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Thoughts on Chiefs vs. Vikings
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Thoughts on last night
Last night was the first preseason game for my beloved Chiefs. I am unfortunately not in a position to watch those games on TV. However, I can listen to them via the Chiefs radio network and the internet to this beggar is not going to be choosy. Here are some of my thoughts on the game last night from what little I could gather. Read more
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Preseason Starts!
Last night the NFL officially began its preseason schedule and I cannot be more excited about it. As a Chiefs fan one player I am very excited about is #56 Derrick Johnson, a first-round draft pick out of the University of Texas (about as much luv as they are going to get from an MU Tigers fan right now). Like so many of the Chiefs woes over the past two seasons, he struggles to be a consistent player from week to week. But as Johnson has repeatedly stated, as well as teammate and elite LB Zach Thomas, KC’s new defensive scheme seems tailor-made for Johnson’s skill-set. In fact Johnson says he is being asked to do the things that he did while at Texas, and hence be that first-round pick (#15 over all I believe) I’m looking forward to this highlight video expanding during the 2009 season by a lot.
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Bias Bias Bias
One of the things that I have really taken a passion for is football. Ever since the Superbowl concluded in February I have been waiting for football to start. I love football whether its college or the pros. I have really taken such a love for the sport that I’m even reading up on how defensive formations work (what is a 3-4, 4-3, various nickel and dime packages). Within this domain of football I’m most passionate about my MU Tigers and the KC Chiefs, priority going in the reverse order.
That last couple of years have seen my college team playing very well (MU being ranked #1 in the nation in 2007) and my NFL team having a dismal 6-26 record over two years; the year before that they went 8-8 and limped into the playoffs and got needlessly thumped in round 1. So I’ve been paying attention to what is said about my Chiefs and Tigers. One NFL journalist has really drawn my ire as of late, NFLN’s Jamie Dukes.
On TV, Dukes has a great personality and really has some keen insights to the game. He is great for the camera. I don’t know what it is but for some reason, may be it’s my own bias, but the Chiefs have not been able to do anything–and I mean anything–right since the owner hired New England Patriots’ personnel guru, Scott Pioli. Two examples stand out to me: hiring Todd Haley as the new head coach (HC), trading for Patriots’ backup QB Matt Cassel. Read more
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Please No!
Mizzou DBs practicing a pursuit drill
Has Gary Pinkel, head coach of the University of Missouri football team, gone nuts and turned into Oakland Raiders Owner/GM Al Davis?
Isn’t that why Oakland drafted Darius Hayward Bay? DHB had the fastest 40 time in the draft for wide receivers. I’m kind of nervous. True some of the best NCAA football defenses are quick, but come one. Don’t go insane like Al Davis. Please No!
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Mortal Kombat–KC Chiefs Defense Style
You know, any highlight reel set the Mortal Kombat theme can take a defense that’s 2-14 feel like they are 16-0. I learned this when I saw this highlight reel of the 2008 KC Chiefs Defense. The end to this video is so funny.
I just hope that their new defense can take this highlight reel and expand it out from just a few games a year to every year. There is real potential that I hope Haley and co. can unlock it all.
Oh and FYI: that last part of the video was not a hit to change the rules if it had been John Kitna or Brodie Croyle. The only reason why the NFL changed the rules to make that hit on Tom Brady illegal is because the hit was on Tom Brady, the NFL’s cash cow and we don’t want to hurt the league’s wallet now do we. Forget that this allowed a guy like Matt Cassel to get a chance to be a starting QB for a team of his own–it’s ironic that that hit landed Cassel in KC as our new QB, so ironic and funny.
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