Take
a Memo
Popular
feature returns
9/10/02
by
CK Rairden
Landmark columnist
Back for another season the ever popular, rock-solid sound
bite analysis of Chiefs games throughout the season.
Often imitated, but never duplicated grab your pen and
paper and….
Take A Memo—
—Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.
—So that’s what this offense is supposed to
look like.
—The bend but don’t break defense bent, then
broke and broke and broke and broke and broke and broke
and....finally the clock ran out and the game was over.
—The Browns defense wore down and had no chance
of stopping the Chiefs in the fourth quarter.
—Anyone still believe that Priest Holmes is a fluke?
—Anyone still believe the Chiefs interior defensive
line doesn’t need some serious help?
—Moxie is defined as tossing an interception on
your first pass attempt then leading your team to 40 points.
—It was good to see the Trent Green that Dick Vermeil
has talked about so much.
—It was good to see the Dante Hall that Dick Vermeil
has talked about so much.
—It was good to see the Eddie Kennison that Dick
Vermeil talked so much about.
—The offensive line…awesome.
—The complete lack of a pass rush can make any CB
look bad.
—But an inexperienced journeyman QB embarrassed
Warfield and Bartee.
—That Tony Gonzalez guy seems to be kind of important
to the Chiefs offense.
—Tony Gonzalez, ‘training camp is overrated.’
—The Chiefs defense made Kelly Holcomb look like
Dan Marino.
—Johnnie Morton made some excellent downfield blocks.
—Offensive coordinator Al Saunders deserves a game
ball.
—The defensive backfield made Quincy Morgan (who?)
and Kevin Johnson (who?) look like Randy Moss and Jerry
Rice.
—After week one Chiefs offensive tackle John Tait
has more rushing yards than—
-Duce Staley
-Curtis Martin
-Corey Dillon
-Marshall Faulk
-And any Denver Broncos running back
—Did anyone doubt that Morten Andersen would drill
that 30-yarder?
—The offense was incredible.
—The special teams shined.
—And the defense was awful.
—But for the first week one victory for the Chiefs
since 1998—All’s well that ends well.
(CK Rairden can be reached by email
at ckden@yahoo.com)
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