Some Things About Tonight’s Game Week 2: KC 35 Poiple Boids 36:
Tonight was Baltimore’s home opener on National TV, so they were pumped. Big stage, national spotlight, Lamar had lost four times in a row to Mahomes. This game reminded me a lot of the Chiefs-Rams game in LA three years ago. Track meet, no defense played on either side. KC gave up 481 yards in total offense, and you’re not going to win when you leak yardage like that.
Bright side stuff: Kelce goes over 8,000 receiving yards faster than any other Tight End in NFL history -another page in his HOF resume- including maybe his best TD catch and run of his career. Pringle had a nice TD catch and run, which is why he should be our number two guy. Honey Badger had a great first quarter, then disappeared. He may not be in game shape yet.
Not so Bright Side Stuff: Mahomes pick in the second half was a real bad play. Just take the sack there. Trying to force that throw looked like one of his fourth quarter Super Bowl desperation passes last year. It flipped the momentum of the game. Just take the sack and live to fight on the next series. It was one of the few mistakes Mahomes made during the game, but it was critical and put Baltimore back into the game.
Butt Ugly Stuff: Chris Jones and Frank Clark got schooled all night by a patchwork Ravens offensive line. Neither one showed up in this game. Jones should be especially ashamed of his performance. Unacceptable effort. The Ravens ran right at Clark all night long. He cannot hold the edge and is easy pickings for off tackle runs. KC gave up 251 yards rushing to Jackson and three third string running backs. KC desperately needs defensive ends that can play the run, and linebackers who don't miss tackles, like everyone except Nick Bolton.
Unforgivable Stuff: Chiefs may have won this game with Buttkicker, but CEH puked up the ball. Worst fumble since Jamaal Charles puked one up to Denver in the last :30 to lose at Arrowhead. They need to bench CEH for a month and go with McKinnon. There has to be punishment for handing a game away like that. However, it's just as unforgivable that Andy Reid would not put the game in the hands of his half-billion dollar QB at crunch time. Tampa Bay lets Brady win the game for them. Packers do the same with Rodgers. You don’t play for the field goal, you let Mahomes do his thing and win the game. You have to believe in your guy. That’s why Harbaugh let Jackson run for the game sealing first down on 4th and one. You trust in your guy. Andy didn't do that, and it burned him. He better accept some responsibility and mean it.
End Result: So, Mahomes loses his first September game of his career by one point on the road. Hopefully he'll learn from the negative experience. We’re tied for last in the AFC West with the Bolts, so loser is awarded the AFC West cellar next Sunday. And if push comes to shove, give Patrick the damn ball and let him win the game. At least if Justin Herbert is going to win again this year at Geeee Haw field, he won't be beating our JV squad. Although our defense looked a Hell of a lot like a JV squad tonight. Spags better figure out how to stop LA’s rushing attack or we could be in for another long, angry and frustrating day. [Reply]
The interception had no real impact on anything given that it was 3rd down and they would have punted had he taken the sack. That was 40 yards sure, but the Ravens had no problem moving the ball at will in this game.
The issue was the defense and the play calling. Same as ever. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
Chris Jones should not be playing defensive end
Definitely not on anything but passing downs. He was clueless and often confused.
I think they figured this out at the end because he was not playing in clear rushing downs.
That being said, we're going to lose some games. If you would have told me at the beginning of the season that we'll lose one game, it will be against Baltimore, by one point, in the beginning of the season, on the back of a Mahomes int and a CEH fumble; I'd tell you we got worse problems.
I'll take this over the random shellacking against an 0-16 Jets. [Reply]
I would add that those penalties were different than the one he was whistled for in the Super Bowl. In that one, he initiated contact with Evans and prevented him from making a play on the football. But tonight, in each case, the contact had almost none, if any effect on the receiver. Edit, I know this is not related and old, but I thought the other penalties in that game were garbage. On the first one, he may have held a bit, but the receiver slipped. The contact on the INT was within five yards and he released the receiver after the five yards. On the deep pass, their feet got tangled if you watch the replay [Reply]
Any given Sunday ... . You can lose to any team, if you keep playing close games. We almost lost to the Lions last year. Look, this talk about 20-0 is nonsense. We are going to lose 3-5 games this year due to bad luck, turnovers, injuries, or just taking a win for granted. This is but one.
