Albert is O-line.

Thanks for coming over in good faith papigrande. We appreciate the support against the Dolts. I’ll give it a shot at answering your questions, though others may have differing opinions.

1. Personally I think Cassel is doing pretty well. Considering everything the team has gone through, from a cruddy O-line to a revolving door of recievers, it could certainly be a lot worse, in fact the last few weeks it’s been looking more and more positive. He’s not Brady or Manning (yet), but assuming he doesn’t get killed playing now, he’s definately a bright spot.

2. The D has been up and down. Our numbers pretty much suck (so does the O’s to be honest), but it’s a heck of a lot better than last year. We’re already 1.5 times the 2008 sack total, with signs of a pass rush even if we have trouble at times getting the QB on the ground. We’re a bit thin at safety right now, and the play there has been more than weak at times, giving up several big plays. IMHO the corners are still doing great, Flowers in particular. Though I do wish they were more physical up on the line. We’ve had a lot of surprises with the LBs, which I’ll cover in your next question.

3. I can’t really comment on who you have or haven’t heard of, but I’d imagine that yeah we have a few that are playing well for us. Obviously there’s Chambers, but with all the talk about him the last few weeks (and coming from a divisional team) he’s probably been on your radar. Lance Long and Leonard Pope have done pretty well here recently as well, I’m hoping to continue to see their growth and use. The pieces are still in motion on the line and while it’s slowly improving, I’d like to see it solidify a bit more before giving any major shout-outs. Our new RT has been doing a decent job though (not going to butcher his name sorry).

With the D, the biggest surprises has been the LBs to me as I mentioned earlier. Corey Mays showed up in pre-season with a vicious shot on Favre and has kept in the game since then with big plays. I didn’t realize it until today, but Demorrio Williams has 84 tackles this year already, which seems like a big number to me so evidently he’s making more of an impact than I thought. Tamba Hali has definately made his transition and is starting to look like a beast as an OLB. I’m hoping it holds and as he gains more experience he gets even scarier. While Mike Vrabel has been solid, he’s been down for a game and a half while Andy Studebaker has just exploded with two INTs and a sack last week, and solid play against Oakland.

Quick note on the front three. Dorsey has picked it up this year despite the position change, and Jackson is doing decent if not incredible thus far. Our 3rd down DEs Wallace Gilberry and Alex Magee I feel have been impressive, particularly Gilberry.

4. Yes, with 2.7 (there is not LJ here at AP) gone JC is getting the ball now. While he hasn’t had an explosive rushing game in the two since he took over, it’s a heck of a lot better than what we had before. As you may have seen, he took the opening kick to the house last week, and showed some toughness in OT, not to mention the 44-yard rush he did get in Oakland.

Probably much longer than neccessary, but I’m a detail guy. Ravenhawk got out a short and sweet answer while I typed it up, even if he credited Brandon Albert for Brandon Flowers’ forced fumble (Just busting your balls Raven). I’d pretty much bet money that not everybody agrees with me, but this is just my thoughts.

First, I’d love for Derrick to have a great game. But last week’s performance was great for the newspaper box score and horrible to someone watching the game. His high tackle number was from his tackles on receptions he allowed with his spotty coverage. He missed his assignments and was often out of place. As stated previously by other members, he took bad angles at ball carriers. If he plays like he did last week, it will not be a good thing for the Chiefs…