RHETORICAL QUESTION TIME AFTER ANOTHER CHIEFS' LOSS
If you didn't see today's Cowboys-Chiefs game,consider yourself lucky, it was one of the most brutal 3 1/2 hours of televised sports I've watched in a while. Watching a Chiefs game is like slowing down to look at a wreck on the Interstate, you feel guilty, but you just can't look away. If you're a loyal Chiefs' fan like me or if you just like trainwrecks, you witnessed it on TV or even worse, in person. For you, I have a few rhetorical questions you probably yelled at your TV or wondered aloud while waiting to pee in Arrowhead's spiffy new restrooms.
Rhetorical question #1:
How does your worst tackling, most picked on cornerback, Maurice Leggett, continue to cover Miles "I'm havin' the day of my life" Austin when both starting corners are still on the field????????
Austin caught 10 passes for 250 yards & 2 touchdowns, he dropped a third. The rest of the Cowboy receiving corps caught 10 passes for 101 yards, so Austin is the one guy who's killed you all day, right? Clancy Pendergast also used rookie Donald Washington to cover Austin early on, then switched to Leggett. I think Carr & Flowers covered him less than 5 times, I'm going to need this one explained to me.
Rhetorical question #2:
Does Kansas City safety Jarrad Page understand the job description of his position?
The job is safety, meaning you're the last line of defense. When someone breaks into the secondary & it's you or them, you give ground, try to pin them to the sidelines, slow them down & hope help arrives. You cannot run straight at a ball carrier who only has to put a slight move on you, or in this case, kick it into 5th gear & you're dead meat. Really, really a terrible play by a veteran.
Rhetorical question #3:
When you have the worst offensive line in the NFL, does it make any sense to roll your quarterback out occasionally?
When you leave him in the pocket, they know where to find him & with that line it only takes about 2.5 seconds & they're on Cassel. Cassel needs to learn to throw the ball away, he holds it forever, knowing his line is being overrun. Not having a backup tackle was really poor planning, Wade Smith can't block inside guys, he was totally overwhelmed trying to contain DeMarcus Ware. When you have the worst offensive line in the NFL, why do you insist on running delays? They can't overpower guys when they know the snap count, they have zero chance of sealing off D-linemen 1.5 seconds after the snap. Everyone is dumping on Larry Johnson, Adrian Peterson couldn't run behind this line & maintain a 4-yard average & that's a fact. I've been squawking about this horrendous line now for 3 years. If this isn't addressed in the off season as Priority #1, fans are going to bail on this team, the talent they have put out there is just embarrassing.
Rhetorical question #4:
Is it the goal of #3 overall pick, Tyson Jackson, to amass 10 total tackles for the 16-game season?
Glenn Dorsey is making this guy look bad. Tim Krumrie must know every skeleton in Todd Haley's closet. How they carried this guy over from Herm's staff is simply beyond me.
Rhetorical question #5:
Is it me or is Troy Aikman employed by the Dallas Cowboy public relations department? Is he an apologist for Tony Romo & the 'Boys?
I know he played for Dallas, I know he played for Jerry Jones, I understand he is going to have some natural bias for the team he led to 3 Super Bowl Championships. But he is really in the tank for Dallas. I wonder if the Cowboy radio network is more objective than Aikman? The Cowboys lost 2 games to teams that are undefeated. They've beaten 3 teams, that until today, hadn't won a game. What I'm getting at is how badly Aikman misinforms the viewing public as to the real state of the "Cowboy Kingdom". They're not a good team, they won't make the playoffs, Romo is the most overrated player in the entire league. Troy knows it, he's not blind, nor stupid, he just clings to the hopes of Cowboy resurrection. It may happen, but not with this coach, not with this quarterback & not with an owner who gives up half their draft for players like Roy Williams.
Rhetorical question #6:
Has anyone spotted the 22 guys off the street that could win 2 games? The guys Todd Haley referred to right after taking this job, have you seen those guys?
