SB Nation User Blog: PVChiefsfan

Anyone interested in going to the Chargers game?

PVChiefsfan — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:42:20 -0000

My parents have season tickets and are trying to sell their two tickets, plus wolfpack bracelets (to get into the Pavilion and use the "special" entrance) to the Chargers game 21 December. The seats are I think 19 rows back about 6 seats into the endzone from the tunnel. They are asking for face value ($168 for both tickets). If anyone is interested, please e-mail me at marleysdaddy@gmail.com and I will pass your e-mail address on to my parents.

Thanks, and thank you Chiefs for beating the Raiders!

Thanks to everyone who contributes

PVChiefsfan — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:10:24 -0000

I just hopped over to our SBN Raiders counterpart, silverandblackpride, and saw that the front page still contained an article from 2 weeks ago. I want to thank everyone for the hard work and time all contributors put in to make this site what it is. Some days, so many things go on the front page that all of that days posts won't fit. This is truly the best source of Chiefs info on the series of tubes.

Also, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

"See" you all on Monday =)

Drastic Changes?

PVChiefsfan — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:18:11 -0000

Several weeks ago, the Chiefs apparently figured out the the "Run it up Niswanger's Butt" offensive strategy wasn't going to lead them anywhere. That coupled with the loss of 2 QB's in the same game led to the change to the spread offense. Since then, even though we are still losing, I think all of us will admit that the offense is playing much better, scoring points on solid defenses, and most importantly, turning red zone trips into TD's rather than FG's so short even Novak could make two-thirds of them.

That being said, shouldn't we consider a similar drastic change on defense? Our pass rush is HORRIBLE because we do not have a line dominant enough to consistently generate pressure on their own. Yesterday, I think we blizted Edwards 3 times. In the games where we blizted consistently (meaning more than one time per every 3 series =) ), we generated good pressure (forcing both Cutler and Favre to throw interceptions). Why don't we change to man coverage the majority of the time, and blitz? Yes, it puts Flowers and Carr on islands, but I'll tell you, I haven't seen them out of position very often (Carr especially seems to always be stride-for-stride with his guy, even on deep routes). I'm willing to risk a big completion or two for a chance at sacking the QB or forcing him to make a poor decision. Thoughts?

Draft 2009 - DE, MLB, & WR?

PVChiefsfan — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:32:31 -0000

Walterfootball.com's mock draft has us finishing just behind the Lions in the "FIght for Number One". As of today, Brian Orakpo is our choice at number 2.

Kansas City Chiefs: Brian Orakpo, DE, Texas
If you're not a Chiefs fan, chances are you won't know this. OK, guess how many sacks Kansas City's defense has as a whole this season.

Fifteen? Way off. Ten? Nope. Four? No, that was last week's total!

The Chiefs have six sacks on the year! Six freaking sacks! They foolishly traded away Jared Allen prior to the 2008 Draft, while moving Tamba Hali to right end failed miserably. Hali, now back at left end, needs a dominant pass-rusher across from him to once again play at his 2007 level.

That man can be Brian Orakpo. Through nine games, Orakpo has 13.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks, as he's established himself as the premier defensive end in this draft class. Kansas City's young defense would greatly benefit from having him rushing the opposing quarterback.

Offensive line is the only other option now that Tyler Thigpen has emerged as a stud quarterback.

Then we pick Brandon Spikes at number 35

Kansas City Chiefs: Brandon Spikes, ILB, Florida
Napoleon Harris was Kansas City's middle linebacker when the season began. That failed miserably, as Harris was cut a few weeks ago. Pat Thomas took Harris' spot, and based on Kansas City's defensive rankings - click here for accurate NFL Run, Pass Defensive Rankings - it hasn't exactly worked out too well.

and Derrick Williams at 63

Kansas City Chiefs: Derrick Williams, WR, Penn State
If Tyler Thigpen keeps improving and proves to be Kansas City's quarterback of the future, he'll need another receiver to throw to besides Dwayne Bowe. Bowe and Derrick Williams would be an awesome receiver combination, assuming the latter pans out.

I'll change this pick if Mark Bradley keeps up his torrid pace. Given his history, I just don't trust him for now.

1) Could people who know more than I do list the strengths and weaknesses of these guys?

2) What do people think about these choices?

3) If Bradley pans out as a solid #2, who would you like to see us pick in Round 3 in this scenario?

Double Topic FanPost - 2 PM meeting and LJ

PVChiefsfan — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:27:05 -0000

1) Apparently Edwards had a 2 PM press conference to talk about Goodell and LJ. Has anyone heard anything about it?

2) I thought I'd share an insider's story about LJ. My coworker does some DJ'ing on the side, and one of his buddies DJ's in the P& L District. Here is my coworker's e-mail to me

He (LJ) went up to dj at one of the clubs. Gave him a song list and told the dj to play it. The dj said he cant because the club already has a play list.

LJ threw down $500 and told the dj to play his list. The dj tells LJ that his job isn’t worth $500. LJ goes to the bar, buys a bottle of champagne with the $500. goes back to the dj booth and pours the champagne all over the equipment, trashing $10,000 worth of gear. LJ says something to the effect of “here’s your $500 and your job”….

LJ and his bodyguards get kicked out and then is permanently banned by the P&L business association.

That’s why he’s always in the Plaza…

Now it is hearsay, but I believe my coworker. Take it with a grain of salt if you wish.

