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Most Intriguing Match Ups: Week 3

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The Kansas City Chiefs third game of the season will definitely be the least watched NFL contest of the week. The Chiefs travel to the Georgia Dome to play the Atlanta Falcons, a team that may actually be worse on paper than the Chiefs are right now. If you've seen any sort of power rankings this off season, nearly every one has the Chiefs and Falcons ranked at some combination of 32nd and 31st.

I'll confess I don't know much about the Falcons' off season. Dave from The Falcoholic could you tell you a lot more. There was the whole Michael Vick deal. We laughed at them when they drafted Matt Ryan. What else is there?

With both teams in shambles after the 2007 season, there aren't many talented positions on the Falcons, making it difficult to point to a particular match up and say that's a challenge. Instead this game will be more about the development of Brodie Croyle. Week 3 will be his ninth NFL start. The Falcons traded away Pro Bowl corner back Deangelo Hall to the Raiders during the off season, meaning Croyle should have a good opportunity to swing the ball around and attack the defense.

If Brodie Croyle hasn't shown substantial improvement against the Atlanta Falcons, I wouldn't be getting nervous quite yet but I would be a tad concerned. A lot of this is dependent on other factors as well - the offensive line, the running game. But if Croyle gets a fair shot at a pass defense that was ranked 23rd with Deangelo Hall and doesn't produce, the Croyle critics will multiply and become much louder.

Thoughts on the Chiefs and Falcons?

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Can you imagine if both these teams were 2-0 at this point?

by dorsey on Jul 23, 2008 2:17 PM CDT reply actions  

Looking at the pic of Brodie

I see now why our plays got stuffed so many times last year, like the opponent knew what was coming. The defense could read our entire playbook from the billboard strapped to Croyle’s wrist! Just take that photo down to the CSI lab and have them blow it up and tell us our five 3rd and short plays. =) The defense probably just all watched which play Brodie put his finger on in the huddle from ten yards away.

by sunny D on Jul 23, 2008 10:23 PM CDT reply actions  

You'd Think

That he’d be using the little flap like every other QB I’ve seen with a wrist playbook uses. I think there may be something to that, D.

Supporting the lesser of two evils is still supporting something evil.

by UCrawford on Jul 24, 2008 7:51 AM CDT up reply actions  

This game will be for 1st!!!

First pick in the draft. This is one of those games that will be well under the radar when it is played but come towards the end of the season, the result will get posted over and over again.

by kcmartini on Jul 24, 2008 8:47 AM CDT reply actions  

RE

I think you’re exactly right on that one.

Welcome!

by Chris Thorman on Jul 24, 2008 9:29 AM CDT up reply actions  

Pessimist :)

Come on Chris… Do you really think the Chiefs are going to be one of the bottom 2 teams in the league this season?

by PVChiefsfan on Jul 24, 2008 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions  

Well

I think there is a chance we have a high draft pick and that analysts will mention that game quite a bit.

by Chris Thorman on Jul 24, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

We could go 7-9

and still have a top 15 pick…or were you thinking even higher?

by PVChiefsfan on Jul 25, 2008 7:23 AM CDT up reply actions  

Brodie vs Payton

Am I remembering right? Even though the Chiefs lost to the Colts, didn’t Brodie have a better QB rating than Payton that day??

by rnobar on Jul 24, 2008 9:49 AM CDT reply actions  

You are correct

of course, Freeney was injured so he was not harassing Croyle all day, but Allen and DJ were all over Peyton…our defense scared him that day, and he still found a way to win…which is one more reason why he will be a Hall of Famer.

by PVChiefsfan on Jul 24, 2008 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

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