When your offense is last in the NFL in picking up 3rd downs, your defense is near last in defending the pass and run, guess what?
You’re no Super Bowl contender – not at all.
Bring on TONY ROMO, PLEASE!
Chiefs’ QB Alex Smith is a nice guy.
He’s managed the team on a B level at best and now that has fallen. He can no longer throw deep. His kinda bomb to Tyreek Hill in the second quarter should have been a touchdown. Hill had his guy beat by 5 plus yards, but the 40 yard semi bomb was short and Hill had to come back to it.
Result: No touchdown, just a catch.
The Andy Reid call at the close of second half with the Chiefs at the Tampa 4 yard line and goal to go…let’s see we just had Travis Kelce out with a leg injury – he just returned to the game – hey, let’s do a jet sweep with Travis.
Really.
The play lost 7 yards and no touchdown. Now the Chiefs had to settle for a field goal. Good call, Andy.
And how about that smart punt? Down 12-10, Reid decided to punt instead of trying a go ahead field goal that was makeable at 54 yards. Our kicker has been outstanding of late. Nope, we punt and then Tampa moves the ball at will, as they did all day.
The best call by the Chiefs; a 2nd and goal from the Tampa 5, down by 2.
A field goal if you screw up gives you the lead, but nope a horrid throw by Smith into the end zone between two defenders either of which could have easily intercepted. It lead to a 50 yard return and finally the winning TD by the Buc’s.
The Chiefs don’t get talked about much because they’re boring. Oh sure, they’re lucky with a couple defenders – Marcus Peters and Dee Ford – who make plays. But both out and along with Eric Berry. Justin Houston was back but did nothing.
Conclusion:
The Chiefs offense has stunk badly all year and gotten worse. Why? Alex Smith just isn’t very good. Sorry, nice guy. justnot any good.
Now at 7-3 with a tough upcoming schedule the Chiefs will struggle to even make playoffs as a wild card.
TWO ARE WITH THE BRONCOS, ONE WITH THE RAIDERS, ONE WITH THE FALCONS, ONE WITH TENNESSEE AND OH YEAH, AT SAN DIEGO.
WE could lose all of them.
I see this team at 9-7, maybe 10-6 with a few breaks.
NO OFFENSE, DEFENSE MAKES BIG PLAYS BUT ISN’T GREAT.
End of story.
Mostly poor quarterback play. SO YOU DON’T WANT ROMO? PLEASE.
I think post season is KC’s best hope. No shot at an AFC title. NONE. Alex Smith just ain’t the guy.
Sorry. Horrid loss today by a lower level team at home. Horrid.
Guess what?
The comments section is back!
GREAT….I was upset over such a poor performance by our Chiefs on offense. Our D bends but doesn’t break too much. However against teams THAT HAVE AN OFFENSE like Oakland, Pats, Steelers, post season…forget it…no offense..now maybe our D can win one of those with take aways but win the AFC, no. This upcoming game with Denver is huge. They struggle on offense so we have a chance. Plus their running game is below average. A rookie quarterback so a great defense effort could win it. Alex might have to run a few himself and hit a few open receivers. I just think the love affair with Alex and Andy is past its prime. He is what he is, just ok. Not a big game post season winner. Sorry.
Took long enough.
LOL. Tony Romo? That dude would choke on applesauce, then get injured.
I think its worth the risk guys…what if he’s healthy and they say his practices are fantastic. You want Alex throwing or Romo? When healthy he is very damn good. We have weapons, he could hit!! I say its worth a shot.
To quote Allen Iverson… “Practice? We talking about practice? Not a game…not a game…practice! How stupid is that?”
Bottom line…they aren’t good enough on either side of the ball. Neither is the head coach, if you want the truth.
What’s the solution?
– is none… whether talking about the swiss or their future young QB (have none), the future cancels out and creates but prostrate horizons… rest in peace January 11, 1970.
The best part yesterday’s loss: watching the swiss hotdogs act the fool as they always do. Like clockwork, there was the juvenile embarrassment TE Kelce dropping passes (which he does with frequency, that is when he doesn’t catch them afore fumbling the ball away or spasming as if in the throes gran mal seizure ) WR Wilson – Mr. Invisible on the field 99.9% of the time: yesterday, he showed up – feeling it an necessity to act out his prima dona ‘hey look at me everybody’ end zone machination… with his team losing… what a pro.
Fortunately head hot dog Toast Peters was unavailable: hurt his hip last week (punting the ball likely, his showboating vs CAR.) The good news: his absence averted an 400 + yard passing day by Tampa Bay, cause ol Toast is always good for a few long pass plays surrendered each & every game. Yes, there was Reid his usual ‘done out-thunk myself’ self, Mr. Smith Captaining his Checkdown and the rest the cast awesomeness be those swiss chiefs, least according local media & fandom. Alas, once again approaching that half century mark now, proven suspect – as every autumn that turns to winter, KC.
Kerouac – right about the swiss for 47 years now… right about the fraudroyals forever, right about Trump (the only blogger who unabashedly predicted his win the past 1 1/2 years)… life is good here in reality-ville.
AFC West Power Rankings remain unchanged:
1 BRONCOS – even with two rookie QB’s, simply the best… no other team in their class
2 Raiders – will unseat DEN within 2 years, as predicted by yours truly this pre-season
3 Chargers – not this year, but they’re coming on (whether in SD or a locale elsewhere)
4 swiss – not this year… or any other; same ol same ol: bottom of the barrel part 47
Class dismissed
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CG says:
November 21, 2016 at 10:16 am
“K good calls…ok I agree Chiefs are a fraud, again. NO OFFENSE…what say you about getting Tony Romo…now.”
