe Mays, Joe McKnight, Sanders Commings (again) and Mike Catapano, would not be playing then add in Dwayne Bowe's and Donald Stephenson’s suspensions while looking at our schedule, I would say we would be lucky to win 4 or 5 games. Yet somehow Dorsey brought in a bunch of no-names that are performing GREAT! I have been a big Dorsey critic so I must finally say I AM WRONG. Dorsey is awesome and our defense is playing fantastic!

7 SACKS, 7 SACKS, 7 SACKS. Say that three times fast!

We got good pressure and contained most of the game after the rough first quarter

No Ram player caught more than 2 passes-that is pretty damn special.

We continue to DOMINATE other teams on their third down and today we allowed a paltry 3-11 conversion for the Rams. If we can do this all year, we will win most games. This is a greatly underappreciated statistic. Way to go Chiefs “D”!

6. OUR OFFENSE VS THEIR DEFENSE
At the start of the game, the Rams were FLYING all over the field making great tackles and pursuing all over the place. They are an underrated defense who sadly have NO pass rush, ranked at the bottom with little to no sacks. We looked like shit and had no rhythm for the entire first quarter but made great adjustments as well as waking up to turn the tide after their missed FG. Once we gained control, we never looked back.

Our offense had a great mix but once in a while we threw in a real stinker that lost yards. We seem to have a lot of negative plays today with some crappy play calling once again. Need to clean this up.

Dwayne Bowe played better today than prior games with a total of six catches and made some really nice grabs in tight coverage. He still suffers from lack of separation but he overcomes that with his strength.

Travis Kelce does nothing but catch the ball, get great yardage, and impress.

DAT was played much more this game but didn’t have too many opportunities expect one nice 17 yard gain. He is super fast.

Once again-ZERO TOUCHDOWNS FROM OUR WIDE RECEIVERS! That is pathetic.

7. HERO’S VS ZEROS
-HEROS: Jamaal Charles, Allen Bailey, Justin Houston, Knile Davis, Josh Mauga, Travis Kelce, Ron Parker and yes, Alex Smith. All these guys played great and Ron Parker is making me forget that guy named EB very quickly!

Justin Houston turned it up a notch and those three sacks were great.

Allen Bailey is a great surprise and playing above expections.

Knile Davis is a bruising bull of a running back yet he someone manages to BLAST by everyone and return a KO 99 yds at high speed. That is special talent my friends.

Ron Parker was amazing today. Had an INT, numerous tackles, great coverage, and playing well beyond expectations. KUDOS!

Alex Smith haters can go pound salt and his finished 24 of 28 for 226 with no turnovers! I’ll take that any day of the week.

-ZEROS: Eric Fisher and Husain Abdullah
Fisher got burnt bad and allowed one sack, had a penalty, and played average for the most part, certainly not like a #1 draft pick.

Abdullah was the weak man in coverage today and he was burnt a few times, didn’t have good stats and looked slow as hell.


8. LUCK FOR US WITH THE ZEBRAS
This was a game that somehow we got a lot of luck from the zebras. In the third quarter the Rams had two penalties against us for spearing and personal foul that were complete bullshit but you know what, I’ll take ‘em. We had a few other penalties that we received that were questionable and not sure why we got so lucky but after what we suffered all these years on bad calls AGAINST us, good for the Chiefs.

We had too many penalties once more and probably all of them deserved from everything I saw. Got to stop the stupid few but thankfully we only had one on special teams as opposed to 5 each week. Slight improvement.

9. ANNOUNCERS- FANTASTIC ANALYZATION AND FAIRNESS
Dick Stockton and Donovan McNabb called a great and very fair game in my opinion. They showed no bias, called in like it was, and when the Rams got a few awful calls in the second quarter they pointed them out.

They also made sure to note that Ron Parker has been playing great in Eric Berry’s absence, Travis Kelce is a rapidly rising star, and Jamaal Charles better get the ball in the Red Zone as often as possible. They think the Chiefs have something special!

10. THE ABSENCE OF GBLOWFISH-SECRET MISSION
I am honored and deeply appreciative to be able to be a guest writer for one of the best threads ever on Chiefs Planet, Ten Things. I met George Blowfish, his wife, Mr Doggity, and another fan from New Jersey last year when I came to Arrowhead for the Giants game after 43 years to see my first game as a Chiefs fan. It was an incredible experience and he showed my around the stadium and took a photo of me next to the Super Bowl trophy, which was the reason I became a Chiefs fan in the first place.

