Comments on: Merlin's Magic: I Was Wrong Edition

By: Maine_Chief

Maine_Chief — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:43:45 +0000

I was wrong to think Webb would even get enough playing time at WR to put up any stats, but being on a roster still puts him ahead of Sippio, Adam LOL.

I was wrong about the defense. I thought we would be really good on D and struggle on offense. The defense had at times been very good in 2007, and I thought losing Jared was survivable. Whoops.

By: Sudden

Sudden — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:07:06 +0000

I was wrong about a lot of things. I was wrong about Matt Ryan, but I still don’t think he would’ve had much success behind our O-Line early in the season. I was completely, utterly, dumbfoundedly wrong about our defense. I thought that this was the year we cracked the top ten, and worked our way into becoming an elite defense. Damn was I wrong. Although, I am at least happy that we had so many takeaways. If there is one spot of improvement on our defense, it is the takeaways, courtesy of our gems at CB. If we can add a pass rush and some capable run-stuffing LBs, we might actual;ly be able to make the jump to elite sooner rather than later. At least our lineman are pros at the hand-slap drill, haha.

But I was right on one thing: Thiggy Smalls. I wanted him starting after the preseason, I believed in him going into ATL (was wrong about that). But I saw a drive in the kid, a can-do, never-quit moxie that I thought showed leadership, which is what the QB position is about. And I might have been the lone voice calling for Thiggy. It was like pissing into the wind after the debacle in ATL, but I still help onto “hope”. He might not be the QBOTF, but I think if he can develop into a more traditional QB, he might be a more than adequate option in future seasons.

By: Adam Best

Adam Best — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:06:45 +0000

I’ll still talk about Wonderlic scores, MB. Clady is the exception, not at all the rule. Offensive tackles still averages the highest scores.

By: Double D

Double D — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:42:14 +0000

Well, I was wrong about the defense getting better but right about the LBs being our biggest weakness.

The first glimpse I ever had of Brodie Croyle convinced me he would never last in the NFL. Instead of sticking with that first impression, I made the mistake coming into this season of thinking he deserved a chance to prove me wrong. I was wrong to doubt myself. Lesson learned.

I expected in excess of 20 sacks this season – way off.

Had no interest in Chad Pennington.

Liked Matt Ryan a lot, didn’t see Joe Flacco showing up as well as he did. Not a bit surprised by DeSean Jackson’s and Donnie Avery’s success.

Horrified by Thigpen early on, glad that the Chiefs stuck with him and developed an offense in which he could thrive. I was wrong on Thiggy.

I still believe I was right about pushing for Max Starks through FA. Had we had him, we might have been able punch in some TDs all the times we were inside the 5.

As far as my expectations with Chiefs’ draft picks go, I can’t complain much. The guys who played played about as well or better as I expected. Because of injuries, the jury is still out for me on Kevin Robinson. Given a little more time and the opportunity to develop, I think he’ll prove himself. Sames applies for a couple others I think – Johnston, Richardson perhaps?