– moved our discussion from Sutherland’s thread over here for continuity sake, CG.
The problem is as evident as swiss fraudulence: he can’t stay healthy. If Romo can’t stay healthy there in DALL behind an great offensive line, why would it be different behind KC’s swiss chiefs?
Roll the dice and accept Romo’s big contract (even if able/how fit him in sans cutting someone else, or restructuring a contract)s) of others) – say Romo goes down as is his knack, say game 1 even. Then, you have a benched/b**t hurt Smith to reinsert.
No, too many possibilities and most all of them bad… the only one that would make it worthwhile an Superbowl appearance – as likely as the Titanic steaming into NY only 104 years late. In the words of George Bush Sr., nod QB Romo to KC – “Not gonna do it… wouldn’t be prudent.”
‘Wait till next year’ part 2017, verse 48.
Too, remember when Cassel was here: Chiefs discovered he wasn’t gonna get er done, so they brought in Orton… and Palko… and Quinn… and… Chiefs just keep recycling everyone else’s garbage. Until the day they draft their own young franchise QB (say a Wentz for example), ‘wait till next year’ will never end (48 years come 2017 & only 60 more aft to catch the Cubs century plus drought 108.)
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A young franchise QB is about the ‘only’ thing the Chiefs haven’t tried… have tried an new owner (the younger Hunt), new stadium (upgrades, if still no roof), new practice facilities, new training camps, new GM’s, new Head Coaches, new players… just not a new young QB.
Perhaps the solution isn’t that simple, but not drafting a 1st round QB in all that time since Blackledge 33 years ago flies in the face of successful NFL tack. Since 1983 every NFL team but two have drafted a QB in round 1: New Orleans Saints, and [drumroll] the Kansas City Chiefs.
What differentiates the Saints from the Chiefs, New Orleans has actually gone to – and won – a Superbowl with a young QB acquired via trade and still playing today/headed for the Hall of Fame, Drew Brees. Brees was acquired as a free agent when young (27), same age as the Chiefs best ever HOF’r Len Dawson.
GB trades for a Brett Favre (just 23), while KC’s method of re-treading is getting older vets (a Smith was already 29 when traded for, Montana was 36, DeBerg was 33, Krieg 34, Green 31, Gannon 30, etc. etc. etc.) Grbac was only 27, but as history shows, re: he vs Gannon, even had KC a potential franchise QB, would they know it/what to do with /how develop him? Outside a Dawson (who had Stram), history does not suggest that success would follow in KC.
When does fraudroyals season begin again? When are the Kings coming back to town? And the KC Spurs & the KC Blues? When does Arrowhead get that roof promised back in 1967? When does Clinton become President? When does Jesus return, triumphant?
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Addendum: can’t forget about the ancient Moon, or Huard or, well… so many names, so little time and internet paper. Of note, in the 33 years post 1983, Saints and Chiefs aside, every other team has not only drafted 1 QB round one, some have drafted 2, or 3 or even 4 of them.
No guarantee a Superbowl appearance or win, directly related QB drafted, but of note (and these I put together quickly, so hopefully no errors/typos):
DEN has drafted 3, OAK 2 and SD 2… DEN has won 3 Championships in that time, while other end the spectrum OAK has appeared in 2 and won 1 while SD appeared once and lost it.
TB has drafted 4 with 1 Championship managed, TENN 3 drafted = 0 Championships.
JACK 3 = 0… CLEV 4 = 0… MINN 2 = 0… BUFF 2 = 0… IND 2 = 1 Championship (ol’ five-head.)
WASH 4 = 1… MIA 1 = 0… CAR 2 = 2 appearances Superbowl, with 0 Championships.
STL 2 = 0… DET 4 = 0… NYJ 2 = 0, while DAL 1 = 3 Championships won and ATL 3 = 1 appearance with 0 Championships won.
BALT 2 = 2 Championships won… ARIZ 1 = 0… SF 2 = 1… GB 1 = 1 Championship in 3 appearances. NYG 1 = 2 Championships, PITT 1 = 1 while losing 3… and CIN 2 =0.
HOU Oilers 2 = 0… HOU Texans 2 = 0… CHIC 3 = 0… PHIL 2 = 1 appearance, a loss (Reid’s)… LA Rams 1 = 0… NE 1 = 4, none related to the #1 choice theirs, Bledsoe.
SEATT 2 = 1 Championship in 2 appearances… IND 1 = 1 Championship (Manning; btw, the only QB the Saints ever drafted #1 was 1971, Peyton’s father Archie.)
Upshot: while there seems to be a correlation between drafting a QB #1 & winning an Championship, fact is there’s more to it than just that as history (and the QB failures) shows. Case Chiefs, would they find a way to mess up a franchise Marino or Kelly et al, had they have had one of them? For every free agent find a Dawson, Unitas or Warner and low round pick a Brady, odds are better when you spin that wheel of draft fortune 1st round and give one of them a whirl; as it stands, Chiefs aren’t/haven’t even been in the game for 33 years now.
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“life is good here in reality-ville.” says a guy who admittedly, and staunchly defends, living in the past.
As stated ad nauseam, my reality is the past (“it’s always 1969 at Kerouac’s house”)… your mileage may vary. When one has never left, going home again isn’t a problem.
That aside (and per the usual), your green-eyed angst (not to be confused blue-eyed soul) is showing again; don’t hate Kerouac because He’s beautiful.
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Ok….can you turn off the comments again?