Yep. I probably won't say bad thing about Alex all offseason.

I might as well jump on this grenade since I would never claim to be anything but stupid.

In my mind, defense just doesn't matter much in today's NFL. The team with the best QB is going to be favored 90% of the time. The best QB on the field today was Andrew Luck.

Alex put up a valiant effort despite the loss of Charles, Davis, Avery, and like a quarter of his defensive backfield

You just said something 90% of the fans here just don't get. The NFL is a QB league. You don't have an elite QB, you don't win in the postseason.

(queue the Joe Flacco posts)

Tell that to the Ravens last season and the Giants the season before that. Defense matters a lot. The defense was incredibly conservative in the 2nd half, Sutton should have basically sent jailhouse blitz after jailhouse blitz at Luck, knowing he'd have to throw the ball, instead he got to sit back and pick them apart.

Horrendous defensive showing, had this defense even played average they would have won the game walking away. If your offense puts up 41 points, you should win every single m'fing time.

It's not his fault that we lost, but his play in the 2nd half illustrates why I've never embraced him. He was just a passenger along on the bus that went off the cliff. Might have ran up to the drivers seat to apply the brakes. Even with the bad defense, he was in a position to win the game for us. The best QBs do that.

John Dorsey lost this game back in April when he drafted a right tackle 1st overall and ignored the safety position. funny how the highest offensive totals of the year were when fisher was out.

Quoted myself, gasp?

You're damned skippy, **** this defense... Axl played this mfer to WIN.

When your QB throws for almost 400 yards, 4 TD's and no INT's, you should ****ing win every single time. Either Sutton needs to go or this defense needs to continue to upgrade, because they got worked.

I get that. I do. How many of those qbs could of over come losing their ONLY explosive play maker 6 plays in? That's not even the biggest loss for me.

Knile was a Beast.

That's what hurt the most.

Yeah, but teams that usually win it all still have a top 10-15 D. The Ravens were a good defensive team. The Packers were a top 5 D when they won... and the Giants certainly were a very good defensive team in both Super Bowls. We'll see if we've crossed the tipping point, but most elite teams still play some semblance of defense.

While I kind of agree with you. But other than turnovers, did the Chiefs EVER once stop the Colts in the second half?

I truly don't recall them ever doing it.

Must be nice throwing the defense under the bus with "44 points" while ignoring the points scored off turnovers.

The whole team sucked shit in the 2nd half, including Alex.

Excellent point.

I have a full complement of respect for you CD... but this take is FULL OF CRAP.

378 yards, 4 touchdowns... but its still "he just couldn't answer the bell?"

BULL ****ING SHIT.