Originally Posted by Gary Cooper:
I think they just had a bad game. The Chiefs looked terrible at times last season. Remember the Raiders game. Plus, game 1 still feels like preseason for some teams.
The Bengals will play better than week 1 but KC should still win. Both teams have weapons on offense. The Chiefs have a better defense.
That wrist is an issue...period. This isn't the same team with that injury. He was wincing and fidgeting with the wrist the whole game. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni:
That wrist is an issue...period. This isn't the same team with that injury. He was wincing and fidgeting with the wrist the whole game.
He's still a damn good QB. Its just the wrist injury doing him in. [Reply]
Originally Posted by SHOWTIME:
Lou Anarumo always has his D ready for the Chiefs...
Originally Posted by Mecca:
They don't really have the horses anymore...
I love Anarumo but the day they lost DJ Reader was the day their entire gameplan against the Chiefs will need to be rebuilt.
You can run light boxes against the Chiefs run game if you have Reader, because he's Mike Pennel on steroids.
With no Reader, however, you're going to have to play honest boxes.
And, honestly, if I played the Chiefs with their personnel I'd probably start flooding the intermediates like Anarumo has for years. Swallow up the intermediate routes, dare Mahomes to go deep.
Well, now they have legitimate deep threats, multiple.
I think I'd still flood the intermediate, simply because I trust Worthy/Hardman/Brown to beat me less than I trust Kelce/Rice? But I don't feel good about it.
If the Bengals play us honestly, we're going to drop 30 on them. If they don't, we probably still drop 30 on them.
And I don't think their offense can keep up anymore. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Direckshun:
I love Anarumo but the day they lost DJ Reader was the day their entire gameplan against the Chiefs will need to be rebuilt.
You can run light boxes against the Chiefs run game if you have Reader, because he's Mike Pennel on steroids.
With no Reader, however, you're going to have to play honest boxes.
And, honestly, if I played the Chiefs with their personnel I'd probably start flooding the intermediates like Anarumo has for years. Swallow up the intermediate routes, dare Mahomes to go deep.
Well, now they have legitimate deep threats, multiple.
I think I'd still flood the intermediate, simply because I trust Worthy/Hardman/Brown to beat me less than I trust Kelce/Rice? But I don't feel good about it.
If the Bengals play us honestly, we're going to drop 30 on them. If they don't, we probably still drop 30 on them.
And I don't think their offense can keep up anymore.
The Bengals are still pretty talented on both sides of the ball, just not as much as they were in previous seasons. I am curious to see how the game goes this week.
They routinely start slow and play KC very tough. We will see if the Patriots loss was a “one off” like KC typically has once a year or a sign of what’s to come.
KC’s the better team and I do expect them to come out on top. [Reply]