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Chambers sought legal help vs. ex-girlfriend Ex-Charger admits to extramarital affair

IISaiNtII — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:00:49 -0000

Chambers sought legal help vs. ex-girlfriend
Ex-Charger admits to extramarital affair

AP FF League: The guy who hasn't logged into the league in 3 months is winning the league with a...

IISaiNtII — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:04:04 -0000

AP FF League:

The guy who hasn't logged into the league in 3 months is winning the league with a 7-1 (connerman) record... WTF?
I'm having a terrible run as of late, but feel like my team can turn around and break into the playoffs...

How does everyone else feel about their teams? Or have you even looked at them?

AP Flea Flicker League

I won't have a breakout game not until two, three years down the line. But I'm going to do what I...

IISaiNtII — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:34:21 -0000

I won't have a breakout game not until two, three years down the line. But I'm going to do what I can to make sure if I'm in (the game), nothing goes wrong.

Steelers rookie 3-4 DE Ziggy Hood

Really good read I thought, and can serve as a comparison to Tyson Jackson, or even Dorsey

My halloween costume

IISaiNtII — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:14:57 -0000

My halloween costume

Pride and Prejudice: Welcome to Monday

IISaiNtII — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:06:11 -0000

Welcome to the Monday after a long awaited WIN. God it's glorious to type that, think that, say that the Chiefs WON! Color me anything but black or gray right now because, WHEW! It's such a great day when your team wins, and things go right for them for once. The calls seemed good (from what I was able to see) from the refs, the Chiefs moved the ball between the 20's fairly well I thought, and the defense got some huge stops against a team with enough players on offense that could have been dangerous and looking for vengeance. Be prideful in being a Chiefs fan, today, tomorrow, all the time. The Chiefs absolutely earned this one.

I hope everyone goes to work tomorrow talking about how great it is the Chiefs won, even though it was against a team like the Redskins. But the 'skins have some solid players that could explode all over your face at any moment. Haynesworth, Portis, Betts, Cooley, Moss, Randel El, even Campbell is a decent QB (well, better than FatMarcus Russell anyway) and anyone of those guys could have made a play at any point in the game to change things for the worse. The Chiefs adapted, worked with what they got, and put together a damn fine game against a pretty damn good defense and potentially potent offense (if not coached by Zorn, which he was officially relieved of OC duties after losing).

While I want you to be prideful, and enjoy this win, remember, this team is still trying to find things out about itself and find how they have to win every week. They are making strides to find their limitations but not test them in a way that they bite themselves in the ass. Don't get overly optimistic they've turned "the corner" and have found their way. Remain prejudice against unwarranted optimism. Tomorrow is a new day, and I'm pretty sure in Todd Haley's mind, the Chiefs are 0-0 this week. The monkey is off their backs, now they have to focus on scoring touchdowns.

Remain vigilant, Chiefs fans. Rejoice today, but be cautious for tomorrow.

Why you shouldn't be mad, upset, or hopeless ... Part 2

IISaiNtII — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:39:09 -0000

Firstly, the world isn't going to end in 2012. So, rest assured there will still be football that year, and the year after. Unless that is, some sort of Knowing-esque solar flare destroys the earth and everything not snuggled up to it's core (which being filled with, ya know, magma and whatnot probably wouldn't be any better than needing 5,000,000,000 SPF and an indestructable oxygen tank that could survive on the sun, but hey, whadda I know anyway).So when 2012 eventually rolls around in just a little more than 2 years, rest assured the perennial playoff contending Chiefs will still be playing after the New Years day on 2013.

So, in much the same fashion as we've grown accustomed to over the last 30 games, the Chiefs dropped yet another win, in a game they could and SHOULD have won. Why? Lots of reasons, really, but nothing that should make you mad, upset, or hopeless.

Why you shouldn't be mad

The Chiefs are a bad team. They were bad last year, and have made a plethora of changes in the offseason. Unfortunately, those changes aren't working to their favor, as it did, say, for the Dolphins. The GM, Coaches, and numerous player turnover all attribute to where they are now as a team. I'm not saying you should be happy they are 0-5 by any means, but really, what did you expect from them?

