Disappointing
Oh, how I wish I had better news, but the Chiefs looked like playoff pretenders last night. It was an awful display of football by both teams and I still maintain that Herm Edwards is at fault on the Chiefs side.
We watched some of the post-game press conference and Jason Whitlock wisely asked, “How do you turn an offense that was tops in the NFL over the last 5 years into a group that can’t get a first down in an entire half?”
It’s baffling.
And what was unbelievable about the whole thing was that Herm had made a huge deal out of how he would bench Trent Green if he played poorly. Green did exactly that. He didn’t get benched. Now, I don’t think Trent Green can make his receivers catch the ball (Kennison and Gonzalez: 2 drops each in the first half), but Huard could have given the team a spark in the second half when they were only down 9. Ty Law finally showed up and completely owned Manning again (he has 9 career INTs against Manning…that’s insane), but in the end, the defense was just run down because our offense couldn’t stay on the field at all.
It should be an interesting off-season. Here’s hoping they fire Mike Solari.
Even so, it was a fun day. Lots of poker and football. Good times.
5 Comments to “Disappointing”
Kevin
Hey, at least you can root for Philadelphia now. And you better believe Manning was thanking the playoff gods that the Colts got stuck with the Chiefs, the only team worse than them. I mean, Indy practically begged them to take the win.
And Lawrence Tynes. For shame.
- 8:10 pm on 01 07, 2007
Brian
Whoa, redesign!
I feel your pain. The Giants played somewhat better, but Eli didn’t play great, and the D couldn’t even get Philly to a third down when it counted. Unfortunately, we’re stuck with Eli for a long time, even if they do end up firing Coughlin.
All 8 division winners are in the conference semis. Crazy.
- 7:14 am on 01 08, 2007
Mike D
At least you are not a Cowboys fan…Could you imagine that?? I think Herm’s biggest problem this year was not having the stones to bench Green. I think everyone was unanimous in the room on Saturday about benching Green. Either that or they should have started running the option with him…NOW THAT WOULD BE ENTERTAINMENT!!
So every team I was pulling for this weekend, except the Seahawks lost. I thought the Jets played pretty darn well and didn’t really get spanked like the final score indicates. The three things that hurt them were red zone offense, an inability to get to Tom Brady and giving up the TD at the end of the half.
Here’s hoping Merriman can smack that guy in the mouth a few times!! I am already tired of all the analysts getting on their knees for this guy. Give any above average quarterback that kind of time and I think they could find a guy open to pass to.
- 9:21 am on 01 08, 2007
Mike
D-I completely agree with all your comments, especially the one about Tom Brady. He’s a great quarterback, but if you have any talent as a QB, you will have a lot of success under them as they are the most balanced team in the NFL.
As for firing of Solari, I still think he gets one more year to settle in. Before the playoff game I thought we should bring Green back next year, but after yet another meltdown, it’s time for the guy to move on. The chiefs need to take the salary cap hit on Green, promote Huard to their #1 guy and try and move forward. I respect what Green has done but we need a guy who is a little more mobile especially since our line is probably going to be even weaker next year.
- 3:13 pm on 01 08, 2007
rich allen
playoffs? playoffs? you’re talking playoffs?…..Lions fans have no idea what you are talking about.
- 9:42 am on 01 11, 2007
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