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This season is now officially better than last

KC FAN IN CA — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:20:50 -0000

Hey not to say I was right but.... This season now is officially better than last. :) I just wanted to be a complete jerk and say it before someone else stole my thunder.

Offense is playing better
Possible QB of the future...(unlike last year)
Our defensive coordinator will probably be gone
UC is buying lottery tickets and sharing the pool with all of us
Lanier is officially changing his tag to The Big Nastradamus 63
oh yeah and some guy got fired this year and it was deserving because of lack of production and false hopes.

You were right I was wrong

KC FAN IN CA — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:27:10 -0000

I have to start off UC, Saint you were right we could not win out.

That has to be by far the most disgusting loss I have ever been a part of And the luckiest for an opposing team. (close to the Derek Anderson break out game)

The only problem I saw with coaching was the challenge before the two minute warning. There are 2 minutes and six seconds left they are not going to get a play off let the time run down watch the replay on the jumbo tron and then before they run the next play if you feel it is something to be challanged throw the flag dont stop the clock twice. Seperate note I can't agree with anyone who says we should have went for it on fourth down. This isn't Madden we were up by two scores the previous play was 3rd and one on both tries the first with 12 mins left which did not end up in a score but a fourth quarter sack which Jared Allen could not do (don't think I am saying I dont miss him but I remeber KC pushing that stat down our throat after the trade. The second try was with 6 mins left after we just stopped them. If someone wants to say that we should have ran a different play on the third and one prior to the fourth down like say a bootleg, or the option (which I rather enjoyed) is a valid but unproveable point.

This was not a bad coaching game It was the Football God's way of saying we hate you this year but not as much as last year. This year we like to rip your heart out and allow you to watch it be sauteed in a white wine sauce and fed to you slowly with a side of Artichoke. Instead of like last year were it was handed to us out of the dumpster behind the (insert disgusting fast food restaruant of your choice) the week before becasue we all knew there was no hope for it to even look remotely presentable.

QB comparison for the Bills game

KC FAN IN CA — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:46:12 -0000

I figured I would put the spread sheet I made to some more use. The nice thing is after next week I can have a bigger sample size...

There are two spread sheets one is first five games as a starter the next is five recent starts. I know we are intelligent enought to realize Bones' stats are the same for both...

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Games started	W	L	Opponent	Margin of loss	Comp	Att	%	Total yds	Yds per Att avg	TD	INT	Fumb loss	Sack	Yds Loss per sack	QB Rating	Rush Att	Yds per rush
Edwards	1		NYJ 4/12 need I say more?	-3	22	28	78.6%	234	8.36	1	1	0	2	16	98.5	1	-1
		1	DAL 13/3 one and done in the playoffs	1	23	31	74.2%	176	5.68	0	1	0	3	28	74.1	1	6
	1		BAL 5/11 they lost to the dolphins…	-5	11	21	52.4%	153	7.29	0	1	0	2	14	56.2	0	0
	1		NYJ 4/12 see above	-10	14	21	66.7%	130	6.19	0	1	0	1	4	63.6	1	2
	1		WAS 9/7 nfc wild card play off team	-1	22	36	61.1%	257	7.14	0	0	0	0	0	82.8	2	4
Total	4	1		-18	92	137	67.2%	950	6.93	1	4	0	8	62		5	11
Average	W			-3.6	18.4	27.4	66.6%	190	6.93	0.2	0.8	0	1.6	7.75	75.04	1	2.2

