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LJ is Staying?

DT58forever — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:28:28 -0000

LJ is Staying?

From BobGretz.com:

Didn't know if anyone had seen this, but maybe we were wrong about the grievance all along...LJ is staying?

"There’s so much bad information out there about that grievance hearing over Johnson’s contract. The Chiefs did not file the action, neither did Johnson. It was filed by the NFL Players Association. The Chiefs weren’t trying to prove anything, other than to defend the language in the deal that lifted the guaranteed money in this year’s salary because of his suspension. The whole action was pushed by the NFLPA."

Larry Johnson...one more time

DT58forever — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:42:00 -0000

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Washed up" running backs don’t average 4.5 yards per carry behind Rudy "M.D." Niswanger, Adrian "Thanks, Herm!" Jones and Damion "Thanks, Carl!" McIntosh. It’s simply not logical, at any level, and we really don’t even need to get into the absurd way LJ was under-used in the "Pistol" offense. If the Chargers can commit to LaDainian "3.8 yards per carry" Tomlinson after 2,657 career carries, then it makes complete sense for the Chiefs to at least keep featuring Johnson after 1,243 carries.
warpaint illustrated

I know were all sick of talking about L.J.

I just cant see how people really do think he has "so much milage" when he really doenst besides two 300+ carry seasons then having only played 20 games over the last two seasons i would say his body is well rested and should be ready for a another great season. That is if he stays with K.C.

With Albert, Waters, Goff at C or RG and maybe one of our yonger RT's can break the starting line-up, I can see the L.J. of old returning.

I have to disagree with people who say L.J. would be a non-factor in Haleys offense. Edge Rushed for 1200+ yards in 06 and 07. Edge missed 3 games and honestly does have "a lot of mileage". The guy was 32 last season.

Regardless of his recent stats L.J. demands respect from D's and gets it with 8 in the box. With L.J. on the field it will open up that pass happy offense for Haley. Without L.J. I dont see anyone else strikning fear in opposing D's.

your thoughts?

Raiders Sign Jeff Garcia

DT58forever — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:29:55 -0000

Sorry not a bunch of details I just heard this on the way to work this morning.

The Raiders signed Jeff Garcia to a 1yr deal to "back up" Russell. I dont really have anymore details but it looks like the Raiders actually did something that wasnt completely stupid. This could be good for Russell to actually have someone to learn from, not that I want him to get better. But I miss the old Rival days when it was tuff but fun to watch K.C. go at it with Denver and Oakland especially.

Bob on Dorsey

DT58forever — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:37:44 -0000

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I know we have all had this convo. here about Glenn Dorsey, and whether or not he's a bust.....or hes this or that. Frankly I think he had a Decent Rookie year and will only get better. And hopefully one day be a dominating DT...Anyway, this is a really good article that Bob Gretz wrote about Glenn Dorsey. He makes some valid points.

off subject but this has been one of the most exciting offseasons so far and we havent even signed any players yet........

enjoy the read!!

Anquan Boldin

DT58forever — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:23:18 -0000

Ok I know that a WR isnt one of our most pressing needs, and most likely I dont see us running after any too hard in FA. But i thought this was kinda interesting to see. I know he asked for a trade request earlier in the year....and still might want one after this year as crazy as that sounds.

What does any think we have of actually landing Boldin, or the likely hood we actually try to get him.

heres the link

Dorsey

DT58forever — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:30:40 -0000

I really wanted to do this for each rookie we've seen significant playing time from and could actually get a decent evaluation of.

I know you cant label him a bust hes only played 13 games, and I know the learning curve for linemen, and I expect him to get better(another impact player on the line would help) According to stats ive seen on here hes already passed The Great Warren Sapp in tackles, hes just has 2 less sacks. If you asked me Dorsey was brought here to stuff the middle pick up the double team and push the inside back. But what good is a double team when your DE cant beat anybody 1-on-1

I just wanted to know everyones thoughts on Dorsey are and where you think he will be next year.

Problems

DT58forever — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:49:36 -0000

im at work so ive got to make this fast

from what ive been reading and hearing i thought id highlight a couple problems and see what everyone thinks.

Can we even evaluate good talent, or help players to grow? ( and i dont mean our new draft picks) Things like why havent we seen more D-Williams at linebacking with how short we are. What about other LB's we let go Fujita, Mitchell or even Walden and Savage I thought they were great role players. Lets not forget the one of the reasons our running game has gone down hill Tony Richardson. ( yes I know we didnt have shields or roaf....im just saying)

Or the signing of DVD and his great get caught from behind speed!( he has 7 catches this season) Mark Bradley was a good sign! But we would have never firgured that out if we didnt start running the spread... I think we have poor talent scouts.

