"We knew when you take away (Thigpen's) first guy, he didn't really go to the second or third. . ....

"We knew when you take away (Thigpen's) first guy, he didn't really go to the second or third. . . . Knowing the situation . . . I knew the ball had to come out quick. If it didn't, he was going to tuck it and run, and I just read him the whole time."

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It's unfortuante we have become

that predictable. Bones needs weapons.

We need a future defensive leader, his name is James Laurinaitis and he can be selected in round 1 of the upcoming Draft.

"But what do I know, I’m like an empty room with a large ECHO"

by Lanier63 on Dec 8, 2008 10:42 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Part of that

Should be attributed to the loss of Mark Bradley.

by Joel Thorman on Dec 8, 2008 10:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't understand completely

why the Bears cut Bradley. But, injuries were a major factor. Bradley is frustrating in that he shows so much promise. He’s just never on the field enough. He never will be.

by bfos7215 on Dec 8, 2008 11:50 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The Bears evidently draft well (after the 1st round), they just can’t evaluate talent well. As pointed out earlier by other posters it sure doesn’t help when you have Rex Grossman (seasons prior) leading your offense..

by KansasCityShuffle on Dec 8, 2008 12:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Really?

And the Chiefs have some kind of great track record of evaluating talent? TJ was a mistake forced by the contract Benson was holding. Gage wasn’t a mistake.

Still, the point is that, despite his talent, if you’re counting on Bradley being a consistent contributor on any offense, you’re going to be disappointed.

by bfos7215 on Dec 8, 2008 1:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's the knock on him

I heard good things (especially considering he was a 2nd rd pick) but the knock was always the injury bug.

by Joel Thorman on Dec 8, 2008 1:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Never insinuated

the Chiefs were great talent evaluators. In fact, I think we’re worse than the Bears…

Bradley has played signifcantly less, but Gage has still put up respectable #‘s this season. Respectable enough that if he was on my old team I’d want him back..

by KansasCityShuffle on Dec 8, 2008 1:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yep.

There has been a significant drop-off in production and scoring since he fell out of the line-up. I hope he can return on Sunday to prove that he was the reason.

by Ilamuku on Dec 8, 2008 3:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He doesn't need weapons

he has them. It’s funny how Tyler’s big knock is he doesn’t spread the ball around when comparatively he does it much better than Croyle ever did. Brodie could just never stay healthy long enough to play and therefore people didn’t see the extent of it. Bones has receivers wide open he just locks on to TG & Bowe way too much which is a terrible habit he’s forming. I hope they’re addressing this in their meetings and he begins going thru his progressions and finding guys like Franklin who are often wide open

by KansasCityShuffle on Dec 8, 2008 10:54 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

it will ocme with experience, I hope

At the moment the first places he looks to is TG then DBowe, I hope with experience he will take a bit more time to look down field to the open guys. Like you said though, could be forming a bad habit.

Blame my wife!

by sir eccles on Dec 8, 2008 12:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs