of the Saudi war…thank you brother for your service.

Right now we ARE bottom dwellers in all categories both offensively and defensively for a reason. We suck. We have a huge lack of talent.
I would actually have to credit Haley with getting this lack of talent rag tag group to play above their skill set. Is it fixable? Of course. It’s always fixable.

If you go off resume’s, we have the best GM (next to Atlanta) in the business. So your going to get lots of opinions on this subject.

The real truth is that nobody knows. We DON’T know. Their very secretive in a NE Patriots kinda way. It’s different. We’re used to our leadership here being very open with us fans, but we’re also used to losing so there you go.

We have no idea what the “plan” or “process” is here in KC because not much is being said either way. We won’t really know until next year after the draft and FA.

Secondly, I think you’ll find that the GENERAL consensus is that even our coaching staff is littered with a lack of heavy hitters with great talent. Pendergast is not getting the job done and I think MOST KC fans here would love to see him replaced with a dynamic defensive genius next year.

In the end, it’s impossible to know. I’m sure if they had a plan, they weren’t able to engage it this year just simply due to the fact that they ran out of time and available staff.

I think again MOST AP’ers agree that they had to hire who they hired as a coaching staff simply because there was no one else out there to get.

Time will tell, Next year should bring a lot to light for us. Either way. It may or may not bring good things next year. I think we all expected to see a lot more improvement under Pioli/Haley this year than we’ve been shown thus far.
But again, they both got hired late in the offseason IMO and didn’t have a lot of options available.

Hang in there, get out of Afghanistan alive and well and when you get home, we’ll go to see our Chiefs at the Superbowl together. GO CHIEFS!!

Even though this has been a tough year as far as our record shows, I believe we are not far away from turning things around. Here are some things that are slowing us down this year:

1. Haley might be in over his head after overhauling the entire offense a couple weeks from the start of the season. He’s making some mistakes as a head coach and playcaller, but it’s to be expected in his first year.

2. O-Line was switched to a zone blocking scheme completely confusing a group that is short on talent.

3. Cassel running for his life most of the time can’t make the progressions and stretch the field to keep defenses on their heels.

4. LJ is just being LJ……….just older and slower now which is not good considering what’s going on with O-Line (above)

5. TE situation is looking real bad, these guys can’t block They can’t block and none are receiving threat that defenses have to account for.

6. LB core is a hodgepodge (finally get to use that word!). Vrabel is a good onfield coach, just a step slower now. We don’t have great coverage here so opposing tight ends roam free. Mays and Belcher have flashed at times. DJ is riding the bench for unknown reason. Hali is a pleasant suprise for what he’s done in his position change.
With a good draft next year and some upgrades at a few positions (S,OL,NT,WR,TE) we will be more competitive then many people realize.

7. Safeties can’t tackle or cover so we’re screwed here…

8. WR is a carousel with guys getting signed, dropped, and moved around.

9. Return game has been real weak…..

I’m realistic in that this year has been horrible to sit through, but I have hope that things are gonna pick up especially after we get some young talent in and our coaches get their schemes fully implemented. We’re just gonna have to be patient for now…….

Take care and stay safe man.

I’d say as of this season Haley isn’t cut out to be a HC. Whether or not he wil be is an entirely different question. We’re so bad this year because we’ve blown this puppy up again and are completely rebuilding from the ground up. We’re essentially repeating what Herm did only years ago but this time with a different architect and blueprints. I think maybe a lot of people, or least just myself, expected Pioli to come in and pickup right where Edwards left off with the youth movement but in actuality Pioli wanted nothing of it or its leftovers. It’s going to be another process that will take another 3-4 years which is why they shipped Gonzalez off. Good on them but for the fans its gonna be another long ride.

All the best

It has been painful to watch…Hope you are stayin safe brotherman.