Edwards didn’t single handily destroy Vermeil’s offense. It died with the retirements of Roaf, Shields and Tait moving on to Chicago. I’m not going to say the play calling hasn’t been suspect, because it has. But, Haley doesn’t really have too many options with the line that we have. Say what you want, but we might have the worst run blocking offensive line in the NFL. Also, they are probably top 3 worse in pass protection. The team better show improvement in the second part of the season or I will raise my eyebrows concerning Haley.

He was an integral part of our offense as well.

he always says more after the jump what a punk

line that we lost, yeh the playcalling sucks but we dont have talent

This is a team effort from Carl to Herm and on to the present crew. There are cases for failing grades for Pioli not protecting his own $63million investment. Haley canning his OC two weeks before the season and taking on two additional roles over and above his HC duties. His methods are questionable, his play calling is questionable and he largely wasted the off-season preparation for the offense. The DC is a joke and we’re running a tweener system that really isn’t going anywhere. Our secondary has been exposed as a weak-link when we all thought it was a strong suit. Our big money RB is a heartless punk. We’re all painfully aware that this list can go on and on. It’s pointless to try and boil it down to one thing or another when it’s clear to all that there are so many things wrong with this team.

Why don’t we look for the bright spots? Haley has clearly been humbled. You can see it in his demeanor on the sidelines the last few weeks. We’re likely to draft top-5 (I know, again). We have two second rounders. There are a few young players showing some signs of life out there. We’re moving to O and D schemes that ultimately rely less on top notch players and more on the overall team concept. Although we’re not completely finished making the transition on either side, in the long run it should pay off with a damn good team. And we’re not talking about a team that’s going to be good for a year or two.

one thing.

it was written by someone who has never watched a football game in his life

I never said our team has talent. The whole point of the post was that there was enough talent to compete, and the play calling was holding the team back. What I’m saying, is that for a team that never does anything but run up the middle, we sure pass a lot on 4th and short. We’ve also run reverses, flea flickers, and even had Bradley throw a pass. You can’t expect a team to throw long all the time when Cassel missed two easy TD passes (Charles and Wade) where the receiver had gotten behind the entire defense. The fact of the matter is, we have a line that can’t block, a running back who doesn’t care, receivers who can’t get separation, and a quarterback who’s shown he can’t consistently hit his target. Having Vermeil and Saunders back wouldn’t change a thing.

the talent. Im as sick as anyone of seeing that run up the middle that goes no where, but if the line was getting any push, then it would be going somewhere. If we could stop getting dumb penalties, then we could have a manageable 3rd down. We are trying all types of things out there, but we dont have the talent. Just about every other team has players who you know their names because they are pro bowl caliber players. We do not have that. Out side of Matt Cassel, all of our other players are only known by chiefs fans. We have to upgrade the talent. Some of our up grades will be achieved by players like Dorsey and Jackson developing experience, but many of the other upgrades will have to come from outside. If you look at our whole team, we only have about 5 or 6 players who would be starters on other teams.