Ten Things About Today's Game Week 13: KC 40, Faiders 9
 

Ten Things About Today’s Game, Week 13: KC 40 Faiders 9

10. I was completely out of sync all day. Overnight I wasn’t feeling well. Had a cramping stomach ache and some impressive gastric pyrotechnics. Meesh Meesh woke me up a couple three or four times and the northwest wind gusting to 50 mph blew a couple good sized tree limbs down on the aluminum awning on the side of the house, making one Hell of a racket. When I finally did get pull my ass out of bed, couldn’t drink coffee because of a sour stomach, so no Lucky Chiefs Coffee Cup, and no hanging of the Porch Chiefs Flag in a Sunday Morning Cyclone. Tried to eat a little before leaving for Arrowhead, but it just made me queasy. So I took some drugs, went into the parking lot and just napped until 2:30 when Mrs. B and I donned our ice bowl gear and trudged in. Line outside took a long time to clear because when people bundle up, the security people take a lot longer patting everybody down. Got down into the seats when Oakland was on their first drive.

9. Typical Arrowhead cold weather game. On TV you can’t really tell how cold it is. The winds were steady at about 25 mph gusting to 40 mph at times. Wind was swirling inside Arrowhead. Must have been a nightmare for the kickers and punt returners. Buttkicker had an advantage since it was his home field and has been through it before. Luckily I sit as low as you can sit and there’s occasional burps of warmth that belch out of the tunnel when they open the doors long enough right below my seats. I really feel for the people who sat up in the top 300 section. They earn their stripes. The crowd was plenty loud. For those of you who were grousing about the crowd. it’s hard to generate 142 db when you’re bundled up in scarfs and gloves and six layers. Crowd managed to cause at least two Faiders false starts, which was pretty great.

8. My first general impression thinking about the game on the way home was, this game was the total Ying to the Tits Game Yang. The Tits game was a total and complete team loss. Today was a total and complete team win. All three phases played very well. For the first time in as long as I can remember, Chiefs had ZERO accepted penalties by the Faiders. Thompson got called for a hold, but it was offset by a Raider defensive holding penalty. The Faiders were the Faiders, as they had 12 well earned penalties, including a couple stupid personal fouls that sustained KC drives. They are a culture of disfunction and totally lack discipline, and they were their own worst enemy. Loved every minute of it, especially the New York NFL Office call on the Mullins’ DPI on the Robinson pass in the end zone. Mullins picked the pass after committing the foul, and although he was down by 24 points, started mugging and posturing in front of the Arrowhead End Zone Crowd. That pass got knocked down by the wind. And many of PMII’s passes were fluttering due to the heavy swirling wind. On a calmer, warmer day Patrick probably throws for around 250 yards.

7. Statistics can be so misleading. If I told you Carr threw five more completions than PMII, had the same number of passing TDs, threw for about 50 more yards; was only sacked one more time than Pat, and that the Chiefs D gave up another 100 yard rushing day, you would think this game was probably an Oakland win or at least a nail biter. Not so. Difference was the two Carr picks; including a pick six to Thornhill -which was the game dagger- and twelve Faiders penalties for 99 yards to KC’s ZERO. Four of those Oakland penalties awarded KC a first down. Raiders averaged almost six yards per offensive play, yet were only 3 for 9 on third down. Most of Carr’s passing yards came in garbage time in the last three minutes of the game.

6. Pat had 175 yards passing and a QBR of 79. He was only sacked once, and the one pick he threw was wiped off the board by the review boys in New York (they must have had money on us today). Pat threw for a TD and scrambled for another, where he ran to the pylon untouched. During the fourth quarter, Pat went over and spent some time with his offensive skill guys, talking about game stuff and smiling and having fun. That was good to see. Nice to have our entire O-Line back. Fisher totally crushed the left side of the Faiders front line on McCoy’s TD. Sloopy could have moon walked into the end zone. Just glad he didn’t lose the football on the way to pay dirt. This was the most complete offensive game in many weeks. Hill played well, Kelce has several nice catches, Robinson had a TD catch called back on a Termite hold. Speaking of The Termite, he did a great job on the fourth quarter drive. Chiefs chewed up about nine minutes in the fourth quarter; went 75 yards mostly running and Termite got his first NFL TD. The Faiders looked whipped during that drive. TOP was not that far apart, Oakland had the ball for about four more minutes. But they couldn’t get off the field in the fourth quarter and our running game just wore their ass out. They looked like all they wanted was to get the Hell into the locker room then out to KCI to catch that charter back to Oakland.

