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 According to Steve Wyche at NFL.com:
 This time it involves Larry Johnson who though it would be a good idea to berate his head coach and a fellow Twitter member following the Chiefs latest loss. A few of the shots directed at Haley include:
Now this is where it gets reeeal good for LJ. A Twitter user named @jaredlaunius decided to bring up some past indiscretions and Mr. Johnson took offense to this:
Well done Larry, well done. You have as many touchdowns as @jaredlaunius does so you should probably shut your mouth until you remember how to play football. How much longer can this team put up with him? Finally, the icing on the cake is the lame ass apology that was obviously crafted by his people because there is no way LJ could produce anything this remorseful:
  So… the Giants whooped our tails. 27-16 was the final score in Sunday’s interconference matchup pitting the Chiefs against the Giants. The game went as most had planned. Eli Manning had a field day against our secondary. Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw shredded us down the middle. Our offense failed to impress…again. I hate to sound as though I am losing hope for this season already, but how can any fan not? First let me reiterate a few points that most of you have already been yelling at the tv. 1. Why are we playing it so safe?? If any of you have watched the games thus far, you have noticed the extremely conservative play calling of Todd Haley’s supposedly “high powered” offense that we imported from Arizona. Every pass completed is less than 5 yards. The only time that we actually made some heads turn was when Matt Cassel was allowed to take some shots deep. It is almost as if Big H believed that this would be a close game and we could win it by taking advantage of some defensive “miracles” that never came to fruition. We simply cannot move the chains at this rate. The Chiefs passing game would probably not move the chains in most NCAA games. The only time that our defense is kept off the field is if Larry Johnson breaks a few tackles and works for every inch. This is not fair to our running backs or our defense. 2. Earn your keep here Matt! Matt Cassel continued his unimpressive debut this week against the Giants, unless you count those last minute scoring drives that counted for nothing. $15 million for that many sacks is inexcusable. I realize that the Giants have a great line, but he had enough time to get out of the pocket and throw the ball away. 3. What is the deal with the oddly placed onside kicks?? Ok, so as you can tell from my first statement above, I am all about taking some risks, but kicking an onside kick when we have yet to recover is simply pointless. It is giving our defense an even bigger hurdle to overcome. Every time we have attempted this “trickery” it has resulted in a scoring drive for other team. What is going on? So to conclude this rant about the game yesterday, I will say this. Live to play another day, but please make the losses go away.
Hello Chiefs Nation! This week, the Kansas City Chiefs go up against the formidable New York Giants, a game which will most definitely be exciting to watch…depending on which team you pull for. New York has a very good team and anyone who would say otherwise needs to check their stats. I would compare this game to the matchup we had in Week 2 vs. the Baltimore Ravens (very strong D and a stable offensive attack). The statistic that jumps out the most to me is the third down conversion percentage for both teams which you can look at below. Kansas City: THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS 7/36 New York: THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS 22/44 As can be seen, KC has not done very well on third down (a little over 19%) where the Giants have converted 50% of their third down attempts. Bottom line…we have to play better on both sides of the football this week in order to stand a chance. Stopping the Giants on third down and keeping our offense on the field is essential. Here are some ways in which I believe this can be accomplished. 1. Matt Cassel has to throw the ball deep. Last week, we witnessed a travesty against the Eagles. Matt Cassel was completing passes, however they were short drops into the flat. Normally throwing to your check down man would seem very smart on behalf of your quarterback, however when these passes were thrown on third and long, they hardly gave the offense a chance to move the chains and get into the red zone. We saw what Todd Haley did last year with Arizona and we know he likes to throw the ball deep. Either Big H has playing it waaaaay too conservative or Cassel was playing like a scared child. If Cassel throws the ball deep, perhaps it will force some of those corner/safety blitzes like we have seen all season to slow down. 2. The O Line has to protect the quarterback. Matt Cassel was “hassled” by the Eagles defensive front all day last Sunday. I am almost convinced that this is why his completions were so ineffective (see section above about throwing the ball deep). Giving him time to take advantage of what the defense gives him is the only way we stand a chance in this game. I am not sure that this will happen on Sunday due to the amazing line of the Giant’s defense. Some other points: Some of you might be asking yourselves why I didn’t mention the lackluster running game. Well I believe that once our passing attack improves, the running game will correct itself. We have talent and depth at running back, but when the opposing side of the ball knows that we cannot complete a pass, they will focus all of their attention on stopping the run. Furthermore, for the paycheck that Cassel is getting this year he has been playing awful. All in all, Cassel has to have a much better game this week or the calls for Brodie Croyle will begin again. I am a believer in Brodie (could be the fact that I went to high school with him and am an Alabama fan) because while he does not have the build of an NFL quarterback, his arm is unquestionably very good. Here is a little known fact. In 2000, Brodie showed up Drew Brees at a quarterback camp and beat him in the majority of the positional drills. That year, Brees was voted third for the Heisman Trophy while Brodie was a just a junior in high school. So that being said…earn your keep Matt. |
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