Prior to the season starting if you thought this was anything more than a 4-5 win team you were delusional. AP's own preview of the season had the team 8-8, but we're all homers and WANT the best for the team, and hope that they're competent enough to take advantage of other teams weaknesses. But they're not. 5 games into the season, they've lost 2 games they should have won, and lost 3 more than they should have lost. Heartbreaking? Yes. Unexpected? Shouldn't have been.

Why you shouldn't be upset

Really these two sections are pretty similar... but you shouldn't be upset. With the lack of a rushing attack, Matt Cassel played.... good. Really good I thought. Also, I think it's only a matter of time before LJ is no longer the primary back. First down rushes, sure, let him go for it. After that he has no business of the field. I was willing to give him a chance to prove he's changed, and can regain that domination he once showed. Clearly, that was a result of the line in front of him, and the offense the Chiefs had at the time. Things change, and LJ is now, for lack of better words, a useless commodity in this offense. I think it was worth a shot, and that shot has been blown. Time to move on and help this team find ways to find itself and win a game. And really, that's what this season is going to be about, finding out WHO this team is, who wants to win and finish every play, and how to win in the face of adversity. They'll get plenty of that too, because looking at the remaining schedule, it really doesn't get any easier from here on out. Games that they may have had a shot at prior to the season starting are looking like almost surefire losses if they play X team on Sunday (Bengals, for instance).

Basically, this is a team rebuilding, for the long run. Their first few moves to make this team watchable haven't exactly panned out just yet, but give them a chance to find their own way. It happens when a team changes directions, there's always going to be growing pains. It still tugs at your heart strings as a die-hard fan, but you have to let them get a good foundation for what they want to do, one offseason isn't enough time to do that, no matter how many free-agent backups they brought in.

Why you shouldn't be hopeless

This is a team in transition. Everyone from top to bottom of this franchise is learning their role on the fly, and learning best how to gather players, coach them, call plays, and basically do what is best for the team in the long run and now, and finding that balancing point. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if this team rallies in the second half of the season and become a much stronger and cohesive unit. It also wouldn't surprise me after they get that first elusive win, if things change for the better coaching-wise as well. This team is ~~talent-hungry~~ talent-starved. So many years of bad draft picks have set the team back much farther than was anticipated earlier this year.

This loss stings as did the Oakland one. The Chiefs were in a position to win, made strides to do so, and scored when they had to and kept themselves in it and got themselves 2 OT possessions to try to put it away. A better team, a couple things done this way instead of that way, and the Chiefs could be 2-3, or even maybe 3-2. But they haven't found their way just yet. When they do, when they become a cohesive unit with playcalling to match their abilities, watch out. Until then, the bandwagon will be waiting for you to jump back on.

Why you shouldn't be mad, upset, or hopeless

IISaiNtII — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:06:47 -0000

Ahhh, this is such a familiar feeling, and it sucks. Everyone loves the winner. They envy them, strive to be like them, and generally kiss their ass with such fervor that it makes "yes" men cringe. However, our Chiefs are not winners. They're 0-3, coming off what many are describing as an epic failure the likes of which hasn't been seen since the Dark Side left that 3-meter garbage chute opening on their Death Star for that star-crossed kid named Luke to shoot a photon into to destroy a most awesome planet of doom. But what was expected? Was there ever any belief coming into this season that a largely unchanged from last year's Chiefs team could beat these very good and complete teams the Chiefs are faced with this first half of the season? If you thought that, then you just hoped and fooled yourself into your hurt and pain you feel now. Shame on you.

Let's see why you shouldn't lose be mad, upset, or hopeless

First off, the Ravens. Proving to be a very good and complete team thus far, the Ravens didn't slaughter the Chiefs any worse than the Eagles did. The score didn't indicate that, but the stats sure did. By some of the reactions from fans and the media, I don't know why the Chiefs would even bother showing up to play any more games this season. In fact, they may as well fire Pioli, Haley, and all of their players and staff. Clark should just sell the team and they should move to LA, because if they can't beat teams who are far superior talentwise then there is obviously no hope left.