Bones		1	Atl 6/4 Playoff contender AFC south	24	14	36	38.9%	128	3.6	1	3	0	2	11	23.8	1	18
		1	NYJ 7/3 AFC East leaders	4	25	36	69.4%	280	7.8	2	0	0	4	30	110.9	4	20
		1	TB 7/3 Playoff contender AFC south	3	14	25	56.0%	164	6.6	1	0	0	1	0	89.4	6	22
		1	SD 4/6 I still expect them to give Denver a run	1	27	41	65.9%	266	6.5	3	0	0	1	3	108.4	2	26
		1	NO 5/5 Best Offense in the league	10	19	38	50.0%	235	6.2	2	1	0	4	29	76.1	3	45
Total		5		42	99	176	56.3%	1073	6.10	9	4	0	12	73		16	131
Average		L		8.4	19.8	35.2	56.0%	214.6	6.14	1.8	0.8	0	2.4	6.1	81.72	3.2	8.19

Some things I noticed

1 TD in 5 games....
Completion percentage over 65%
The margin of loss column is negative???...(see below)
I had to add a column for what are those things called... oh yeah wins (sarcasm)
Not a big runner he was 5/11yds over the five game span

Last Five starts

Games started	W	L	Opponent	Margin of loss	Comp	Att	%	Total yds	Yds per Att avg	TD	INT	Fumb loss	Sack	Yds Loss per sack	QB Rating	Rush Att	Yds per rush
Edwards	1		SD 4/6 see below	-9	25	30	83.3%	261	8.70	1	0	0	0	0	114	4	6
		1	MIA 6/4 2nd in AFC east	9	21	35	60.0%	227	6.49	0	1	1	2	7	67.2	4	17
		1	NYJ 7/3 AFC east leaders	9	24	35	68.6%	289	8.26	1	2	1	5	27	79.3	1	-1
		1	NE 6/4 3rd in AFC east (they are the Pats)	10	13	23	56.5%	120	5.22	1	2	0	2	12	49.2	0	0
		1	CLE 4/6 that was a tough fought game	2	16	26	61.5%	148	5.69	1	3	0	0	0	50.3	3	7
Total	1	4		21	99	149	66.4%	1045	7.01	4	8	2	9	46		12	29
Average		L		4.2	19.8	29.8	66.0%	209	6.87	0.8	1.6	0.4	1.8	5.11	72	2.4	5.8

Bones		1	Atl 6/4 Playoff contender AFC south	24	14	36	38.9%	128	3.6	1	3	0	2	11	23.8	1	18
		1	NYJ 7/3 AFC East leaders	4	25	36	69.4%	280	7.8	2	0	0	4	30	110.9	4	20
		1	TB 7/3 Playoff contender AFC south	3	14	25	56.0%	164	6.6	1	0	0	1	0	89.4	6	22
		1	SD 4/6 I still expect them to give Denver a run	1	27	41	65.9%	266	6.5	3	0	0	1	3	108.4	2	26
		1	NO 5/5 Best Offense in the league	10	19	38	50.0%	235	6.2	2	1	0	4	29	76.1	3	45
Total		5		42	99	176	56.3%	1073	6.10	9	4	0	12	73		16	131
Average		L		8.4	19.8	35.2	56.0%	214.6	6.14	1.8	0.8	0	2.4	6.1	81.72	3.2	8.19

Still holding a 65% completion ratio
Averaging better than 200 yds a game
He is good for two turnovers a game (avg over the last five starts)
QB rating at 72

Hopefully the defense can improve our total YPG average or the BIlls will end there four game skid.

oh yeah Edwards last five starts Edwards first five career starts and Bones (almost forgot to reference the stats, doh!!)

Why Tyler "Bones" Thigpen is a better candidate for Quarterback of the future then you know who was.

KC FAN IN CA — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:11:58 -0000

I know there are going to be people who say that this is a small sample size. I am not annointing him a HOFer because I already did that.

When Tyler does pan out (and B Albert and, J Charles and...) this is by far better than Walker from Dallas to the Vikes trade. I want to be remembered as well for calling it out.

I am just sayin.

