Support, Mr. FAX. In a last line of defense kind of way. In C2 the FS has a deep half.

And the strong safety would be/should be in on most of the tackles the front seven missed, not the FS.

With a solid front 7, this is a moot point.

Bowe is a no brainer. I think we will know more about Tank, and Turk by the end of this year. If Herb taylor becomes a solid backup, or starter, and the T brothers pan out, I think 07 will have been a solid draft.
It's too early to tell about 08, but it looks like the best draft we've had since I've beeen following football, and if they don't pan out, I don't think anyone is at fault. They made the right picks IMO. I'm no guru, but everyone in the country agrees, so I would say yes, Herm has made a lot of good picks, but the 06 draft doesn't look too promising to me. Hopefully they prove me wrong.

most sane people think success is a vindication for failure...


but not WPI, or True fans....no, they think 15 years of failure is vindicated by losing streaks and further embarrassment....

no wonder this franchise sucks so much penis....

in KC, "Failure = Success"

How many tackles does a FS average 50? 60? 70?.

They have to be able to tackle to be effective, not only in run support.

Should be less than 50, unless your front 7 is absolute garbage.

Thats what I was thinking. If your safeties are making tackles your front 7 is getting beat.

Generally true, Mr. ChiefsCountry. No question. However, if you really research the C2 or T2 design in depth, you find that the corners and safeties (particularly the FS) are supposed to be big hitters and provide significant run support. It's one of the reasons Dungy cited as always wanted tons of speed in those positions ... so they could roam large sections of the field in pass defense and, simultaneously, support the run. It's worth mentioning that he also looked for very heavy hitters in the defensive backfield - Lynch comes to mind.

The way to analyze this aspect of the defense is where the tackles are being made ... if it's 15 yards downfield, for example, it's a problem.

Herm and Gun are always talking about our guys not playing their gaps correctly. It's another key aspect of the C2 ... gap responsibility. You can't downplay the importance of that when you run that defense. So far as our front 7 are concerned, we may have two serious problems ... gap responsibility errors and poor tackling. When you're running the C2 and both of those mistakes are being repeated, it is death by running back.

FAX

I was just making a point there about the most boring Superbowl I've ever watched. Read my initial post. My MAIN point was that even if we win under Herm, 3-0 or 6-3 how he likes it, I'm not going to have as much fun watching the team as a Patriots fan in the last few years, for instance.

But apparently the Chiefs Planet mob agrees with you, so I'm an idiot.

You're right, a full-tuition scholarship is not an accomplishment. Tell your kids that.

I started being an "asshole" when I was called an idiot for prefering to watch higher scoring wins to Herm Edwards style wins.

I simply offered a nice piece of evidence that most of the population would consider relevant to prove that I am not, indeed, an idiot.

Don't take it so seriously. The Your and idiot thing is a joke more than anything. I mean, look at the spelling. Didn't mean to get so far under your skin.

You know why you got so far under his skin, don't you?

It's because


Your and Idiot.

I think that has a lot to do with your lack of attatchment to either team.

I don't know anyone that would be disappointed, or felt they got cheated by watching their team win a SB 3-0 or 40-10.

In a strange way, it is vindication for Carl. Carl knows Chiefs' fans are smart enough to know that he and Herm aren't competent, so the fans really go nuts as we not only lose, but incompetently rebuild.

If it were someone with a resume like Bill Parcells leading the rebuilding effort, I think Chiefs' fans would be patient with the process.

There's an inherent problem with the whole situation -

How can a team rebuild when the guy pulling the strings is the same guy that let them get into the shape they're in now?

Without going through the five pages worth of replies to this inane article, I'll throw my two cents in, which has undoubtedly been said before.

They are rebuilding. Fine. I get it. They aren't going to win many games and they will be inconsistent from week to week. I get it. I will allow the PLAYERS to perform like they are still maturing and developing.

But answer me this:

How in the hell is Herm or Carl or anyone going to develop a QB if all the game plan calls for is running the ball up the center's a$$?

The QB throws 15 passes a game in situations that the defense knows he going to throw and these idiots wonder why the QB isn't developing as fast as they thought he would.

Give the QB and the whole team the whole playbook. Coach aggressively and your team will play aggressively. The QB will make mistakes. He'll likely throw interceptions. Chances are he may even throw a few really good passes and make big plays, too.

What the hell is Herm scared of? Losing the game? They probably will, but haven't they been doing that for the last 11 F#$$%^^^G games????

At least you'd give the fans a sense that you are at least TRYING to win.