Chiefs Credit where it’s due to the defene - Page 4

Washington’s offense isn’t great, but it isn’t terrible either. Without their best player, this defense played a great game. Need to get Jones back and hopefully figure out the right role for him whether that’s moving him back inside full time or what.

I thought Nick Bolton had his best game yet.

Mike Danna and Rashad Fenton deserve mention too.
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Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
Agreed. McLaurin was on the injury report all week. I don't think he even practiced on Friday.

He missed one practice (Friday) and Rivera said it was purely precautionary.

He wasn’t any more banged up than most of the guys playing that game.
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Originally Posted by staylor26:
Forgot about Sneed.

Great game from him. People were ready to write him off after the first few weeks. No patience with young talent whatsoever.

Really, really stupid people.
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I think WFT is a decent team; not great, not bad. Clear strength is their D-line. Heineke isn't great, but I'd rank him above Jalen Hurts.

The second half was an asswhooping in which all phases showed up. Offense was dominant, defense was very good, and even the special teams had some big plays.

The Eagles are a similar team, speaking of Hurts; WFT is better up front defensively and Heineke is probably a better QB. So I would say that this looks like improvement to me. They're getting better.
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Originally Posted by staylor26:
He missed one practice (Friday) and Rivera said it was purely precautionary.

He wasn’t any more banged up than most of the guys playing that game.

Yup no worse than Hill coming into the game or Kelce during the game.

Washington's issues haven't been on offense.
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Originally Posted by Marcellus:
Yup no worse than Hill coming into the game or Kelce during the game.

Washington's issues haven't been on offense.

Or Bolton and Mathieu.

If you are going to add a foot note for every minor injury that’s just dumb.

And I’d argue all of those guys were noticeably more banged up. I never saw McLaurin and thought he looked like he was hurting or struggling.
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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
Really, really stupid people.

Not sure how many people were writing him off as opposed to just saying he hasn't been playing anywhere near as well as his rookie year, which he hasn't been.

Honestly most impressed by Fenton. I think he needs more snaps. Another late round steal.
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Originally Posted by The Franchise:
It’ll get better with Jones and Ward coming back.

Fenton played good today.
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Originally Posted by staylor26:
He missed one practice (Friday) and Rivera said it was purely precautionary.

He wasn’t any more banged up than most of the guys playing that game.

Hmm, that's right. Idk what I was thinking. I could have sworn I heard he was on the report earlier in the week but it seems I remembered wrong.

Injuring your hammy two days before a game still technically counts as banged up, though.
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Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
Fenton played good today.

Fenton has been good most of the year despite the rest of the shit show.
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Originally Posted by Marcellus:
Fenton has been good most of the year despite the rest of the shit show.

Shit, he’s been good most of his career any time he has been needed.
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Originally Posted by Marcellus:
Fenton has been good most of the year despite the rest of the shit show.

Fucking STEAL in the 6th round
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Originally Posted by EPodolak:
Defense showing up today contributed to the better second half of offense. It works that way IMO.

AEddie must be drunk again.

When Hitchens went out, Neiman was his replacement.

Sorenson is fine as a nickel LBer, just not a safety
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Ben Niemann single-handedly escorted the Washington Fightin' Footballs halfway down the field for their only touchdown.

Get him off the fucking field yesterday.
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Sorry. Disagree.

Washington is lower tier team.

They dropped tons of balls and bad throws. We got little pressure and still looked slow and bad mental errors..

A win is a win. Hopefully we get healthier. But our play today gets us booted against playoff teams.
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Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
The good:

-They got off to a really good start. Obviously you want your defense to play well throughout, but I think it's especially important to start fast with our style so we can attempt to build a lead.

-They made moves off-the-field beforehand. Benching Sorenson was huge. Unfortunately Hitchens looked like his injury was serious so we'll be seeing a lot of Neimann with *checks notes* Derrick Henry next on the schedule.

-The end result. All the cards on the table, they only allowed 13 points and not a ton of yards.

The bad:

-WFT's offense isn't good and their best player was banged up so this game doesn't tell us much going forward.

-Pass rush is still a Grand Canyon-sized issue. Guys were open downfield. If our opponent was Buffalo, LAC, Buccaneers, etc. we would have lost big again (due in large part to the offense as well)

Fuck the Chargers. They looked like absolute dogshit today.
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