These Chiefs aren’t perfect – no NFL team is these days – but they’re exciting…
Well, at least they were in the first half Sunday in defeating Houston 27-20 on the road. Big plays, lots of passing, tight end Travis Kelce was outstanding – as was new pro bowler Jeremy Maclin at wide receiver. QB Alex Smith, given time to throw in the first half, hit three TD passes – two to Kelce. Nice.
Yep, our No. 1 draft pick started things out with an interception that set up the Chiefs’ first TD and our D got 5 sacks and a couple turnovers. Not a typical Chiefs road win against a very good defense at Houston. Even super star JJ Watt was held down most of the game.
So there was lots to cheer about.
And yes, there were issues.
We had plenty of chances to score in the second half and didn’t. Jamaal Charles was held in check on most of his running attempts with less than 60 yards on the ground. Our new offensive line was hot and cold. Our pass defense was weak in the second half.
I watched a number of other games and every team had issues.
Seattle lost. Indy, the sexy pick to go to Super Bowl 50, was beaten by the Bills (a young hot team as well). Dallas had to pull off a near miracle ending to beat the Giants at home. Denver won on DEFENSE, with little offense from Manning.
It’s a new year and the NFL has no perfect teams – not yet anyways.
Eric Fisher
The Chiefs need to be a work in progress on the offensive line. Eric Fisher may be done for, another wasted first round pick. But let’s look at the good.
The Chiefs look like they will be in the mix this season for the postseason. They’re a team that can score.
It was a big win game on the road. This is the best I’ve seen in this franchise maybe since Marty Schottenheimer. If they can beat Denver here Thursday, look out!
This team might be a climber – hey, it’s about time.
C’monnnnnnn…is there nothing else we can talk about??? Enuf with the stoopid football alreadee.
Hey my friend its football season and this city is NFL football crazy. So its a subject we will follow all season. Win or lose this city loves the Chiefs and their college teams as well K-State, KU and MU…So we will cover them. Don’t forget the Royals.
Understand. But it’s still a big world out there. That’s my only point.
(I don’t see a lot of comments here…could be I’m not the only one.)
We’ll call this ‘Point-Counterpoint’ CG, reprising the roles James J. Kilpatrick & Shana Alexander the old CBS TV program, difference topic herein be KCindy’s Swiss Chiefs.
“These Chiefs aren’t perfect – no NFL team is these days – but they’re exciting… well, at least they were in the first half Sunday”
– Chiefs once intercepted a gift horse (as Peters) too January 1970, at least, but since then… what happened to all the excitement the second half? KCindy shutout, throttled and dominated by the Texans (JJ Watt is definitely the NFL’s ‘best defensive player’, and it isn’t even close. Justin, who?)
“Even super star JJ Watt was held down most of the game.”
– is your nose growing, CG/reading too much harley? I’ve heard rumor that in fact, you and he (his persona) are one and the same, the back and forth online fighting a gimmick spur readership. Don’t know/don’t care, but re: JJ Watt, I do know and so should you/others:
Watt was all over the field yesterday, 2 sacks, 3 quarterback hits, 9 solo tackles,6 tackles for loss, all that despite the dink n’ dunk quick pass tack the noodle-armed Smith/Reid employ. When KCindy did try go downfield, enter Watt (& Mr. Smith’s legendary deep ball accuracy tasking its usual hike.) Thot it was gonna be ‘bombs away’ the WR corp, 2015? Nod the ‘Twilight Zone’ episode ‘Eye the Beholder’ – “no change – no change at all!” from 2014. No Bowe, still no Show… just ‘the phantom’ Albert Wilson, et al.
As for that latest ‘great overhype’ to hit KC, Maclin’s face ought to be on a milk carton by now, aft he put up a very Bowe-like effort Sunday: 9 targets, only 5 catches for 52 yards, all 10.4 per catch in its glory. And of course [drumroll] still were ‘no td catches for any WR’, now into year two the great experiment/predicament. Btw, despite Watt being JJ, that wasn’t a Pro Bowl secondary full of CB’s the Texans have, nor based on the stats are their safeties anything to write home about.
While we’re speaking of letdowns, the long-standing (least when he’s not heading the sidelines holding his mangina) ‘great overhype’ Charles showed again he is not among the best running backs in the NFL. He was outgained per rush by not one, nor two but all three Texans running backs – and their QB. Charles is a poor man’s LeSean McCoy, a wannabe, an glorified Todd McNair, catching passes out of the backfield. Yesterday’s good news: he didn’t get run over by his own OG this time… progress.