Jeez, even Cleveland won today, the winless club is shrinking but unfortunately I don't see the Chiefs putting one in the W column. The longer you lose, the harder it is to win, counting preseason, we've lost 13 in a row & 20 of 21. The last win inside Arrowhead, once the toughest place in the league to play, was September 28, 2008. I expect to see more Chiefs' fans disguised as empty seats with each home game, I saw about 10,000 of them today. What a sad thing this is watching a once proud franchise reduced to a humiliating cellar-dweller.
Rhetorical question #1:
How does your worst tackling, most picked on cornerback, Maurice Leggett, continue to cover Miles "I'm havin' the day of my life" Austin when both starting corners are still on the field????????
Austin caught 10 passes for 250 yards & 2 touchdowns, he dropped a third. The rest of the Cowboy receiving corps caught 10 passes for 101 yards, so Austin is the one guy who's killed you all day, right? Clancy Pendergast also used rookie Donald Washington to cover Austin early on, then switched to Leggett. I think Carr & Flowers covered him less than 5 times, I'm going to need this one explained to me.
Rhetorical question #2:
Does Kansas City safety Jarrad Page understand the job description of his position?
The job is safety, meaning you're the last line of defense. When someone breaks into the secondary & it's you or them, you give ground, try to pin them to the sidelines, slow them down & hope help arrives. You cannot run straight at a ball carrier who only has to put a slight move on you, or in this case, kick it into 5th gear & you're dead meat. Really, really a terrible play by a veteran.
Rhetorical question #3:
When you have the worst offensive line in the NFL, does it make any sense to roll your quarterback out occasionally?
When you leave him in the pocket, they know where to find him & with that line it only takes about 2.5 seconds & they're on Cassel. Cassel needs to learn to throw the ball away, he holds it forever, knowing his line is being overrun. Not having a backup tackle was really poor planning, Wade Smith can't block inside guys, he was totally overwhelmed trying to contain DeMarcus Ware. When you have the worst offensive line in the NFL, why do you insist on running delays? They can't overpower guys when they know the snap count, they have zero chance of sealing off D-linemen 1.5 seconds after the snap. Everyone is dumping on Larry Johnson, Adrian Peterson couldn't run behind this line & maintain a 4-yard average & that's a fact. I've been squawking about this horrendous line now for 3 years. If this isn't addressed in the off season as Priority #1, fans are going to bail on this team, the talent they have put out there is just embarrassing.
Rhetorical question #4:
Is it the goal of #3 overall pick, Tyson Jackson, to amass 10 total tackles for the 16-game season?
Glenn Dorsey is making this guy look bad. Tim Krumrie must know every skeleton in Todd Haley's closet. How they carried this guy over from Herm's staff is simply beyond me.
Rhetorical question #5:
Is it me or is Troy Aikman employed by the Dallas Cowboy public relations department? Is he an apologist for Tony Romo & the 'Boys?
I know he played for Dallas, I know he played for Jerry Jones, I understand he is going to have some natural bias for the team he led to 3 Super Bowl Championships. But he is really in the tank for Dallas. I wonder if the Cowboy radio network is more objective than Aikman? The Cowboys lost 2 games to teams that are undefeated. They've beaten 3 teams, that until today, hadn't won a game. What I'm getting at is how badly Aikman misinforms the viewing public as to the real state of the "Cowboy Kingdom". They're not a good team, they won't make the playoffs, Romo is the most overrated player in the entire league. Troy knows it, he's not blind, nor stupid, he just clings to the hopes of Cowboy resurrection. It may happen, but not with this coach, not with this quarterback & not with an owner who gives up half their draft for players like Roy Williams.
Rhetorical question #6:
Has anyone spotted the 22 guys off the street that could win 2 games? The guys Todd Haley referred to right after taking this job, have you seen those guys?
Jeez, even Cleveland won today, the winless club is shrinking but unfortunately I don't see the Chiefs putting one in the W column. The longer you lose, the harder it is to win, counting preseason, we've lost 13 in a row & 20 of 21. The last win inside Arrowhead, once the toughest place in the league to play, was September 28, 2008. I expect to see more Chiefs' fans disguised as empty seats with each home game, I saw about 10,000 of them today. What a sad thing this is watching a once proud franchise reduced to a humiliating cellar-dweller.
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