5. I was watching Frank Clark closely today, since there seems to be a great discussion here on the CP as to whether or not he sucks. He is generally not good at stopping the run. In the first half, Oakland ran at him over and over and over again. If he guesses right, he can make the occasional tackle for a loss. Today he had one solo tackle -for a loss- and no sacks. He came off the field with about six minutes left in the third quarter. One of the docs put his hand up under his shoulder pad and felt around. Clark winced and they sent him over to the blue tent. So don’t know how bad he is hurt or if it will affect whether he plays against the Pats next Sunday. Darrell Williams had a non-contact hamstring injury. He limped very gingerly down the steps to the locker room. I’d say he’s at least a two or three week injury if not more. Hope the other Williams can be ready to play Sunday in New England; otherwise it’ll be the Sloopy, Termite and Sausage Show.

4. Buttkicker nailed a 50 yard field goal into the teeth of that Northwest wind. Very important kick in the course of the game. The Faiders kicker Carlson puked up a major duck in the second quarter that landed about a full section to the left of the goalposts. He got a 30 yard gimme in the fourth quarter to avoid a shutout, and had the garbage time PAT blocked at the end of the game for a safety. Faiders also muffed a punt in the first half, but the Faid D was able to stop the Chiefs on a 4th and 1 to avoid giving up points. No matter. If you lose the special teams matchup on a road game, you’re probably not going to fare well.

3. I can’t wait to see the shots of Chuckie on the sidelines. I’ll bet he’s still grimacing in the air back to California tonight. When you shut out an NFL team for three quarters, that’s a good night, no matter who you’re playing. Spags needs to figure out how NOT to give up 100 yards to feature backs and how to cover backs and tight ends on three step drop passes. Thornhill’s pick was beautiful and was what I’ve been waiting for on those quick hitter passes all year. Sorenson got burned several times trying to cover tight ends. I’m very worried about Tommy Boy picking us apart with Edelman and Ben Watson, and Sony Michele running and receiving for well over a Ben Franklin. I’m not worried about Tommy throwing the long ball. He doesn’t have the arm strength to throw much farther than 25 yards or so accurately, and when he runs, it looks like he’s got lead weights in his shoes. Spags had the Pats number when he was with the Giants, so we’ll see what he dials up next week.

2. We’ve beaten the Faiders the last seven times we played them; swept them again this season, and Carr is lifetime 0-6 at Arrowhead. We have still not lost in the AFC West this year. Chiefs are 24-3 during the Mahomes era when we get a defensive TD. God, if we JUST could’ve won that Tits game, man…

1. So it’s 8-4 down the stretch run. If we lose at New England we’ll probably end up 11-5 and get one home playoff game for winning the AFC West. If we can manage to win next week, we could get a first round bye. Looking very much forward to next week’s game. It’ll be very special for Mrs. B and me. I’ll tell you why next week. Suffice to say, the Ten Things may be a bit late in posting. Please be patient. I’ll be processing a lot!

Great write up and it sounds like George is gonna get that threesome hes always wanted next week. I hope we win to make it that much better!

Sloopy? LMAO

Thank you G. Glad the Chiefs made ya feel better.

Great write-up as usual George! Thanks!

In.

Great read, GB.

Hope you and the Missus had a good time out there today.

Thanks, great write up as always.

Hang On Sloopy...
Sloopy Hang On!

Another note on the "hold" on Thompson. That was 100% not a hold, just a bad call by the refs and cost the Chiefs a TD, unfortunately. Doesn't matter in the grand scheme, but Thompson really played fantastic football and I'm hoping the injuries to the RBs are a blessing in disguise similar to what happened with Hunt.

This was a solid game. Really encouraging to see no penalties anywhere. I know we poked fun at Andys comments on working on the fundamentals during the bye, but the work clearly paid off.

Darwin Thompson needs more touches. His running style clearly meshes better with our lackluster line than any of our other backs. This dude made a living breaking tackles in college, and his performance on the final drive was the best our run game has been all year.

Nice to win a game with Pat not having to go for 300+ and a handful of TDs.

Defense forcing 7 turnovers in 2 games, as well as a score is very encouraging also.

