Good Time for Chiefs S Mike Brown to Have a Big Game
by Joel Thorman on Nov 15, 2009 7:21 PM CST
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PrintGotta give it to Chiefs S Mike Brown. At a time when he's under plenty of scrutiny from the media and fans for what's been called a declining skill set, he turns in a two-interception performance in a 16-10 victory over the Oakland Raiders. I'm not saying Brown's now free from criticism or he played a perfect game (by any means).
I'm just sayin', his interceptions were pretty timely for the Chiefs defense.
“Sometimes things bounce against you, sometimes it bounces your way,” Brown told reporters. “You just hope you have more bounce your way than against you.
“Today we got them and we started the second half of the season with a win. That’s important. We have to build something from this.”
At the beginning of the fourth quarter the Bruce Gradkowski led Raiders faced a 3rd and three. Gradkowski dropped back to pass and found....Mike Brown with the interception and returned it for a short gain.
The Chiefs next possession turned this into three points.
And then on the Raiders final drive of the game, Brown was the recipient of a Darrius Heyward-Bey drop. When the ball bounced off of Heyward-Bey's concrete gloves, Brown stepped in and hauled it in.
Interception No. 2 helped finish the Raiders.
I think Kent Babb said it well in a tweet this evening. "Mike Brown...torched someone else."
Both interceptions came off of dropped passes by the Raiders receivers but it's ironic, I think, that the man under the most pressure - at least from the fan and media perspective - turns in a game-changing defensive performance. Like I said above, I'm not saying he's now all of a sudden the answer. I still don't think he is in the long-term (and maybe not the short-term).
But the irony was too much not to point out. When he screwed up against the Jaguars last week, he admitted it. So, when he turns it around, we gotta give it to him.
Congrats, Mr. Brown.
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still can't tackle...
Did anyone see the second play of the game (i think it was the second play)? Mike brown bounces off Bush who then goes on for a sixty yard run…hmmmmm
I think Mays had a lot to do with that too
He was bulldozed out of the way.
by Joel Thorman on Nov 15, 2009 7:31 PM CST up reply actions
Didn't Tyson have a OL player between him and the runner on that play
I thought I saw him trying to reach around the blocker to make the takle.
It was TJ
He tried to reach through a blocker and tackle bush, but missed….
Then Mike Brown came in to clean up (which as Tomlin says, is a good thing. Who cares if you’re missing that first tackle as long as you have more players coming in to clean up) and bush just runs out of his arm tackle.
Haha
It’s weird writing a game winning article.
by Joel Thorman on Nov 15, 2009 7:31 PM CST up reply actions
damn it, post fail
but it is a nice kind of weird!!!
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." ~Oscar Wilde
I'll give props to Mike for the picks
Maybe he can give Flowers some lessons. But where were the safeties on the deep throws today? Every time the Raiders would blow another deep throw we’d have a CB one-on-one in the deep middle. That can’t be right. Lot’s of work still to be done. I would expect to see more work and hopefully some new players.
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." ~Oscar Wilde
Let's pretend like Mike Brown is good, but not congratulate Flowers for being UNSTOPPABLE
I know, defending passes, actually covering players, and tackling in the open field are overrated.. I want my DB’s to just intercept balls that are popped up first.. that knocking down passes to receivers who you are covering is stupid. Just hope they don’t actually catch it! Maybe they’ll pop it into the air!! YEAH!
His job is to defend passes though, and he’s doing that. Not necessarily with int’s, but he’s still knocking them down and breaking up catches…
He's a good player, but a pro bowl CB makes the picks when he gets the chance
Again, there have been a lot of great Chiefs CBs. Flowers isn’t going to be counted as one of them until he starts making those plays.
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." ~Oscar Wilde
This is definitely a possibility.
I still would love to have him for years to come.
Now we agree. I like Flowers
but like a lot of the young players on this team he needs to step up his game. He could be really good.
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." ~Oscar Wilde
IT's better than:
DeAngelo Hall. Flowers doesn’t go for the big make/brake play, he’s fine with just doing his job and breaking up the pass while not going balls to the wall for the int which could give up a TD.
I like Flowers
but he isn’t going to be Pro Bowl caliber until he starts catching some of those picks. It’s part of being a top CB. Flowers still isn’t there.
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." ~Oscar Wilde
He's filling in Pollard's spot actually...
and making Pollard look like a pro-bowler too.
I still don't know where the Pollard love comes from
The guy made good plays but it seemed like every game he would blow a play. The Chiefs have had a lot of good safeties. Pollard isn’t one of them.
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." ~Oscar Wilde
He actually started looking good this season, and then he got booted. And then Mike Brown came in and starting playing like the old Pollard, except he would never block a punt or put in a a good hit…. ever
What - he was a preseason hero?
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." ~Oscar Wilde
Well, he was making tackles he never used to make.
Also, he should have been used like Adrian Wilson. I had dreams thinking of him rushing around the end. He was great at blocking punts, just imagine sending him on a blitz. You would have thought that Haley had seen enough of Adrian Wilson to use Pollard similarly…. SIGH
a friend of mine ...
who is a Houston fan, says his team’s run defense has changed since Pollard has joined.
He did look a little more stylish chasing players into the end zone than Brown does
But of course he had more practice.
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." ~Oscar Wilde
I was referring to
the two picks against the Raiders, one in a game saving fashion. Let’s keep up.
This is ridiculous, I'm sorry.
Mike Brown is terrible, made two Gimme picks today (that did contribute to the win), but he’s been bad and didn’t look good today.
And flowers had at least 4 passes defended today. He dropped an int, popped up the int for mike brown, and went step for step with heyward-bey (just about the fastest receiver in the draft) and the deep ball to Murphy from Gradkowski.
Flowers also had several awesome open field tackles which mike brown is allergic to. You need to learn that stats aren’t everything.
?
I said I didn’t think he was the long or short term answer.
by Joel Thorman on Nov 15, 2009 7:33 PM CST up reply actions
I guess I’m just mad that we can’t have a good SS. I’m still angry too that he was great in Chicago and sucked every since he’s come to KC. Why the change? If this is the best we can expect from Mike Brown then I want him gone now. Let someone younger play and screw up just as much.
I haven’t been able to find a replay of the Bush run so I’m not sure, maybe it just looked like he screwed up at first glance.
I believe it's the irony of it all that prompted the writing
"The first step to penetration... must not be lateral"
-Confucius, in contrary to Glenn Dorsey lining up in the 2-tech
Didn't contribute to the win?
I’d say any turnover helped, and two definitely helped, especially the last. I’m not saying he is the best, but a gimme pick is better than a drop. The way we have been playing, any time the other team has the ball, there is a potential for a loss. I’d just congratulate him and thank the team for the W.
Oops, think you misread
His first sentence….“(that did contribute to the win)….”
by Joel Thorman on Nov 15, 2009 7:39 PM CST up reply actions
I will give Brown props for both INT's and making plays that played a large part in the win.
You STILL have to catch the ball which he did. Unlike the recievers’ dropped balls by both teams which still makes me shake my head. Wide open and you drop the ball that hits you in the hands…Come on!!!
However, he ALSO played a contributing (large contributing part), for missed tackles/losses in 2 games. Not that it’s all his fault, but he got burned badly.
So if we’re keeping score, he needs to keep doing that to redeem himself.
Bill Parcell’s: "You are what your record says you are."
"My job is not to collect talent, but to build a team. Individuals make the Pro Bowl. Teams win championships. That is our goal."—Chiefs GM Scott Pioli.
...calrification...he needs to keep making INT's/break up plays to redeem himself
Bill Parcell’s: "You are what your record says you are."
"My job is not to collect talent, but to build a team. Individuals make the Pro Bowl. Teams win championships. That is our goal."—Chiefs GM Scott Pioli.
Kudos Joel
Good shit
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by KansasCityShuffle on Nov 15, 2009 7:52 PM CST reply actions
Anyone notice that a player on the winning team got 2 ints in both our games?
Bowe and Wade FTW.
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
None of those INTs were impressive picks
Simply holding onto balls gift wrapped to him (ahem Flowers looking at you)
I should note Flowers as always played a great game. He almost/should of had 2 picks including Brown’s second pick he took out of Flowers “hands.”
Tyson Jackson on the other hand just looked like another body out on the field today (1 tackle). So much for that break out game
I don't want no Yo-Yos
by CaptainPoopDeck on Nov 15, 2009 8:50 PM CST reply actions
Tyson Jackson is on pace
to get around half the amount of tackles that Glenn Dorsey did in his rookie season. In a game where the opposing offense ran the ball so much you would hope he would end up with more than one pitiful tackle against the raiders. Not his best game
I don't want no Yo-Yos
by CaptainPoopDeck on Nov 15, 2009 9:01 PM CST up reply actions
Let's not forget
We got a Win. The only thing that matters, the only thing is winning. At least that is what an awful lot of people kept saying week in and week out when we kool aid drinkers would point out good things about a game. So for this week…no matter how ugly it was…it was a win.
Chiefs go 9-7. LJ makes 1400 yards. DBowe makes 1200 yards. Defense #18.
10/28--The Koolaid buzz is beginning to wear off. Maybe drop this back to my original thoughts on the year. Chiefs go 6-10 (and that my be optimistic!). LJ gets a restraining order to stay 1400 yards away from the Chiefs. I'll let the rest stand for now.
I agree
Winning is great, but a ugly win like that one just takes us 1 more pick away from a better player in the draft.
by CPT.Caveman on Nov 17, 2009 12:42 PM CST up reply actions
Getting beat deep!
Thats why everyone wants E. Berry with our 1st round pick. Constantly getting beat deep. We need a ballhawk in the secondary. But like Zodeman said a win is a win. Go Chiefs. We should have two more wins on this schedule (four if the donkeys keep playing the way theyre playing). Time to turn our focus on the Steelers.
And with the 5th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Kansas City Chiefs pick........
E.Berry
Would be nice but we need help in other areas………..so where do we begin? Do we go o-line or do we go with a DT like Suh……….Hell i know we just need the first 3 picks then we would be set!
I think we need help in many areas
I say take the best player available. If that best player is E. Berry, then so be it. If we win another game or two we may not even be in a position to take Berry anyway.
My favorite quote ofthe day .....
"I guess we got a winning streak here," receiver Dwayne Bowe(notes) said. "Every time we play a division team our goal is to win. But every time we play the Raiders, it’s always a hated rivalry and coach stressed it all during the week: Hate the Raiders, we’ve got to beat the Raiders."
Brown is not going anywhere this yr...
but dont be surprised if Savage hits the streets soon…Haley was pissed at him…..then he fumbled….not good, not good at all
Haley
Is like a spoiled brat, man i dont like him or his play calling. I hope he gets fired after this year and they get B.Cowler in here fast
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