You guys smell that? Burning, nauseating, putrid odor? I do, and I know what it is–it’s the Kansas City Chiefs defense and man oh man does it stink to high heaven. Once the cornerstone of a proud city and it’s fans, now its nothing more than the butt of a joke-a cruel, ugly and not very funny joke.
I’m glad Herman Edwards called a time out twice for the Bucs with seconds to go in the fourth quarter. I didn’t believe the rumors that Herm couldn’t manage time in a game, but now I see they were and are true. In essence giving the Bucs who were out of timeouts two more to gather their thoughts and discuss strategy that ultimately lead to them tying the game. That is awful time and game management win lose or draw.
The pass rush up the middle is virtually nonexistent, pretty sad too considering the Chiefs have the #5 overall selection from last years draft-Glenn Dorsey and a second-year player in Tank Tyler in there who are constantly getting pushed back or shoved out of the way. The defense as a whole refuses to get better, letting running backs slip through gaps that aren’t being covered up the way they should be. I don’t know if it’s personnel or coaching, maybe both, but something has to give doesn’t it?
Tyler Thigpen sure is looking legitimate don’t you think, dare I say the real deal? I’m still not ready to jump on the bandwagon quite yet, but I’m loosening up getting ready for the leap. One more game like this, and I might have to start my propaganda about the Chiefs not needing to draft a QB in next year’s draft at least not with their first pick.
Bernard Pollard, in overtime, could have held Michael Clayton to a minimal gain but instead tried one of his great “bone crusher” hits and cost the Chiefs 29 yards. The sooner the Chiefs can get DaJuan Morgan ready the better off they’ll be. Why won’t he and the other players pretending to play defense wrap their arms around the opposing player?
Draft Watch…
Speaking of the draft, let’s all bow our heads and say this prayer; Please Lord, don’t let the Chiefs draft Matt Stafford. Amen. Anybody see that game? Awful, just awful, he was playing against a big time defense and folded like the French. He has the arm and that’s it. I have seen enough of Stafford this year to stand by the opinion that he is not that good of a college quarterback let alone a NFL number one overall prospect. He is the classic case of a player being hyped up by the media and has been made up to be better than what he really is. I’m sure he will travel to Indy this off season or have his personal workout on campus and he is going to look verrrrrry impressive, but when everyone goes back and looks at the tape, I think (hope) they will realize that he doesn’t have the mental makeup to play the game at the next level. The Chiefs obviously still need help on the defensive side of the ball, a MLB is looking pretty good to me with Pat Thomas not doing anything such as tackling or filling the gaps. Right defensive end would be a good bet as well although Turk McBride does appear to be able to stop the run-kinda.
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