The Chiefs and Croyle

PVChiefsfan — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:40:16 -0000

So if Croyle is truly done for the season, then he is done as the Chiefs' QB of the future. We will likely be drafting a QB fairly high in the first round, or possibly trading a high pick for a young QB wo is already in the league (though I can't see us going for anyone much older than 26 - we need 6 solid seasons out of our next guy).

Croyle is aparently made of wet toilet paper. People say he was injury prone in college. He did blow out two ACL's in college, but came back from both of them. I think that showed that he had the ability to recover from serious injuries - call it "toughness". But here is what I think the Chiefs may have overlooked.

Although his two season ending injuries were accidents that can hit anyone, mush of his career in which he DID play, he was behind a line that looked a lot like our line last year (I don't include this year, because I actually think we are slightly less horrible at pass protection this year). I think that although his recovery from his two knee injuries was imoressive, it might have overshadowed the punishment he took that was consistent, but not enough to knock him out of a game. I think Croyle may not have had the physical durability to take that on a weekly basis.

Either that, or Croyle was always made of tissue paper, and just lucked out from the time he was 14 until now =)

Seriously, the officials want the Donkeys to win the Super Bowl

PVChiefsfan — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:15:16 -0000

After several questionable calls which encouraged the Donkeys to victory, the officals attempted to nudge Denver that way again. When I watched the DVR'ed game on Sunday evening, I didn't really notice it. And when I skimmed through it again last night, I fast-forwarded right through it because I knew the outcome.

The play to which I am referring is the pass from Cutler to Stokely on the 4 yard line with 2:26 remaining in the game. The pass was ruled incomplete.

And that is donkey#@%$...

He securely caught the ball away from his body with both hands, grasped t tightly and then as he began turning towards the endzone, began tucking the ball into the normal carrying position. At this point, Pollard came in and punched the ball out...it is not as if Stokely were tentatively holding onto the ball and a hit from Pollard jarred it loose.

So did Stokely "make a football move"? Two officials initially thought so...the two close referees that Stokely was facing ruled it a fumble which the Chiefs recovered. The back judge, who was behind Stokely then came in and signaled 'no catch' (remember, he was the one who saw red and a big 49 where the ball was supposed to be).

Even if one could question the subjective term "football move", he got two feet down, a fact that went unnoticed by Dan "I can't see over my moustache" Dierdorf. It was pretty freakin' ovious. Stokely caught the ball with both hands out in front of him and hopped a little right when he caught it. Then his right foot comes down (1) , he starts turning, his left foot comes down (2) , he turns some more, and then just before his right foot touches again (3), Pollard hit the ball with his left hand.

My complaints

1 - Had the play occured 30 seconds later it would have been ruled a fumble.

2 - The two referees who had the best view ruled it a fumble. Why not go with them and let DEN challenge it if they want to?

3 - I am not sure if you can challenge an incomplete pass ruling. But if you can, why the hell did we not challenge that call?

Okay, I'm done ranting...and curse you DVR with your frame by frame slow mo!

Arrowhead Pride has seen the light...

PVChiefsfan — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:05:48 -0000

I don't know if it is the wisdom we gained by being a week older, or that coupled with another loss to another bad team, but almost everyone here seems much calmer after the loss to the Falcons than we were last Monday after losing to the Raiders. Maybe we were a little deluded after playing the Patriots so closely in Week One. Now reality has set in, and for the most part, we all appear to have accepted the fact that the Chiefs are a rather poor football team at this time. (Certainly, the volume of flaming has diminished greatly when comparing today to last week). So, fellow AP posters, let's keep the discussions respectful and productive, and let's all get ready for the Donkeys!

Chiefs 24 - Donkeys 21

(hey, even when being level-headed and rational, Kool-Aid still tastes delicious, right?)

Have you seen Wendler's article today?

PVChiefsfan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:18:29 -0000

Over at Warpaint Illustrated C.E. Wendler crafted a clever article in the style of our favorite Hutt, Jabba Whitlock. Here is a taste...

I mentioned Gunther Cunningham earlier, but here’s the real kicker – Gunther may have Brady’s number, too. The last time Cunningham ran into Brady, it was no contest. Somehow, Gunther came up with a defensive gameplan that made Brady look like Jake Plummer. And this was in 2005, when the Chiefs were still giving up huge gobs of points every other week.

Seriously, you remember that day. Gunther put a defense that included Eric Hicks, Eric Warfield, Kendrell Bell, Lional Dalton and Sammy Knight on the field against your offense. They hit Brady, confused him, and he threw four interceptions. Greg Wesley, who’s sitting on his couch combing his dreadlocks right about now, somehow snagged three of them.

And you can read it in it's hilarious entirety here.

Mark my words - Carr will start sometime in 2008

PVChiefsfan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:18:22 -0000

Brandon Carr appears to be adjusting to the NFL much more quickly than I had expected for a guy coming from Division II - now I know Grand Valley State is consistently among the top D-II teams, and that Carr might have ended up at UM or MSU instead, but I still thought he would take a season of playing nickel to get used to covering NFL caliber receivers, something he didn't have to do week in week out in college. I have been really impressed with the young guy. That INT in the endzone was a thing of beauty. And then, yesterday in practice

CB Brandon Carr won a jump ball with WR Dewayne Bowe for the third INT.

Bowe is certainly no slouch in the jump ball department - he won several of those against very good CB's last season, so this, i think, is good news for us, and less than good news for Surtain. However, Surtain can still benefit us greatly playing nickel-back 9the position, not the ass-hat band =) ) in a zone defense...he is smart and can hang back and maybe grab a few picks playing the zone in the middle of the field.