For a fleeting moment today, Chiefs fans had hope.
What a weird game. At first, it looked like the Chiefs were going to get blown out. Then a freak punt block from the clear best part of this abysmal Chiefs team (the special teams) and an interception by Derrick Johnson and all of a sudden, the Chiefs are not only in the game, they are winning.
But then we came crashing back to reality.
Our defense got torched and we once again realized that our offensive line sucks and the only wide receiver we have that’s worth anything is double-covered. Mark Bradley, you should be fired for failing to get that first down early in the game. Look, I’m happy for Tony and his “winning team” and all that, but it would be a lot better to have another option besides D. Bowe. The other receivers that the Chiefs have this year are like a who’s who of human crap. And don’t even get me started on Larry Johnson and his 1.8 average.
One thing I liked, Todd Haley’s sideline reaming of Brodie Croyle after this 4th-string clown had to call a second timeout in a row. Whether he can coach will remain to be seen. I’m holding off judgement because I never thought we were going to win this game. Baltimore is a good team. Flacco is a potential franchise quarterback, especially if he can play against Maurice Leggett every week.
No one ever said that the Chiefs would be good this year. I certainly didn’t expect them to beat the Ravens. At times, they looked exactly like the team we thought they’d be: clueless on offense, mistake-prone on defense, Colquitt nails as always. At other times, they actually managed to move the ball on offense with Brodie Croyle at QB (how did that happen?) and our defense was stout, coming up with a huge interception by my man DJ.
I think that Chiefs fans should probably get used to this kind of schizophrenia of our beloved home town football team. I think Baltimore is a tough opponent to judge ourselves against and it doesn’t get any easier in the coming weeks, but I’m somewhat encouraged. Here’s to the new 5-year plan…
The best part of the game was the reaming that Haley gave Croyle. Was the camera man just trying to see how many f-bombs he could get on tape with that shot? I kept rewinding it, cracked me up. “Snap the f@!#@#$ ball! You hear me! Snap the f@#!@#$@ ball.” But I’ll give it to Croyle, considering what he had to work with, I actually think that was his best performance (doesn’t really say much I guess). Being a sports fan in Kansas City, hope is all I ever have to go on, and I do have some hope for this defense. A healthy Flowers would have made a difference, but probably not too much since the D-line couldn’t get any penetration. Dunno if you heard that stat that Peoli rattled off, but of the 30 players that were released this year that were on the roster last year, only 2 have been picked up by other teams. Shows you just how bad this team was run into the ground.
I totally agree Allen. That part on the sideline with Haley and Croyle cracked me up.
What I want to know is how much it’s going to take for us to get a defensive line that’s worth anything. Couldn’t believe the release of Alphonso Boone. I always thought he was a bright spot last year.