We will definitely get into the playoffs. We may not get the #1 seed, but we can win it all anyway. We have 15 weeks to figure out how to stop the Baltimore running game in the playoffs because our defense was clueless tonight. [Reply]
Good read George. Thanks. You always pull perspective on these which typically I don’t have and just want to focus on a few things from the game.
I’m not sure I want to crush Reid for running the ball because he’s been crushed ad naseam for not running the ball. I won’t cry if Mahomes has the ball on that play but it’s not an intergalactically stupid move to run the ball there.
It is intergalactically stupid to fucking fumble the ball there. Fuck.
Originally Posted by dolphinsneu:
I thought the two penalties on Matthieu were VERY iffy.
They were. I was mad. That being said the penalty on their 2 point was weak. Lots of bad calls this week. All of which are infuriating.
Originally Posted by ntexascardfan:
Complacency finally got us tonight. For too long we've played with our food for 2.5 quarters before turning on the jets.
We're going to be every other teams Super Bowl for the foreseeable future. If we want to be a dynasty, there's a level of professionalism I think the team can learn from watching how Brady operates.
Well said. Ravens played pretty well compared to the way they did against the Faid. But it’s looking like division games are going to be tough, so we need to strap in and deliver the payload every week.
Originally Posted by dolphinsneu:
New here, what does the triangular sign mean?
Report posts. Don’t do it unless it’s a bot. Moderation here has a pretty light touch.
Originally Posted by Bowser:
Chris Jones should not be playing defensive end
Against Jackson, yeah. Against traditional passers I like him out there. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bwana:
Another head scratcher was the fact the Mahomes knee had touched the ground before he released the ball on his INT, so he should have been ruled down. No challenge. The defense, other than the two picks, reminded me of the Greg Robinson glory days.
It could not be challenged. All turnovers are automatically reviewed...so the replay ref in NY screwed the pooch on that one. I thought he was down as well. [Reply]
Well, it's the next morning...and I'm a bit salty but I'm OK. Great points as always George. Last night was...one of those games. We get them every year. Coulda woulda shoulda, stupid penalties or a fumble or whatever and the game flips.
Defense is my biggest concern. I know Jackson is a running fool, but he didn't really have some spectacular run that blew your mind (that I remember anyway). He just kept getting the edge and our guys took shitty angles and he got his yards. Really not a spectacular night for him IMO, but he had a ton of yards.
Just a shitty game for the Chiefs and we still almost won in the end...CEH fumble was the back breaker. Hopefully this will be a turning point for him, cuz he's really just been JAG to this point. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ntexascardfan:
Complacency finally got us tonight...
I believe that may be a part of it. If there is such thing as a good loss, this might be it. Let’s see how the team responds…
I do believe we ran into a buzz saw with Jackson last night. I gotta give it to him. He carried his team on his back last night. He was tired of hearing about his “kryptonite” [Reply]
Originally Posted by Toad:
I believe that may be a part of it. If there is such thing as a good loss, this might be it. Let’s see how the team responds…
I do believe we ran into a buzz saw with Jackson last night. I gotta give it to him. He carried his team on his back last night. He was tired of hearing about his “kryptonite”
That, and let's face it, all these streaks come to an end eventually. Never lost a September game...sooner or later that will happen. Never lost to Lamar...sooner or later that's gonna happen.
Get those monkeys off the back and move on. [Reply]
I'm pretty much in agreement with you (as always), but I beleive the CEH run was the right call. Ball on the 32 with 30 some odd seconds left. It would have been a 49 yard FG attempt, certainally within Buttkicker's range, but a 45 yarder would have been better. One thing that should be learned is don't leave any time on the clock. If PMII would have taken a sack it could have knocked us out of FG range. An incomplete could have left time. An INT would have been disaster. [Reply]
