Win #2-The Raiders

Thanks to luck and horrid coaching on the part of the Raiders or this one might have turned out different. Tom Cable trying a fake field goal and then going for it on 4th and 6 well within Sebastian’s range was just plain stupid. That is why they put “interim” in front of his name. Of course, I suppose Al Davis could have called down from his box and told Tom to fake it. Nooooo, he wouldn’t do that. Or would he?

Tyler Thigpen made some awful throws today, obviously. He also has started to stare down his receivers, especially Tony Gonzalez. He’s going to have to get that tightened up a little bit or he is going to start throwing INT’s like they’re going out of style. Also, the fact he didn’t exactly try real hard to tackle the guy after he threw the int on his way to the endzone is a little/a lot disappointing. He, like any quarterback in any league, needs to stick his head in there and try to right the wrong that just happened. I’m not sure how tough Tyler is, he wears the number 4 because of his idol Brett Favre, but I don’t think his toughness comes with it.

Tony Gonzalez, what can you say? He is a stud isn’t he? It’s going to be real hard to watch him leave KC come this off season. I can’t imagine any circumstance that transpires from now until the draft that Tony G stays in Mizzou.

As long as the Chiefs find a way to beat the Donkeys and the Raiders at least once during the season I can stomach them only winning a couple games. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want it to become a habit forcing the Chiefs to change their name to “Detroit South“. All I’m saying is it makes the season a little easier to swallow as long as the “Silver and Blah” (thank you Adam) and the Donks are on the losing end once or twice.

I’m not going to bash Pollard and Page this article, it unfortunately does no good. The defense is still in shambles, however I like what I see out of Maurice Leggett, Brandon Flowers, and Brandon Carr. Flowers on several occansions today ran up on the run and took out blockers, very impressive. Carr continues to look good and this Leggett kid is all over the place. I don’t know if the defense played better today as a result of growing and “getting it” or just a result of awful quarterback play from JaMarcus Russell-this guy is bad, and I mean stinky bad. I’m not ready to say the Chiefs defensive problems are solved. The pass rush almost got it going today on a couple of snaps, maybe they can start counting “hurries” as “sacks” for the Chiefs?

The Raiders, what can you say? The fans are loyal and they should be commended for that, and they have to put up with the worst owner in the league. However, it is the Raiders, so forgive me if I don’t care. Suck it Faiders!