Great job, you're the greatest...

Time for this team to get hot, Gman!

Good write up George.

Question:

Do Days like today make you think “damn, that rolling roof would be nice” ?

Or do you think being a traditional outdoor stadium holds a significant advantage for the Chiefs against the west coast teams and indoor teams?

DThompson looking so good was also a byproduct of the formations and personnel Reid called - getting out of shotgun 5 wide looks was huge. Going tight, I formation with 12, 21, 22, and 23 personnel is exactly what the run game needs, no matter who is carrying the ball.

The 3rd down play-action out of I formation 22 personnel was a thing of beauty that made my heart sing.

its been a long 2 weeks, blowfish!

thanks for braving the cold, you are a real trooper!! drink some soup, go to bed, and call in sick tomorrow, you have my permission!!

Great write up but I was hearing the theme to the Twilight Zone all game because we were never called for any penalties. At one point the Faid had like 12 penalties and we had none. Did we ever get any?.......Hopefully the Raiders stick with Carr for years to come because he is a proven loser.

Excellent work George.

Feel better sir.

**** the Raiders.

I heard/read/saw somewhere that the final pat block + 2 points put the game over the over/under total. Not sure if that is true or not but knowing the NFL wouldn't doubt it

Thanks George for the writeup!

Well, I've got a phone call in to Robert Craft's office to see if he wants to go out for a rubby and a tuggy before the game.

Waaaaaaaaaay before his time George. ;)

I saw the Chiefs play the St. Louis Rams in the Rams Dome a few years back. It was a cold December day in St. Louis. It was nice to be warm, but the stadium had absolutely NO atmosphere at all. I guess a stadium like what the Vikings just built would be OK, or something like what the Houston Texans have. And yes, our stadium has always given us a competitive advantage against the rest of the AFC West in December home games.

It's the official state song of Ohio. Did you know that?

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Yea. I’ve been to several December arrowhead games over the years. A few in miserable weather. It’s not fun. Especially if the Chiefs lose.

Good for you for hanging in there for so many years. Thru the good and the bad.

Great as always Gblow, thanks :thumb:

Great read, as always George and THANKS!!

P.S. Texans are doing a nice job against the Pats tonight. I hope the Chiefs can do the same next week.

Very satisfying win. The team generally showed up today and it puts us in good position next weekend to go into NE and emerge with a victory.

Excited to see how this team ends up breaking our hearts! :popcorn:

Great write-up, George! I feel like the Chiefs defenders all seem to know the scheme and be consistently in position. When we get beat it is match-ups, which I can live with. Spags is better than I gave him credit for when we hired him.

Thanks George!

I don’t think honey badger gets enough credit for one of his pics against Rivers in Mexico. Amongst Rivers 4 pics one of them honeybadger completely fooled Rivers into making a bad throw. The Thornhill pic 6 was a thing of beauty and an all pro play. That the kind of result you get from studying tape and watching a QBs tendencies.

As usual, the best write up for the game that you'll find anywhere. Thanks for another good one.

Great read george!

First of all I'll just say you're a trooper, George. Belly aches are no fun, especially sitting in the cold and wind.
The Raiders were just the Raiders today, stepping on their dick at every opportunity. Watching Chuckie was even better.
I kind of hated to give up that TD during garbage time, but it was kind of worth it to see the PAT get blocked and returned for 2. Icing on the cake.

Thanks again for a great writeup!

I was at that game, 2010. Matt Cassel came back from his appendectomy.

Me and Brittney. Went and played a benefit for Joyce Harkins that night.

It was as dry and lifeless of an atmosphere as you describe. Good nachos, though.

https://archive.org/details/dw2010-12-19

Thanks George!

Lol yeah Gruden had a look on his face right from the early interception like he knew it was gonna be a long day.

Thanks GB. Always very much appreciated.

If anyone deserves a Super Bowl it's you big guy! :rockon:

Glad the Faders didn't disappoint. Great read, thanks. :thumb:

My sister sent me this from 1963:

I thought the wind had a big effect on Mahomes passes.. Hopefully the weather at NE will be calmer..

It did. Considering the weather, I thought Reid called his most complete game of the season. Mahomes was extremely efficient.

That’s very clever

Weird day. Great win. Thanks George.

