First, I want to put a curse on Peterson/Edwards for the deconstruction of the KC Chief’s. We have them to blame for first, trading Jared Allen and giving LJ a nice juicy contract – talk about a smart move and did that turn out well. Second, cutting Casey Weigman because they had a young stud in Rudy “can’t snap or block” Niswanker – another intelligent move that has revealed their football IQ. Also, let’s not forget they traded a future hall of fame TE in Gonzalez. I assume Cassell wouldn’t mind having him as an option in the offense.
I have learned that a Team should be built around drafting an O-line. After looking at all our top draft choices on defense and looking at what other teams have done (i.e. the Donkey’s) drafting solid O-line players and the acquistion of experienced D-players it’s apparent we placed our emphasis on the wrong side of the ball. What the hell has Tyson done this year? He’s all but disappeared along with his teammate Dorcey. Why in the hell haven’t we drafted or acquired a decent linebacker core. If I see another game where our opps TE has a career day I think I’m going to scream. If you don’t have outside LB’s putting pressure on the QB it’ll never stop.
Next comes Matt Cassell, wow has he been underwhelming!! How many wide open receivers has he under or over thrown? Too many to count and too many to pay millions of $$ for. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a supposed “pro” quaterback literally drop a football when he went to throw a pass .. no pressure just simply drop the ball. Hell he doesn’t even have the weather to blame.
Finally, when is the Hunt family and Pioli going to realize you need to spend money to make money. We need to spend some serious $$ in free agency to get the quality players needed to be a contender. Short cut hell I want to see a winning Team and if we have one there’ll be plenty of tickets sold to support them. I don’t think there’s any better fans than a Chief’s fan … we will spend our hard earned $$ if we have something to spend it on.

Whew I do feel better .. now if only the Chief’s can win Sunday so I can a little fun on Monday at work

I agree. Cassel needs to improve his pocket awareness, or whatever you want to call it. Bouncing a pass off a defender’s helmet says he doesn’t get it. On another play, the pass-rusher had left his feet and instead of using it against him, he just wound up and let the guy knock down the pass. A QB with skills knows he has the defender at his mercy once he’s left his feet, but Cassel had zero street ball in him for that.

He’s kinda damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. We’ll castigate him for not seeing the open man, and _I_ will castigate him for not being able to use his feet to buy PLENTY of time against a 3- or 4-man pass rush. If if his O-Linemen are TREE STUMPS, he oughta be able to use them to pick 3 or 4 rushers and buy plenty of time with his mobility. He just seems very unsure of himself with regard to the difference between real and imagined pressure. The great ones make subtle moves that frustrate pass rushers.

Not many LBs are built to cover today’s TEs. You need a big safety. You’re making a case for drafting Taylor Mays.

I seriously think you are dreaming if you think Todd Haley gives up the OC part of his job. He loves being an OC and calling the plays. He is getting better at it with this team, although not fast enough for my taste. Could Charlie help this offense, ABSOLUTELY! He is known for turning offenses around as an OC. He just wasn’t HC material.

Chiefdom,

Sorry, but the Defense SHOULD NOT be blamed for the loss to the Dolts! If the offense had actually done something with the damn ball when they had it, and by doing something with it I DON’T mean give it right back to the Dolts, the defense might have been able to hold off SD a few more times. I loved the 1st quarter when we foiled their two deep pass attempts to Jackson! He didn’t know what was going on!

Slack JAW,

LOL! You are right. I am the type of person, don’t ask the question if you don’t really want to know the answer. I am sometimes too honest for my own good. Surprised it hasn’t gotten me fired from a job yet!!

Tim,

Not to be disrespectful, but, your an idiot!! A high draft pick gets you 1 player. A low draft pick gives a team the option of trading and getting more picks. Let me make this clear—-WE NEED AS MANY PICKS IN THIS DRAFT AS WE CAN GET!!!! We have a LOT of holes as you keep pointing out and losing games to get a top 5 draft pick will not help fill those slots. But I will give you kudos for one thing Tim, WE SORELY MISS THE PLAY OF ONE BERNARD POLLARD. I saw some of his play in the Texans/Colts game and the man is playing pretty darn well, despite the loss.

Also, can we get some real coaches any time soon?

Niswanger really muffed up. Once is bad, twice is unforgivable. Not a good idea when your job (along with everyone else on the line) is already under scrutiny.

I miss Page. He seems to be the ONLY safety on the team with some sort of awareness. Is it not the safeties job to keep the play in front of them? Every time the Bolts went deep, I didnt even see a safety on the tv screen.

LB’s. While making some plays, we need SOMEONE that can play some pass coverage. Gates, while an amazing TE, really made us his b***h.

Bradley…Seriously…how many inopportune drops does it take to get cut? If that guy drops one more pass on third down…

Charles…The man right now. He just seems to fit the offense (lack of a line) and is quick enough to make the initial moves LJ couldnt make. I dont think LJ was dinking around with us. He had a DECENT game against the BROWNS. I could run for a 100 against cleveland. So he can go tweet himself into a coma (F*G…it had to be said).

I have liked some things from the D at times, but giving up over 400 yards a game puts a lot of pressure on an offense that really isnt that good. Work needed.

Offense…Sheesh I dont know where to start. A line, a TE that can catch the damn ball, a top WR that is smart enough not to get caught taking performance enhancers…

Overall suggestion…Haley use the lazer beams that come out of his eyes to sacrifice a player at the next team meeting. If that doesnt motivate them, I really dont know what will.

Rudys not the only guy on the o-line that needs to go but he should be the first…