August 2009 Scott Pioli Approval Poll

I couldn’t of worded it better… +1!

Me three. rec’d

I’m tickled with the Don’s performance so far…

They don’t put too much emphasis on preseason wins. Let’s just get the talent evaluation done now. I was in Dallas for Jones/Johnson and the first year they kicked ass in preseason…and then went 1-15. I’d rather find who the right guys are and then turn in on in the regular season. But at the same time….we need to feel the W.

Ill be there too! Lets bring the noise who cares if its preseason! Lets let them know that we are behind them and bring the fear back to Arrowhead!

for the mere fact that they’re going to send as many hats as they need to get pressure. I’m pretty sure the run D will be stout, also, by virtue of extra hats AND a d-line built and trained to crush the middle #1 and chase the QB #2 (plus the extra hats). I think step one for this squad is getting a competitive D on the field. A D with some Depth. And I think that’s well on its way. (Note no apostrophe when “it” owns something?)

I think the Chiefs will hang around and keep things close, most of the time, just with the above. If we get desperate to score, put Thiggy in @ QB or wildcat and let him throw the fade to somebody big ‘n’ tall, or just run it in himself, once we’re inside the 10.

All of this is contingent on the competitiveness of the corners everybody here loves so much. People, they’re going to be in a different scheme, and there’s reason to believe they aren’t really being tested in training camp. Some pooh-pooh the scheme change’s impact on the corners, but at the same time I’m hearing about how great it’ll be to have Flowers blitzing the QB or helping with run defense.

I have the same concerns about o-line and WR that you have, Jersey. And I won’t be surprised if the wins they get are mostly ugly ones, to start with, because of these concerns.

To start with, this will likely look a lot like Martyball, with low-scoring affairs full of defensive highlights and offensive lowlights, and ever-increasing intensity for 4 quarters. Maybe by midseason, maybe not ‘til next season, depending on talent, the offense will start to show a little somethin’.

The difference between the future Chiefs and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th years with Marty/Carl is that this organization knows how to keep a team on the up-tick, and shouldn’t paint itself into a “Let’s mortgage the farm for that ONE missing piece,” while the team goes to shit, and the money player ends up drawing an inflated welfare check. But it may take a year or two to get the offense where it needs to be.

I hope I’m wrong about the offense. But nothing I’ve seen to date is very definitive on o-line or WR. Added some good, smart players, but nobody great. And you can only stretch “team” so far, if you ain’t winnin’ enough of the 1-on-1’s.