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Your Week 13 Glass of Kool Aid


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Well, I won't lie to you. It is a lot harder to come up with a good glass of Kool Aid to serve after taking a beating from a division rival then it was after beating the defending Super Bowl champs. However, I do have a couple good tidbits for you to feel good about as we move forward. So without further ado, here is your glass of Kool Aid for week 13.

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  • Glenn Dorsey is not just improving, he is becoming one of the more dominant defensive linemen in the league. Dorsey currently has 45 tackles on the season. That is good for 5th in the NFL among all defensive linemen. He is on pace for 65.5 tackles this season. For a little perspective, Richard Seymour who is the gold standard for 3-4 defensive linemen has never had more then 57 tackles in one season. The only thing missing from his game is the sacks. If those come along he will statistically be one of the elite linemen in the NFL. Not bad for a guy that "isn't a good fit" for a 3-4 defensive end.
  • During his three games as the starting running back Jamaal Charles has put up numbers that not only make him a legit starting running back, but are as good or better then many of the elite players at that position. In those three games Charles has put up 330 total yards on 58 touches (not counting kick returns). That is good for 110 yards per game with an average of about 5.7 yards per touch. During that same three game span Adrian Peterson has averaged 114.6 yards per game, but at only 4.6 yards per touch. Steven Jackson has averaged 136 yards per game, also at 4.6 yards per touch. Maurice Jones-Drew has averaged 113 yards per game at 4.5 yards per touch. If you include his kick return for a TD, Charles also has more TDs in that span then any of the other three.
  • Finally, when I looked into the stats from Sunday's game I did find some signs of improvement. Obviously the bottom line is we lost by 29 points and that is only a one point improvement over the first game with SD. However, if you look at the numbers we did improve in several areas. In the first game with SD we averaged 3.85 yards per pass attempt. In the second game it was 5.74. In the first game we averaged 3.9 yards per rush attempt. In the second game it was 4.96. In the first game SD averaged 3.75 yards per rush attempt. In the second game they averaged 2.76 yards. The only area we did not improve (surprise, surprise) was in the pass yards per attempt by SD. We all know that KC has to do something about the pass defense this off season so I won't dwell on that anymore. What I will stress is that when we went head to head with SD the second time around we averaged almost 2 yards more per pass, 1 yard more per rush, and held them to 1 yard less per carry. That is progress even in a game as ugly as this one was.

So there you go AP. It may not be a huge glass this week, but there are still several things we can be excited about as we continue the progress of building a Super Bowl winner. We have a great young defensive linemen to anchor our defensive line, a RB that is quickly becoming an outright star, and are improving in 3 of the 4 major statistical areas. Let's hope next week I can serve up a batch of "we just stomped us some Donkeys" Kool Aid. Until then, stay positive AP!

PORKCHOP OUT

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