First post as well. The game still hurts As hell. On the bright side, we have found our QB for the foreseeable future.

Six, SIX points scored in the final 28 minutes. One, ONE long sustained drive in the final 28 minutes.

When your defense starts leaking that badly, a QB worth his chops puts a long TD drive together to stem the tide. A. Smith could not do that.

Alex Smith is the least of our worries at this point.

You are reeruned.

Astounding retort, sir.

Generally, I read through the entire thread before responding, but I just have to stop here.

You are not wrong.
Losing a 28 point lead is a failure on the part of both the offense and the defense.

But is the failure on offense Smith's fault or Reid's?

I look at the playcalling, and while he didn't run the ball, he did become extremely conservative in the passing game, effectively playing not to lose, and in essense tying Smith's hands, who had made play after play, after play to build that lead.

Smith should have won this game.
Reid and the defense lost it.

Lets do away with the moronic simpleton buzz words and phrases and get to substance.

After Smith draws the Defender up-field and makes the TD pass on 3rd down.

COLTS
TOUCHDOWN 80 yards, 1:52 elapsed

KC
32 yards, 2:47 elapsed
*Hist worst play of the game. Mathis strips him.

COLTS
TOUCHDOWN 41 yards, 1:28 elapsed

KC
3 plays, 5 yards, 1:34 elapsed
*2 runs and Bowe can't hold on to a 3rd down conversion.

COLTS
1 play, 0:06 elapsed
*The INT that TY Hilton handed to KC

KC
FIELD GOAL 4 plays, 4 yards, 1:32 elapsed
*Short completion, Knile no gain, incomplete pass

COLTS
TOUCHDOWN
80 yards, 1:41 elapsed

KC
6 plays, 40 yards, 2:44 elapsed
*Misses Gray 60/40 on who you want to blame on overthows/RB coasting down the sideline

COLTS
TOUCHDOWN
90 yards, 4:02 elapsed

KC
11 plays, 58 yards, 5:02 elapsed

COLTS
TOUCHDOWN
80 yards, 1:15 elapsed

KC
Final drive.
*Bowe is nudged can't keep his foot inbounds. Most likely win if he does.


COLTS scored 5 TDs in 10 minutes and 18 seconds

1 point every 17.7 seconds they had the ball.

Actually, I'm not sure I wouldn't give Jenkins a real opportunity to compete for that 3rd receiver position with McCluster.

We saw on 2 different 3rd down plays what real speed there can do.

Jenkins is maturing and looking more comfortable. I expect big things from him next year. Love his speed.

I used to think you were a coward...no you are just a ****ing moron

The RB carries in the 2nd half...

K.Davis 3 yards
K.Davis 4 yards
K.Davis 2 yards
K.Davis no gain
K.Davis 2 yards
K.Davis 5 yards
C.Gray 2 yards
D.McCluster 3 yards
C.Gray 3 yards

The offense was able to get passes to Bowe late in the game, 2 were not caught that could of gotten more points/won the game.

Despite the lame running attack after the Colts adjusted for not having to contain the game break potential of Charles.

Despite the injuries that had KC having to shuffle the sub packages and trying to manufacture something with their role players or 3rd stringers.

Clearly, having Charles would of made no difference in this game what so ever.

Clearly losing Knile, who was playing like a MAN POSSESSED, running over dbs, and running like Bo Jackson, and having to rely on special teams ace, and rarely used Cyrus Gray, made no difference.

Viper, you have known me for a long time. People will see what they want to see.

If you can boil down this loss to two plays, that is pretty sad.

That's what we are left to deal with.

Oh you mean a QB like Manning? Like he did in New England this season? The only problem they had in the second half was the playcalling. Of course one healthy rb and more than one receiver would've helped too. There's only one QB in the league who can take castoffs and journeymen and win games with no talent, and he plays for Patriots. And even Brady can't do it in the playoffs with no help.

And if you really fault your QB after that game last night, I suggest you follow another sport, as you clearly have no clue about football.

You're right...he couldn't..after losing his #1 and #2 HBs...his only deep threat receiving option and a drop by Bowe that would have breathed life into the game when all else was loss (that isn't to say that Bowe didn't play well yesterday..he did with the exception of maybe two key plays).

Alex is the first QB in the history of the NFL to play as well as he did and still lose the play-off game. If you can't understand that he is the only reason the game was close in the first place, then god help you.

This.....Smith has gotten better and more comfortable all season. Yesterday when they let him loose (like Milkman is saying) he was a stud.

When Andy decided to go conservative instead of for the throat, we lost.

Watching Andy yesterday was like watching Pinkel all the time....you know they are so conservative that eventually they let the other team catch up. The difference is that luckily for Pinkel on Friday night HIS DEFENSE came up with the big play when it was needed.

Our Defense pissed down it's leg.