I agree. The only play I had a major problem with was the 4th and 1 in the 1st quarter. I would have rather seen a 2 TE set with the Sausage and ram it up the middle. That would have been a statement. That said, the deep ball just wasn't there due to the wind. Even 15 yarders were an adventure. You take what you can and win, end of discussion.

Speaking of the Sausage, how about his catch for a 1st down. He ain't pretty, but he's worth every penny we pay him.

Need to see him on the field more. Less 1 back, more 2 back sets. 21 and 22 personnel. 2 back/2 TE and pass off of playaction, like that catch you referenced. Put him at Hback and run Shady and Termite out of 2 back sets, as well. I FORMATION. He's too talented and adds a physicality to our offense to be sitting on the sidelines so much.

Especially now it's cold December we need to blow away the defense with a Sherman tank.

Yes.

Plus he has fresh legs.

Wham blocks and the Wing-T, my kind of football!

That's where the NFL is headed back. It all goes in cycles, and NFL defenses are geared to stop the fast break, RPO spread style and can't stop the run. Look at what Baltimore and SF are doing. Baltimore is literally running a wishbone offsense at times. The Redskins beat Carolina yesterday with like 250 yards rushing.


The running game is BACK!

These write ups need to be archived in some way for posterity. Seriously.

Great write up. It was odd being a tad disappointed when we were up by 24 to 0. I guess I just wanted more offensive explosion, but as has been said, given the conditions etc, this was a perfect game.

Great write up George!

Raiders side of the story in the SF Chronic:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/raiders/...d-14874273.php

Agreed, that's exactly what a FB is for. Yeah, yeah, deep ball ESPN highlights, but winning sure beats some talking head drooling over a throw/catch when your team loses 31-24.

Thanks, GB. These must feel so good to write...the antithesis of having to force yourself to be creative after a loss like TEN. Hopefully you get to write a feel good one after the guys stomp a mud hole the cheaters next weekend.

After just under 3 years in Scottsdale AZ, the thought of sitting in Arrowhead in Dec or Jan is nearly nil. I feel your pain GB.

Nice write-up and I see a couple of things you wrote that stick out to me:

1. The statistics
2. Frank Clark
3. Beating the Raiders 7 straight times and owning our division like they are all little bitches.
4. Buttkicker/ST

-We did 50% of the effort to win and the Raiders did the other 50% with their turnovers and penalties, so Raideresque
-Stats would say it was a back and forth game yet it never was
-The amount of pain we have inflicted on our division is even better than the pain the Pats have inflicted on their shitty division.
-Frank Clark is so overpaid this far on what he delivered it's a shame. I hope he can either have surgery at season's end to fix his issues or get back to why we signed him for so much.
-ST played well and to have ZERO penalties almost felt rigged for us.

Overall hard to disagree or add much. It was the most boring 31 point victory against the Faiders I can remember. The best parts to me were Juan Thornhills pick six, Kelce's nice 42 yards perfect pass from Mahomes, Mahomes running it in and the midget scoring late in the game.

Then just as I was ready to shut off the TV and sleep before my overnight shift, we block a PAT and return it for 2 points. That was just so damn funny! Made my day.

We need to be healthy, have a great game plan and be ready to beat the Patriots with everything we got. It's gonna be tough.

I would hate like hell for the Patriots to start falling out of contention and instead of us taking their place, it's the Ravens.

We better get better against the run.

Thanks GB and hope you feel better today. :clap:

Nice write-up George!

Great sideline reporting and write up George. Meesh Meesh must have been worried you'd sleep in and miss the game. He knew it was Raider week.

Great job George!
Thanks

Here's some pictures I took at the game. The Super Bowl IV trophy is in a glass case right where I go down in Sec 119 to my seats. I try to visit it for good luck before each game. He wants a baby brother.

For those of you watching on TV: Here's what the sideline TV guy's rig looks like. He sits up about 15 feet in the air. This guy had a picture taped on the back of his chair. Looks like he's missing his wife and kid.

Finally, took a pic of Meesh Meesh when I got home after the game. He's a good boy. He's my football buddy.

Came here solely for Meesh Meesh

Oakland folks are dumb as ****

look at this time of possession pie chart here
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28:19 is not bigger than 31:41 but that's nice you dumb raider ****tards

Thanks George! First game I've attended in quite a few years and it was a good one.