The main reason for the small sample is this is just games started and thats all we have for Bones. It is kinda funny though that Brodie could not make five complete starts prior to going down with injury. All of this after the Jump (ps I could not get the whole spreadsheet to fit and it looks best when viewing wide {see button on left; yes that is a shameless plug for front page})

Games started	W	L	Opponent	Margin of loss	Comp	Att	%	Total yds	Yds per Att avg	TD	INT	Fumb	Sack	Yds Loss per sack	QB Rating	Rush Att	Yds per rush
Brodie		1	Indy Playoff team eventual AFC South Division Champs	3	19	27	70.4	169	6.3	1	0	0	2	7	99.2	0	0
		1	Oak Beat us on draft day too (technically)	3	12	23	52.2	145	6.3	0	1	0	3	17	53.7	4	10
		1	Den This game was Horrible	34	15	29	51.7	132	4.6	1	1	2	5	19	61.3	0	0
		1	Ten AFC Wild Card Team	9	25	43	58.1	217	5	2	2	0	0	0	67.7	1	6
		1	Det* John Kitna was only a lil off	5	9	12	75	69	5.8	0	1	0	0	0	53.8	0	0
Total		5		54	80	134	59.7	732	5.46	4	5	2	10	43		5	16
Average		L		10.8	16	26.8	61.2	146.4	5.6	0.8	1	0.4	2	4.3	67.14	1	3.2

Bones		1	Atl 6/4 Playoff contender AFC south	24	14	36	38.9	128	3.6	1	3	0	2	11	23.8	1	18
		1	NYJ 7/3 AFC East leaders	4	25	36	69.4	280	7.8	2	0	0	4	30	110.9	4	20
		1	TB 7/3 Playoff contender AFC south	3	14	25	56	164	6.6	1	0	0	1	0	89.4	6	22
		1	SD 4/6 I still expect them to give Denver a run	1	27	41	65.9	266	6.5	3	0	0	1	3	108.4	2	26
		1	NO 5/5 Best Offense in the league	10	19	38	50	235	6.2	2	1	0	4	29	76.1	3	45
Total		5		42	99	176	56.3	1073	6.1	9	4	0	12	73		16	131
Average		L		8.4	19.8	35.2	56	214.6	6.14	1.8	0.8	0	2.4	6.1	81.72	3.2	8.19

			*did not finish game (Who could see that coming)

Stats Taken Here Brodie & Bones

The stats that are cut off are Rushing Brodie 5/16 with a 3.2yds avg per rush and game and Bones is 16/131 with an 8.19yds per rush and 26.2 per game (better than LJ for the last month :)

Now lets be realistic Brodie looked good against Peyton in his first start. Bones looked pathetic against the Falcons. Or did they. Brodie took no chances in that game. We had no LJ and it was his first start so Herm had a very conservative game plan. Bones was disgusting in the first half up until to the two minute warning. Yes he did have LJ which worked to his disadvantage. Hear me out 4th and goal LJ runs a sweep to the left and is supposedly stopped on the one inch. We score we are down ten (if the kicker not the one who should never be named had done his job it would only be seven) Bowe doesn't trip on astro turf in a dome, Bones doesn't press, no pick six. We lose by three. Ok thats a stretch. Statistically Bones has dominated the incumbent. That was Brodie's best game in the NFL as a starter. The oxymoron to that Bones worst start was his first start. I would much rather have someone on the ascension then someone who had platued in his first NFL start (forget that he can't stay healthy).

Guarantee 'Bones' will get his first win becasue I am going to the Chiefs Game this weekend

KC FAN IN CA — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:09:51 -0000

Luckily I bought these tickets prior to my ex boss becoming my ex boss or I would not be going to the game on Sunday. This is becoming somewhat of a tradition for me. Last year was great obvoiusly because we won but my son was just under a year and we took him.

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Two things are changing my son is not coming this year my wife (who is a converted fan by me) my freind and his girl (they are not chiefs fans) are currently on the roster. Change number two I will not be wearing my white L J jersey because he aint on the roster either (fantasy {espn lets you put him on IR thank god} or real)...

