1990s Chiefs - what was the offense running?
by TXinDC on Aug 3, 2009 8:12 PM CDT
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Hey folks,
I'm a Longhorns fan, usually over at Burnt Orange Nation, but check in with the Chiefs from time to time after the recent drafts of Charles and others.
Anyway, an unrelated question - I was watching one of the NFL Network's Top Games this evening, and they were showing a game from 1990, Seahawks @ KC. The thing that caught my eye was several possessions in which the Chiefs ran a 4-wide set out of the shotgun, with one man in the backfield.
Now I'm sure at the time it wasn't referred to as the spread, but this certainly was a rare scheme, given that it's rare scheme to see in the NFL even today. What was this referred to at the time? Was it a novelty then as much as it would be today?
Any KC history buffs that can educate me on who the OC was and what he was running would be appreciated!
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That we were running a variation of the good Ol’ West Coast Offense in those days. All kinds of spread formations, bootlegs and the whole nine yards. I remember J.J Birden laying out for passes all the time. Those were some good days. It was always interesting when the Broncs came to town, with Elway at the helm, always made for a good game, and for more than one thrown remote on my part. Anyway. West Coast Offense, I believe.
by BetterRedThanDead on Aug 3, 2009 9:45 PM CDT reply actions
not in 1990
that was joe pendry’s offense, as i recall. the west coast offense didn’t come until montana’s arrival.
Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.
Harry S. Truman
Steve Deberg was QB, so that was before we went to the West Coast Offense
We didn’t run the 4 receiver sets much back then, we had the Nigerian Nightmare and Barry Word. That was the DT seven sack record game, I believe.
The set would have been called “run and shoot” back then, I just don’t remember us using it much.
Negative Ghost Rider the pattern is full...
Definitely pre-West Coast
I do remember running the shotgun alot with Steve DeBerg because he was old and slow and it gave him more time. Dont remember alot of exciting plays with multiple wide out sets either – 3rd and long maybe? Those were definitely our power running game glory days.
H3ll Yeah J.J.
J.J. Birden is sick on Tecmo Bowl Football Game LOL
by Iconhulk on Aug 4, 2009 12:20 AM CDT reply actions
whatever it was
it didn’t work very well… especially in that Seattle game.
Great ending wasn't it?
Marty’s great offense kept Seattle close the whole game.
Deberg = blech!
I got a sick stomach watching Steve Deberg play in that game last night. Loved the Okoye/Word tandem on our offense, but we needed an upgrade at QB. He had a few good games for the Chiefs, but it was painful to watch him lose that Seattle game last night (again). The defense set us up for the victory…
You are what your record says you are!
Deberg was horrible in that game
Overthrows, Underthrows, missed targets. He didn’t even have enough pop in his arm to throw one away out of the back of the endzone. I don’t know if he was injured but, he was lousy in this one. I enjoyed the game even though I remembered (very painfully I might add) how it was going to turn out.
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