I was fortunate enough to be enjoying a tasty burrito after church to have missed the abysmal first quarter-and-a-half of what passes for football in Kansas City these days. But when I got home, I had to endure the rest of a disheartening, embarrassing loss to a bunch of dudes in teal.
The worst part about the whole game was that Jacksonville came in with the EXACT same game plan Herm Edwards has been preaching since he got here — Run the football. Play good defense.
Well, at least Jacksonville got the memo. Edwards forgot the part where you have to have players that will block for your spoiled brat running back and you have to at least have a quarterback who can handle pressure and didn’t spend 95% of his 11-year career holding a clipboard. If you think I’m a bandwagon-jumper, you might be right, but I’ve been saying Huard didn’t deserve it from the very beginning.
But hey, at least we didn’t get shut out.
We might as well have. Maybe then people wouldn’t give Carl Peterson a pass and blame it all on the coaches. While Herm Edwards and Mike Solari certainly bear some amount of responsibility, the biggest thing wrong with the Chiefs is personnel. We have an electric rookie wide receiver and perhaps the greatest receiving tight end in the history of pro football, but no one to throw the ball to them. We have a top 3 running back, but we let him act like a moron and don’t put decent blockers in front of him. We have a pretty stout defense, but forget coverages at a moment’s notice and Still. Cannot. Cover. The. Bootleg.
I’m ready for rebuilding. Just don’t act like you’re going to try and win when you clearly don’t have a quality product on the field. That sort of thinking belongs on the OTHER side of the Truman Sports Complex parking lot.
i’ve been saying play croyle from day one. huard is the worst quarterback under pressure. and what the hell is up with us not throwing the ball to bowe the ENTIRE 1st half!?! chiefs sucked today. i feel so bad for players like tony gonzalez, dwayne bowe, and jared allen who play so hard and with so much heart. our offensive line sucks. 10 yards rushing…wow.
I was at the game this afternoon, and while the Royals might not have a winning product, they at least have loyal fans that don’t spend the entire game booing. Seriously. First quarter through the end of the game. Chiefs fans are fickle and get what they deserve from their team.
I don’t agree with you, Chimp. With the prices that the Chiefs charge, I think that fans are well within their rights, especially considering that most fans could do a better job calling plays.
Unless you have season tickets, you have no place to argue about the prices charged by the Chiefs.
I would also argue that most Chiefs fans couldn’t call a better game. The gentleman who was sitting to my right would go three “Throw it to Bowe!!!”-and-out all afternoon long.