Chris I will try and take some pictures to post I got us pretty good seats behind the chiefs bench. We will want to have some posterity when we start up the original 'bones' enshrinement.

I am going to see if he will autograph the picture (I have to post it any oppurtunity I get)

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oh yeah and Chris I will tell him you have been on board since we stole him from Minnesota

I'm thinking about becoming

a big time Thigpen supporter, just to save my sanity.

Arrowhead Pride

by Chris on Sep 18, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up actions 0 recs

lol :)

Side note

When Tyler does pan out (and B Albert and, J Charles and...) this is by far better than Walker from Dallas to the Vikes trade. I want to be remembered as well for calling it out.

"KC FAN IN CA"

Sorry I know I jumped around but if anyone else is here, in cali or going to the game leave it in the comments because with our powers combined...(bonus points for knowing that, if you recycle dont need to use the link)

The Powe is yours. (see link above)

Lets play devils advocate

KC FAN IN CA — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:48:54 -0000

I wrote this as pesimistacly as possible. Am I a bit dejected yes , but there are positve spins to "most" of these (34-0 no way to make that positive unless you played to win the g... no) but if you can't pull something from strife then you are not truly living life. This has been my week in a nutshell

Sunday - The chiefs get annihilated to the tune of 34-0. I watched the whole game because that is as close to masochism as I come. I am a displaced Homer in the fact that I have 3 chiefs on my fantasy roster (chose best available…. Sounds familiar), D-Bowe, T-gone (foreshadowing [another beautiful literary element] and LJ at pivotal positions. So you have to start LJ right well I left Tim Hightower on the bench (scored 15 pts) and Steve Slaton (scored 21) while he put up the Roc Diamond just rounder. I lost by 4 @&*^% pts and went to 4-1 joining every other team with at least one loss.

Monday – I have always enjoyed Baseball… I now have several reasons to dislike the Boston Red Sox. Yeah they own the Angels in the post season, yeah they were a better team this year and in previous years then the Halo’s, and yeah they are well coached and play together. But not like a team that everyone slept on and is going to beat them because they are younger and twice congealed (especially the hawk) compared to them and they don’t know they are playing the "Bohstun Red Soxck"; resurrected from the curse of the late great Bambino. I still dislike them (and the patriots - that's more envy) Well we know the rest Chowd’s 3 Halo’s 1 (games)

Tuesday – My 401 K quarterly report…. The fed dumping money into the system to no avail… need I say more (I will with this cartoon {aside my first name is in fact Ray}

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Wednesday – 12:12 pm after five + years of loyal service to my former employer (foreshadowing kinda) My position was eliminated. The owner who has treated me like a son (since we went to Vegas and got drunk and played black jack at the playboy casino while he ignored every single one of his wife’s phone calls) Told me as he handed me my check if there is anything I can do let me know, a letter to your next employer anything… I wanted to say stroke a *^&%($% check for my bills and my kids college tuition that should be fair you &*%&( (^%^. Instead I left amicably.

What next….

Awww f*(&

Now Trade Rumors of Tony Gonzalez. If they do trade him Shame and a curse must be laid on the entire organization. They are bound to not get enough and even if they do (I have been told I look like Nicolas cage widows peak... I think is why) I am clairvoyant enough to know that they will blow the picks.

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So lets here some positive from this... If you can't think of anything you might be heterophobic... I used to watch 7th heaven just because of her.

I am just curious I thought the PARADE would have done this

KC FAN IN CA — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:02:33 -0000

Why havent we seen any thing with pictures of pig pen playing football?

like this

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OR this

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With some clever editing With Pig pen stating

"i am going to start for the Chiefs and Mr. Sackintosh said 'great because it won't be his fault that I get dirty' followed up by a classic "good grief"

Similar subject... well maybe not

I do have a question though

If the skeleton shows up and they show it in the View box with a pink jersey on and we lose....