The Raiders are a talented team. It sucks to say and admit, but it's the truth (well, except at QB, Russel is a waste of space). But by all rights, they should be. They have been picking high in the draft for how many years now? And they've overpayed to get talent. Now, they are figuring out how to make it all work, and Cable may be the best coach to manage that team since Madden since he's a "Davis" guy. The Ravens, Raiders, and Eagles have more talent than the Chiefs. Hell, I'd say 31 teams have more talent than the Chiefs. The Chiefs are just plain bad.

But that didn't happen overnight.

So why shouldn't you be mad?

Well you shouldn't have expected the Chiefs to win a whole lot of games. If you did, you set yourself up to get mad, and have only yourself to blame. The new guys in charge can't put together a team overnight (look how long it's taken for the Texans to get it even close to being right). This team was dismantled, beat down, and just plain screwed from top to bottom when Pioli and Haley came here.

So why shouldn't you be upset?

Frankly, I'm a little upset, and I didn't even see the game. These guys are professionals and are getting paid win or lose, in a league of supposed parity, the Chiefs are outmatched at every position it seem like. How the Chiefs got ~~defacated on~~ ~~butt raped~~ ~~screwed~~ this schedule given to them after a 2-14 season I'll never know. It seems like every week they face a new playoff contender from last year. But you can't be upset at the crappy team the Chiefs are for playing their hearts out against obviously superior teams. Teams who have been through the rebuilding, been through the pain, and are in their primes. This is a young and obviously immature Chiefs team. The Ravens and Eagles are tough, smart, fast, and well-coached teams that are very good at every aspect of the game. Losing to the Raiders just sucks no matter how I try to spin it, so I'm back at they're talented and they damn well ought to be for how many high 1st round picks they have on the team.

So why shouldn't you be hopeless?

Because we are 3 games in to 16 game season. The Chiefs have played 2 damn good football teams, and one very talented one. The Pioli/Haley duo has had ONE offseason to start this change, and it was a VERY short one. People were willing to give Herm 3 years, but Haley only gets 3 games? He's new at this, give the guy a chance to learn from his mistakes before you crucify him and declare Pioli the anti-christ GM. Just because the sun isn't shining over Arrowhead yet doesn't mean it won't ever again.

Keep the faith, Chiefs fans. Lets see how this season plays out, and stop living and dying with every play of every game.

They list the technical specs behind quarterbacks' helmet radio transmitters, which they use to...

IISaiNtII — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:59:50 -0000

They list the technical specs behind quarterbacks' helmet radio transmitters, which they use to relay signals from the bench.

The White Supremacist Plot To Bring Down The NFL

How can there still be people like this in today's society? It's disgusting to hate someone based on their ethnicity.

Charles Barkley to Shawne Rapeasaurus Merriman "Dude, you're one of the best football players in...

IISaiNtII — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:33:44 -0000

Charles Barkley to Shawne Rapeasaurus Merriman "Dude, you're one of the best football players in the world; don't get your women off of reality TV"

Yeah, you know you suck when you get your ladies that couldn't make the cut for Flava-Flav's VH1 show. Tila Tequila, you're cute, but super annoying. Go away please.

AP FleaFlicker FF league

IISaiNtII — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:29:19 -0000

So we're a week down, and got the first seasons winners and losers.

1	The Pontiacs 1-0
2	Bad Luck Hobos 1-0
3	Renegade Nuns 1-0
4	offensive lines 1-0
5	AP_Chris's Team 0-1
6	Paddy's 2009 Team 0-1
7	the maribou crew 0-1
8	Arrowhead Tailg8t'rz 1-0
9	Jersey Slobberknockers 0-1
10	nothingspecial 0-1
11	Chiefs in 2029 1-0
12	DTR's Killbots 0-1

They're ranked in order of most points scored in week 1.

Matt Conner, moobs27, and briankc, you guys have the longest inactive period of 15 days or more... might want to login and check out the team :)

DTR:
Horrible week one for you buddy. Your bench got more points than your starters, might want to fix that... just saying ;)

This is my first 12 team league, and I have to say I think it's pretty sweet. Unless you're playing the bastard who has Adrian Peterson (looking at you Pontiacs!).