[Turk] McBride believes he knows the key to great pass rushing. "Just relentless effort,"...

[Turk] McBride believes he knows the key to great pass rushing.

"Just relentless effort," McBride said. "You rarely beat these great offensive tackles on the first move. It is always the second or third move that gets somebody. Just like Tim (Krumrie, defensive line coach) says, you have to finish, finish every play like it is going to be the last one."

Chiefs DE McBride going after quarterbacks

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…it sometimes takes a year for a young defensive lineman to catch on.

I think Turk’s going to turn out just fine.

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

by UCrawford on Aug 20, 2008 9:20 PM CDT reply actions

+1

by sunny D on Aug 20, 2008 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions

You can't tell me you weren't concerned for a while.

The guy did exactly jack squat his rookie year. He was the polar opposite of promising. Guy was very, very close to bust status. Tennessee isn’t exactly some tiny school where it takes you a while to adjust to the NFL.

He had a very good preseason game. And I am SO rooting for him. But he’s got a long way to go after the rough first season. I’m just happy to read an article where he realizes that.

by Direckshun on Aug 20, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions

I Didn't Count Him As A Success, Because He Hadn't Secured A Starting Job

But no, I wasn’t particularly worried about him. I figured he had a good shot at turning into a decent player (either a starter or a solid reserve). I always thought Whitlock’s assessment was premature and overly harsh.

I also always keep in mind that a lot of people were writing off Neil Smith after his first year, and he turned out great. Line play is as much about learning technique as physical tools, and it often takes a year for linemen to catch on (and that’s not a big problem). Now, if Turk absolutely blows it this year, I’ll be concerned, but so far so good.

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

by UCrawford on Aug 21, 2008 1:06 AM CDT up reply actions

I think as I get older with fewer things to do during the day

I may look back and assess the things Whitlock has said about Chief players and see if he was dead on or dead wrong….

Naaa the more I think about that, I would rather shoot myself than think about Whitlock period!

by Lanier63 on Aug 21, 2008 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Whitlock

I think he’s made some very good predictions about sports and some very bad predictions…so he’s basically about the same as the rest of us, unable to predict the future :)

I know a lot of people hate him because he’s a bandwagon fan and he’s all too often into self-aggrandizement, but overall I think Whitlock brings up a lot of good points about the bigger picture in sports, and I think most of his assessments of the problems with the Chiefs have been accurate. Sometimes, though, he does get on my nerves when he gets up on the soapbox about non-sports related stories for too long…particularly when he starts preaching about the evils of rap or whatever. If I wanted to hear sermons, I’d go hang around churches :)

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

by UCrawford on Aug 21, 2008 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions

I find

his non-football arguments are usually his most poignant, and I can actually tolerate listening to him on those topics… it’s strange, I know.

I don’t think he’s a total turd when it comes to Chiefs commentary, but he does seem to unwittingly backtrack on a lot of his own comments. Plus he’s a total Debbie Downer most of the time.

by Ochophosphate on Aug 21, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions

He Does What A Lot Of Us Do.

Develops a selective memory when it comes to calculating how accurate our predictions actually were. :) To his credit, though, he’s often willing to admit when he’s wrong or when he makes a really unfair assessment when people call him on it, and I think he probably deserves some credit for that (a lot of sportswriters would never consider owning up to a stupid opinion). Like I said, I think he brings up good points though, and I usually enjoy his column. I don’t mind the non-football or non-sports arguments occasionally either (in fact, I really enjoy them sometimes). I just don’t like it when he’ll go three or four columns tackling subjects like Don Imus or rap (which have only a tenuous link to sports). It’s admirable that he has an opinion on those topics, but he’s more likely to have info I can’t find elsewhere on sports than he is on politics.

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

by UCrawford on Aug 22, 2008 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions