The Good and the Bad of Chiefs WR Lance Long

Bradley will be inactive this week… could be someone else next week

NOW JUST WIN!!!!

But it’s all good. I love th guy. He’s gotta stay on the field and in the lineup. Because the more he plays (like he did in Jacksonville) the more teams are gonna gameplan for him… And what does that do? It gives us the Cassel to Chambers 50 yard bomb AGAIN!

Ignoring “rookie mistakes” leads to “sophomore mistakes.”

Now we need to see that vibe translate into POINTS.

That play was just before the end of the first half. The game was HARDLY out of reach at that point.

If Long steps out of bounds rather than cut inside, the Chiefs wouldn’t have had to call a time out to stop the clock, and could have run at least one more play. It’s not likely they could have made the end zone, but any attempted field goal would have been a LOT more makable for Succop than the 56 yarder he had to try. if they get that FG there, then at minimum, the TD at the end of the game ties it.

So… BIG mistake. But I agree.. he’s a rook, and he’s going to make those.

But it was a little later than it should have been.

Why was LJ even kept on this team?

At least they figured out Sackintosh and whoever our RG was last year before the season started (still a little late, but what options did they have really/), but Long better play or I may have to jump on the UCrawford Bandwagon!

He’s the guy that tries his ass off sooo hard to make a play, that sometimes he screws his team. You love it…but it’s maddening.

Plus, I think he was afraid of getting “no balls!” yelled at him for running out of bounds :)

hopefully they produce all season, then Lawrence gets added to the mix next year…

Dare I say it…

The Chiefs may not even have to draft a WR in 2010!

Who would have thought that?

….say what you will about Long but when you watch him, in Arizona and KC, his play jumps out at you. He is one of the few bright spots in a dark season.

Oh, BTW, on re-watching last week’s game, I didn’t see much of Kenny Smith. Saw his #90 just a few times. He really didn’t see much playing time, best as I could discern from my t.v. and bad eyes.

I think he’s right…

sitting around quoting stats doesn’t get you any more wins.

the only stat that really matters is the W/L column

He said that right after he was quoting a bunch of stats that showed the Chiefs were top 10 in the league in several categories, but it hasn’t equated to wins… and that’s what he cares about

4.35 ish 40 yd dash
and I think he had the best 3 cone quickness score in the combine when came out

so, he has that going for him… which is nice

the team on the other side of the parking lot says whenever they pick some stiff up off the trash pile.

That stats don’t mean a damn unless you win a game.

But since everyone here hates Todd Haley, let’s all just take it out of context and call him a jackass.

You take your stats and losses…I’d rather a head coach who cares more about winning a game than compiling 500 yards of offense.

Though starting two Chiefs on your roster is not a good thing

I still don’t buy Chambers. His production over the last 3 season in a prolific offense have been ‘bleh’. I could be wrong, but I would want to see it more than once.

Last week he had 3 catches and was thrown to 4 times. If he didn’t become totally uncovered in the 4th quarter he would have had 2 points for the game.

Chambers has played Oakland twice this year already and he has 2 catches for 20 yards on a team with Phillip Rivers.

Go with your gut, but I would look on the waiver wire for a non-Chief first, then to Long second

and damned if you don’t. At that moment, I also worried that we’d need that timeout later. Turns out we did. But you know… that kind of play is SOP in the NFL. Sometimes it works… and sometimes it doesn’t. Even as a guy who is often critical of Haley, I was fine with taking a shot at it – and I also thought the shift in the backfield was a clever way to draw an offsides call.

That said… it is incumbent on every player to know the situation. Long should have realized there was only one timeout left, and that it needed to be conserved. He admitted after the game that he thought the Chiefs had two left, rather than one. In other words… he made a conscious decision to play smart… but just had the wrong information in his head. Either way, the mistake is on Long’s shoulders.