Would we get the same reaction from D-Bowe as T.O.

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Do they even have pink Thigpen jerseys in a skeleton's size????

I hope I didnt beat you to the punch parade but I had to do something because honestly I am not looking forward to Sunday

MVP

KC FAN IN CA — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:40:42 -0000

I have to say it. I don't want to but it needs to be said. This man has done everything posible to help his team win ever since he originally stepped on the field. You all know who I am talking about.....

Dustin Colquitt

LOL I wish I was joking and there was someone else that was dominant in this game but no. I was proud of the Chiefs and how well we played and know this season will be a lot better than last year.

KC STAR CHIEFS BLOG REPORTS ROSTER CUTS

KC FAN IN CA — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:17:08 -0000

Defensive tackle Maurice Murray, offensive tackle Ken Shackleford and defensive end Jonal Saint-Dic were let go Tuesday, the first day the NFL requires rosters be trimmed to get down to 75 players. Receiver Kevin Robinson, who's missed the entire preseason with a knee injury, was moved to the injured list and won't count against the Chiefs' roster.

The link = KC CHIEFS BLOG

They also state a kicker will round out the final cut which we all knew.

Did you see this play? TG was wide open

KC FAN IN CA — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:55:18 -0000

I am writing this from work because I woke up thinking about it after I watched the game yesterday. I hate to put a disclaimer on it but.. I could be incorrect in some of the assignments (I don't think so but maybe) I am open to discussion on this it might take me a while to respond but TG was open!

During the second drive in the first quarter with about five minutes left its third down and the Chiefs needed 8 yards to convert (if memory serves correct) The receivers were covered through progression Brodie arrived at the check down to Smith. While I watched on DVR at full speed it looked like the safe play and probably the correct choice. But... when the replay came on I noticed something that just did not make since at all. The play looked like a weak side flood (I am not that versed in play calling or actual plays less my experience with Madden) which is a play I run in madden on third down often especially in mid yardage territory 4-7 yards or possibly on an audible if outside linebackers look to be blitzing and I can pick one of them up. The formation normally starts out with a modified I with the full back lined up offset to the left the TE can line up on the line or in the slot, with two wide receivers, and the half back lined up further behind the full back yet directly behind the quarterback. The wide receivers run corner routes and or comebacks, The full back can run a pattern to the flat or can stay in to block, the half back runs a check down to pull the middle linebacker towards him. The key to this whole play is the TE and the linebackers. Tony chipped the strong side backer at the line and Damion took over so Arizona was rushing five (w/ the d line) the weakside backer was covering the full back (cox I think) and Kolby started to make his cut over the top of the lines. When Colby did that the linebacker normally freezes at this point you have just a split second to make a decision depending on what else is going on

1. Check down because the safety is coming over to help with the tight end and the coverage downfield is on point. (Which I did not see the angles were not great from the replays though)

2. Check down because the blocking is breaking down (it was not)

3. Stare down the check down and the second the MLB commits hit the window outside of his reach to the streaking TE for atleast 15 - 20 yards

Brodie chose option number two kinda…Show him what he won Vanna. A front row seat to the current MVP of our team Dustin as he continues to gain more practice than any other punter in the league!!!

I joke a lil and hopefully Dick and Brodie have already gone over the film and realized this. I have never put down Brodie before (except when he tried to make the shoelace tack in Detroit and got his hand stomped on) and I know it is preseason, he might still be a little shell shocked from last year getting knocked around, and chan might want to show some reserve…. No I’m sorry from what I saw Brodie blew it. I know it is just one play but come on. I practiced with my freshman football team in high school during hell week and never played organized football again but I know that play was blown. (that is in fact the epitome of arm chair quarterback J)

I have yet to see the progression from Brodie Croyle that warrants a starting job in the NFL. I hope he proves me wrong or my Rewind button on my DVR might wear out if the season is anything like that play.