Take
a Memo
Reality
bites
Posted
9-17-02
by
CK Rairden
Landmark columnist
Reality bites.
After a miracle finish provided a victory in week one,
Chiefs fans had hope. A fast offensive start this week
worked well until the team settled for three points on
two straight long drives.
The bend-but-don’t-break defense broke again. Hope
is diminished and the fact that the team travels to play
the hottest team in football next week doesn’t help.
Sharpen those pencils…
Take A Memo—
—Ladies and gentleman introducing your starting
KC Chiefs cornerbacks, Eric Torchfield and William Burnee.
—Explain to me why the Chiefs went away from the
short passes, the play action and the misdirection that
worked in the first quarter and a half.
—It’s obvious that Green doesn’t have
the arm strength to throw deep. Why call those plays?
—How lucky are the Chiefs not being 0-2 headed into
a potential disaster in New England?
—Secret weapon Dante Hall is….still a secret
to the Chiefs offense.
—Home field advantage is long gone.
—Where is that 28-yard John Tait run when you need
it?
—How did this awful defense give up 450 yards and
only 23 points?
—Simple addition: Two long first half drives, (26
plays 139 yards) plus two short FG’s, plus a very
porous defense…equals a loss.
—When Green is forced from the pocket he should
either:
A) Run with the ball.
B) Dump off a short pass to someone directly in front
of him.
C) Throw it away.
—His passes on the move are far too inaccurate for
anything else.
—Johnny Morton was signed to make plays. Explain
to me why he has four touches after two games.
—The wide receivers had six catches in an offense
designed to showcase the wide receivers.
—If Trent Green would have only attempted two more
deep throws into double coverage Marlon McCree (2 INT’s
30 yards) would have been pro bowl bound ala the Denver
Broncos Deltha O’Neal.
—While the Chiefs debate the term red zone and gold
zone, against the Jags it was the dead zone.
—Jimmy Smith’s fourth down TD catch and run
was very similar to Terrell Owens TD catch and run in
the pre-season.
—This defense has zero playmakers.
—This defense needed one stop to give the offense
one last chance and it failed again.
—This defense misses more assignments than the football
players in Division one school classrooms.
—Every positive from the Cleveland game is gone.
—A winnable game and a great opportunity from the
fast start were wasted.
—The Patriots may throw the ball 30 straight times
against the Chiefs defense next week, and it could get
ugly.
(CK Rairden can be reached by email
at ckden@yahoo.com)
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