I fear this will be a short thread. It will never catch on with the drama queens. I mean how can you beat your breast and claim to know more than the professionals who have the best record in fooall over for over a decade, when you are saying positive things. We all know is SOOOOOO much easier to tear something down, than to build it up.
We may very well lose this game because ANY road game is hard in the NFL, and KC is one of the toughest venues in the league to come in and play at. KC also has one of the most productive QB's over the last couple of years, and THE most productive RB. They also have 2 of the best Pass rushers in the league in Hali and Houston. What could possibly go wrong.
Nice OP, Rob. There are a LOT of positives we can garner from the first 3 games.
1. We have stopped the bleeding from the first game gashing of out run D.
2. We have a secondary that is feared, rather that exploited, for a change. And that's a secondary that's a secondary that's missing 2 key contributors (Browner and Dennard)
3. We have lost only one starter for any length of time (Siliga) and have several key players getting healthier with every game. When was the last time we could say that.
4. Ridley has run well and not fumbled. Though I'm amazed at so many RB's who seem to fumble all the time yet continually get a pass from both fans and the media. (see Demarco Murray with 3 fumbles already). It only points out how unfair the media and certain fans have been to Ridley.
5. Hightower has been playing to his potential and we've seen more explosive plays from him in 3 games than we've seen in 2 years. BTW- I think too much attention has been made of his improved pass coverage. A lot of that has to do with the fact he now has coverage on the outside rather than the middle.
BTW- I never understood why he took so much heat last year. 90% of all ILB's (and 100% of 270lb LB's) can't run with RB's and slot receivers over the middle, like Hightower was being asked to do last season. So why were people shocked when Hightower got beat so often. Why did they feel the need to berate him for something entirely out of his control.
6. We are the 3rd best D in total yds in the league. And more importantly the FIFTH best scoring D in the league, and that's despite giving up 33 in the first game.
7. Revis is every bit as good as what we've hoped. IIRC at least 3 of those passes completed against him vs Oakland could just as easily been picked or incompletions, that's how tight the coverage was. I can think of only one pass this season where you could honestly say he was "beaten" on a route. I'll take that in a league that specifically legislates the advantage to the passing game.
8. Pat Chung's pl;ay has exceed even the biggest homer's expectations. (and the whiners are pissed
)
9. Nate Ebner is getting meaningful snaps as a DB and doing well
10. Tavon Wilson seems to playing well when he replaces Chung in passing situations in sub packages.
Still if you think fantasy football points are the object of the game, then it probably IS time to panic.