The wind was horrible, not only gusting over 30 mph but also changing directions during the game. It certainly didn't allow for many long passes to be successfully completed and I think the adjustments made in that regard were good ones. Major kudo's to the upper deck fans, I was down in the bowl and it was pretty brutal.

Got to catch up with luv and 007, always good to see folks you know.

Your 10 things are always honest and spot on.

crack cocaine is a helluva drug, and it's a big deal to Raider fans

You had to have bone tired and colder than a well diggers ass coming home to bang out another excellent 10 Things, gb

I was cold just watching that game on the couch, thanks again mang

Good write up George, I read it when I got home from the long drive back from Arrowhead. The one thing that caught my mind was this:

I didn't see that at the game and was wondering the same. I just rewatched the first half and they ran at Frank only 3 times when he was in the game. 1 for a small gain, 1 for a big loss, and the one that was a big run for 28 yards. The 28 yard run could have been holding as Frank was trying to set the edge, and it appeared got tugged pretty good. They mostly ran between the A and B Gaps or to the outside, or D gap away from Frank. He may not be meeting expectations, but they didn't run all over Frank yesterday. Just another perspective.

Again, enjoy this weekly.

I can deal with cold and wind. The worst is freezing rain. I remember one of my lowest points as a Chiefs fan was back when Gansz was coach, we were playing the Packers at Arrowhead in late November/Early December and both teams were tied for the worst record in the NFL. And the Packers were kicking our ass all over the field. It was a steady, freezing rain and swirling wind, around 30 to 40 mph. The rain would make your coat soaking wet and then freeze it like a big popsicle. I remember thinking how mentally ill I was to be sitting out there in that weather, watching the next to the worst team in the NFL make my team the official worst in the NFL. Only thing close to that despair was the Chiefs-Panthers game the day after Belcher killed his girlfriend and himself. That was such a sad, useless game. We won, but neither team nor the fans were into it at all. Everyone just wanted to get the game over with.

They ran at K-Pass a lot too. Teams run those off tackle plays like we used to run with Priest Holmes all those years. And they throw to the backs to beat our linebackers. Raiders tried throwing to the Tight End a bunch yesterday too. I think Carr had a hard time in the cold and wind throwing accurate passes. It was just a bad day to play football.

On the stat sheet, I believe Clark was only credited with one tackle yesterday. It was for a loss, but only one tackle. He needs to be more involved, but I will give him credit for drawing holding penalties. Teams have to hold him to stop him on many occasions, so that certainly helps.

Excellent!

Scho said he thought Frank Clark was overpaid. Maybe he is, but the worst offender for "overpaid" is Sammy Watkins. He's up in the same stratosphere with guys like Donald in LA and some of the QBs in the NFL. He makes twice what Kelce makes, and he hasn't had a TD in over 100 days. Yikes.

Here’s your #11 of ten things, great lore... you’re a stormtrooper

Excellent write up GB!!!!
All ten are spot on!!!!

Upper Deck was brutal....but kicking the raiders ass always makes it worth it!!!

Mother of God.

I love you, George, but I'd have been better off if you would have kept that stat to yourself. ROFL

You know, he was part of the crew that made Jalen Ramsey cry in the first game after Hill went out. I thought maybe he'd turned a corner. NOPE.

During the week, discussion centered on Carr’s past struggles in Kansas City and in cold weather. At kickoff Sunday, it was 36 degrees with a wind chill of 25 degrees. Carr, who finished 20-for-30 for 222 yards, was asked if the conditions had an effect.

“No, I threw the ball fine,” Carr said. “Like, it felt great. If we don’t have those two turnovers, we’re very efficient. … But then you have two turnovers and they’re like, ‘Oh, gosh, stats.’ I’m not into that, man. I think we handled it just fine.”


Carr grades out perfectly

Won't disagree with that. I was a big fan when Watkins was signed but that has to be ONE OF THE BIGGEST disappointments in FA Chiefs history. :doh!:

I won't shed a tear when he is gone. D-Rob can easily fill his shoes

I don't get why we got rid of Jeremy Maclin and get Sammy Watkins they the are one in the same.

Ironically Conley is doing pretty well now and Albert Wilson did when he went to the Dolphins.

They seem to get lazy when they are here.

No, just expensive.

They earned a #2-3 wr payday and were never going to be more than a #3-4 on our team.

Great read George.