Dont take this the wrong way but with a season pretty much wrapped up why arent we given more of our raw players some play time EX: richardson, morgan. Now overall we have given our young players plenty of playing time and i think that is great.

Ive tried to give Herm a chance but more and more Im starting to see how incompetent he really is. He consistently makes poor game decisions. I read a recent article at warpaint that pretty much nailed my whole point on this one.

Sorry I know its very scattered and not detailed but duty calls

Whats everyones stance on some of these issues?

D doesnt always win Championships

DT58forever — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:51:04 -0000

Im not a big stat guy so im going to try and make this as short and sweet as I can.

Herms a defensive minded coach and thats good but to me D doesnt take you all the way. You've got to have an offense and actually put TD's and not FG's on the scoreboard.

here are some stats I found online from the Ravens D over the last couple years.

2001 Points allowed per game (16.6) 4th best in NFL take/give aways [-8] 23rd best that year they lost in the 1st round of the playoffs

2003 (17.6) 6th [+3] 9th lost in wildcard

2004 (16.8) 6th [+11] 5th no playoff appearance

2005 (18.7) 10th [-10] 28th no playoff appearance

2006 (12.6) 1st [+17] 1st lost in 1st round

sorry Im at work and didnt have time to find pass/rush yards but the point im trying to prove is even with a D that can shut out opponents you still have to be able to score. To me these are the most important stats anyway how much you let the other team score and how well you take care of the ball yourself.

sorry its a pretty sloppy post.

Coaching in 09

DT58forever — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:41:59 -0000

Im not going to sit here and bash Herm, frankly i dont have the energy for it, and plenty of others have already taken care of it.

Im not too sure what to think about the coaching situation...as much as i dont want to say it, it would be meaningless to fire herm 5 games into the season. Herm like Croyle have 11 games to prove why they deserve to be here. Herm has done some good things this year youth movement and actually stuck to it which includes our great draft! (but on the other hand why do you have Mcgraw getting playing time over Morgan, sackintosh over richardson or taylor)

There plenty of things to say about the chiefs this year but, like i said for me this guys got the rest of the year to turn it around and prove he should be here

I didnt know whether or not Mike Holgrem is retiring but his contract is up in Seattle

or possibly the raiders coach that got fired Lane Kiflin(however thats spelled) According to what ive heard players really like him and he was starting to make progress in oaktown, but was cut short, well you know the story.

Who do you think would be good canidates to help this team?

the playcalling

DT58forever — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:25:03 -0000

First off I just want to say Congrats for the Chiefs holding their own today against the big bad pats..

But on to the playcalling, im sorry but werent we suppose to open up our "vanilla" playbook this week and hit them with something there not expecting. I saw the some of the same plays over and over, I watched T.G. go in motion and L.J. run to his side atleast 6 times and it was about a two yard gain We ran the ball on almost every first down play and I know were going to be a run first offense but why didnt we hit them with a playaction and throw a bomb downfield Hell atleast try it once it was pretty obvious we were trying to grind it out...I forgot where I read it but I thought Chan was suppose to be good at adjusting at the half.....I didnt see too much of a change. the only time I saw a change was when Huard was brought in, THEN they finally took some shots downfield, WHAT happened to the bootlegs that worked pretty decent in preseason for Croyle. I would have liked to see a screen for charles or maybe a few more pitches to him to see what he could do, but he still had a good game for limited touches

I do realize it is a new team and new system and new O.C. and maybe we did try and keep it simple for week one, let the players try to execute, but if not I dont like what I saw from our offense, dont get me wrong we were decent against a SuperBowl D.

But BIG ups to our D for really keeping us in the game!!!!!

As for Croyle I feel bad for the guy, alot of people already want to write him off, I think Herm and Chan or somebody behind the scenes have it embedded in Croyles head "dont take a chance" yes we can win more games if Croyle can manage them which means more check-down passes and throws out of bounds. If we want to see what Croyles made of hes gonna have to take some chances we cant just keep telling him to manage the game, he needs a little bit more freedom, yes he can make audibles which is great... but thats not good enough. Maybes it me but I just dont really think KC is taking advantage of the arm this kid has,

did anyone else see D-mac getting burned on almost everyplay, thank god he wasnt our LT Croyle would have been out for the season. Does anyone else think we should put in Herb on the right side and see if he gels with the starters D-mac cant have to much left in his tank anyway and hes injury prone.

Im not trying to be negative just a little bit of what i thought we could do different

what do you yall think?

first post GO CHIEFS!!!!!