And on a ‘personal note’: too bad ‘hotdog’ and prima dona Kelce didn’t get hurt worse. Harsh? Disrespectful? No more than his own disrespect for the game/opposition. His highness the ‘I’ndividual -“hey, look at me everybody” machinations afield schtick is an embarrassment. Kelce is, in the parlance, a punk who couldn’t carry Fred Arbanas shoes, or Tony Gonzalez for that matter, closer a Tony Moeaki.2
“our No. 1 draft pick”
– you mean ‘Toast’ Peters? Not one but two td passes surrendered in his very first game as a pro (more than offsets one gift thrown up by the HOU QB that you or I would have intercepted.) The best rookie CB the Chiefs ever had was Jim Marsalis, with apologies Gary Green, Albert Lewis and Dale Carter; Peters isn’t even in that discussion. I don’t see him having the same success as Kevin Ross, similarly burned his debut. Deep the fly patterns several times this season the prediction here; very average speed, tds aplenty vs. Stay tuned.
No credit due, CG… none. The referees were the star of yesterday’s ‘show’, their effort and the Texans own via unforced mistakes, dropped passes and a QB who looked more like a rookie than Marcus Mariota (latter already a better QB than anyone the Texans, Chiefs or at minimum 28 other NFL teams sport.)
As Kerouac predicted, Broncos and Chargers already leading the AFC West, by virtue their defeating playoff teams in each case; ditto the Raiders who played and lost (and too their QB, but, are the coming team in the West.
Power rankings remain: Broncos first, Chargers a very close second, Raiders third and bringing up the rear, the only West team did not face a worthy opponent/playoff team from 2014, beedle bum… aka the Swiss Chiefs.
Everybody’s team is headed to the Superbowl every start the season – Chiefs headed there since January 11, 1970 gave way the next day – “the 12th of never” nod Johnny Mathis – and that’s a long, long time.”
Truthfully CG, one game is too soon to anoint or dismiss any team… that said, I see nothing to date that indicates to me the Swiss Chiefs will be any better in 2015 than afore. More depth perhaps, same gaping holes, old problems exchanged for new.
Some incarnation harley stopping by in 3, 2, 1…
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UH K no I’m not Harley. Harley is Harley. Thanks for asking.
OK, CG… other than that, how’d you like my vivisection of the Swiss?
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Monday becomes a better day with a little humor. Much needed. Thank you.
Miss me yet?
Did your shift at the glory hole end early tonight?
Oh wow, that was HIIIIIlarious! I have no doubt you invested all day coming up with that brilliant insult. Well played, jap, or poke, or whoever you are….
The ‘KC over-hype machine’ running rampant not only locally, other parts too, by way
ESPN their scribe Adam Teicher (formerly of the KC Star. )
To be fair (much to the chagrin many fans who wish he’d be more of a Chiefs ‘homer’), Teicher’s recent article “Are people getting ahead the curve with regard to Chiefs?” an example his being unbiased.
One statement his however needs clarification – Teicher stated rookie CB Peters has to be one of the few NFL players in history “if not the only one” to intercept a pass on his first play. A team game (‘theirs’ & ‘his’ interchangeable), Kerouac remembers a player doing even better his debut, a Hall of Fame CB Chiefs could/should have drafted 1967 who had an even more auspicious debut than Peters… Lem Barney of the DET Lions.
As the case Peters, first drive the season/first pass at him, Barney intercepted no less than Hall of Fame QB Bart Starr, returning it for an td. Filed under the category ‘what can Peters do for an encore’, second game as a pro, Barney intercepted 2 more passes.
No surprise: training camp debut, Lem broke up the first pass ever thrown his way & intercepted the 2nd. He ended his rookie year with 10 interceptions (NFL best), 3 for tds (NFL best & then single-season record.) The last game his rookie season vs MIN, he picked off 3 more passes – in 1 quarter – and another td. Lofty goals/rarefied air, Peters. Barney allowed just 1 td pass – all season – named NFL Defensive Rookie the Year; Peters allowed 2 tds his first game some guy ‘Hoyer’ (rhymes with ‘who’?)
Barney was a 2nd round draft choice DET (Chiefs drafted both Lynch and Lanier the 2nd round ’67 and could’ve taken Barney 1st, but instead chose DT/DE Gene Trosch who went bust/released aft one season. That CB continued be a Chiefs problem ’67 & ’68, not remedied until they drafted CB Jim Marsalis #1 ’69, regrettable. Marsalis was drafted in part because, like Barney, Jim allowed only 1 td pass thrown vs him, college ball Marsalis case, 1968.
If the current Chiefs/Peters et al want to be Champion, they’ve miles to go comparison the teams/players yesteryear…
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‘Toast’ receiveth, alas ‘Toast’ giveth away more – burned for another td tonight, Peters (that makes 3 in just 2 games to date) & too was beaten several more times otherwise. Another gift int thrown right to him negates nothing: he’s going to continue to get beat across & down the field, due his mediocre speed & quickness only slightly better. Deep throws, Kerouac’s prediction is once he faces a QB with a big arm & speed receivers (a duo he’s yet to face), bombs will reign down upon/over him.
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LOL@ the Chiefs. I wonder how many domestic disturbances there were in Independence last night after the game. They really crapped their pants, and Manning was Manning when it came to crunch time.