He then sent me 3 BBQ sauces via UPS from Gates, LC and Arthur Bryant’s to try along with a few Cherry Mash candies. How can you not like the guy?

Anyway he is on a secret mission with his gang so I can only show you their cover photo.




KC Star Photos
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl...le3387861.html

Thanks so much and welcome back next week GBlowfish!

GO ROYALS!!!

[InChiefsHeaven]

I read it. It was ok.

Heh. Good job Scho...

[Sandy Vagina]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

Eric Fisher is an inconsistent pile of **** at the LT position. He's been beaten so badly at times this year you wonder how he even stays on the field.

I have been very patient with Fisher's development, but even I was hoping to see Stephenson given a try instead. I will be interested to watch through again this morning and all week... but I have to guess that Fisher's play improved some as the game progressed... maybe not.. but will see.

I am agreeing with you though. Inconsistent indeed. There are times that make you think he may just be getting through the struggles... and then some huge WTF? moments when you want him off the field forever.

[HIChief]

For those of us in far-flung places, like bobbing up and down on the South China Sea, starved for Chiefs news, the more info the better. Why not write a companion to "10 Things" each week? I enjoyed your perspective as much as I enjoy GBlowfish's. ")

[Halfcan]

Nice job and a big win!!

[BlackHelicopters]

Great substitute

[gblowfish]

My brain hurts.

I'm back at work after three days of binge drinking and meat eating that would make Charlie Sheen say "whoah, slow your roll, dude."

Much thanks to Scho63 for writing the "Ten Things." I think you'll all agree he did an outstanding job. I only saw about half of the game, and the half I did see was through eyelids at half mast through bloodshot peepers. I tivo'ed it, so I'll watch it later in the week after the world series is over.

Doggity report is here:

http://doggitychiefs.blogspot.com/20...chiefs-34.html

[TEX]

Originally Posted by CallMeSquidwad

Anyone who thinks Fisher has been a bust first off needs to **** off and get a grip on reality; Quinn wasn't relevant other than a handful of plays. Another part about that argument that makes no sense is who would you have taken #1 instead of him? He was the best guy for the spot and he has been having a hell of a year.

[Frosty]

I don't agree with #9 at all. The announcing was beyond awful. For one thing, McNabb played with Reid for years, so how about some insight into the Chiefs' offense or some stories about Reid? Instead we get things like "If the QB can hook up with the wide receiver, they can move the chains".

And then there was Dick "Count" Stockton: "Smith is 15 of 17 so far. That is only two incompletions" and "Jamaal Charles only had two TDs coming into this game. With his two TDs today, he now has four".

[stumppy]

Good read, nice job man.

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

My brain hurts.

I'm back at work after three days of binge drinking and meat eating that would make Charlie Sheen say "whoah, slow your roll, dude."

Much thanks to Scho63 for writing the "Ten Things." I think you'll all agree he did an outstanding job. I only saw about half of the game, and the half I did see was through eyelids at half mast through bloodshot peepers. I tivo'ed it, so I'll watch it later in the week after the world series is over.

Doggity report is here:

http://doggitychiefs.blogspot.com/20...chiefs-34.html

That is horrible. Waste if the internet. The pesto recipe is even worse!

[Marcellus]

Nice work.

After the first drive the defense just smothered the Rams.

[gblowfish]

Originally Posted by penguinz

That is horrible. Waste if the internet. The pesto recipe is even worse!

Why don't you post your pesto recipe and I'll troll Doggity over it....

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Huh? How is recovering a fumble at the 6 and attempting a field goal at the 27 a great drive ALSO Fat Andy didn't have Jamaal at the end of the Denver game. He got hurt early.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by xztop123

The way Parker plays the single high is amazing. He takes the slant, crossing route WR with the most separation, inside route and just runs with him until he's out of the QB's read and then takes off and jumps over to another WR or chases the QB.

It's like he's a Madden player usering the safety. Monster.

I agree somewhat but with caution due to the QB he faced. In all I am happy to have him for one main reason. He doesn't break in a stiff breeze. Availability is much more important to me than name recognition. Berry possible deadline trade for receiver and draft pick? Very doubtful but the longer his health keeps rearing its ugly head the less I miss him.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Parker has been flat out awesome. A huge reason the defense has been so good this year.