KC boards that I saw are mostly quiet about this game. Seems like a win is taken for granted; like how we would approach a Bungles game or somesuch. Was hoping to get more insight, but I forgot I was dealing with ignorant, illiterate, inbred KC fans.
I'll do my best. Seems like we play you an awful lot for a non division team. Which is fine. I guess you have become sort of a rival recently for us.
I don't think anyone really takes the Patriots for granted. Cam has been better than I expected for you. This early it's hard to say, but the Seahawks game in particular tells me you are still for real. I think the past couple days the focus has been on the Ravens beatdown because of the hype the Ravens were getting.
As far as the Chiefs go, our run defense numbers have been and are still not great. I think that's partly because teams game plan to run the ball against us because they want to slow down the game. And partly because our linebackers suck balls. We have some pretty good athletes up front though and we create enough negative plays to make up for that extra 40 yards a game that teams rush on us. Plus we generally get enough points on the board that makes it difficult to beat us by grinding it out. Most of the games we have lost have been shootouts. You guys, Rams, Titans etc. We have lost 1 games in the past 2 years where the opponent scored under 29. And Hill and Watkins missed that game.
I was not a huge fan of the Spags hire, but what he has done for our defense has been pretty amazing. Him, Clark, and Honey Badger seem to have raised the expectations. Jones causes trouble for people also.
We are thin at corner. Injuries and suspensions are hurting us right now. Sneed and Breeland are out. Ward has a broken hand but will play. Otherwise we are mostly healthy.
You know about our offense. Patrick has been really good so far and seems to be settling in. He can beat you a lot of ways throwing and running. And he has a lot of weapons. Clyde has been solid in the backfield. But not explosive yet. Also Andy and Bienemy are really really good at both game planning and in game adjustments. We have had the most problems with teams like the Chargers that can pressure you with 4 guys. Same with the 49ers. Lucky to have won both of those games.
HFA has obviously changed. I don't know how much it really affected guys like Brady anyway, but Arrowhead is obviously quieter than it would have been a year ago.
Like Bill, Andy is a solid coach. We don't have a lot of highs and lows in the regular season. Like you, our guys are prepared every week. His game management has been a question mark, but mostly that has been ok for the past couple years. Good quarterback play covers for a lot of things. We are playing with confidence right now obviously but I will feel better when this game is over.
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