Chiefs on Pace to Double Last Year's Sack Mark

by Joel Thorman on Sep 20, 2009 7:23 PM CDT in 2009 Kansas City Chiefs Campaign

We're an easy bunch to please. After last year's record setting 10 sack season, the Kansas City Chiefs are on pace for 24 sacks.

Yeah, yeah, it's a small sample size, I know. But there is some hope with the front seven. Chris is coming up with a more detailed post on the defense but I wanted to highlight that something as little as three sacks every game makes the Chiefs pass rush twice as good as last year.

Today there were two sacks.

Derrick Johnson sack on 3rd and 10
Wallace Gilberry sack on 1st and 15

Yeah, like I said, it's not much but it's still a start. After two games, they're tied for third place in the NFL.

Other bright spots on the defense:

Tank Tyler again had seven tackles
Glenn Dorsey had four tackles

Unfortunately, though, they didn't get any of those turnovers they got in Baltimore. Despite having one of the most inaccurate games that I can remember (and let's face it: I'm a Chiefs fan so I know about inaccurate passers), JaMarcus Russell did not turn the ball over.

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The sack that was ruled "piling on" by a simaltaneous

touching of Jabba the Hut

By Gilberry and Vrabel

What about the two safeties not called last week vs Ravens?
Maybe Hunt didn’t make the required retirement payment to the Zebras fund this year?

Let's Kick some ASS in 09 or Die trying

by Steve_Chiefs on Sep 20, 2009 7:30 PM CDT reply actions

I think that...

picture there isn’t a sack but a late hit

by butchcassidy on Sep 20, 2009 7:34 PM CDT reply actions

And that wasn't the play mentioned

Let's Kick some ASS in 09 or Die trying

by Steve_Chiefs on Sep 20, 2009 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm pretty sure...

every time you touch the QB now its a flag…didn’t you hear it in the game?

Personal foul, touching the passer, defense #so-so. 15 yard penalty and a kick in the nuts, first down

by butchcassidy on Sep 20, 2009 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions

It was "douching" the passer.

I remember Dawson to Taylor, Kenney to Carson, and Blackledge catching the snap in his facemask. Seen it all...

by BinSC on Sep 20, 2009 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Now the "tackle" that drew 15yds was complete horseshit

sorry but it’s the best word to explain someone who wasnt down then tackled like everyone else on the field.

by Ren on Sep 20, 2009 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Right

he wasn’t down by contact, the two players hit him at the same time. Yes, he was a quarterback, but that wasn’t a “slide” – he was gonna get up and try to run. he tripped over his own two left feet.

by TDubb on Sep 20, 2009 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions

You sure about that? I’m puzzled about how it could be a late hit when the ball is still in Russell’s hands.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 20, 2009 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions

This alone

leads me to all my talk of improvement.

I thought with the switch to 3-4, we’d be even worse. But Hali is getting around the edge on almost every play.

We’re getting close to average, folks. And that’s a step in the right direction. we keep this up, the wins will come.

http://hardwoodparoxysm.com

by Ridiculous Matt on Sep 20, 2009 7:38 PM CDT reply actions

Id be laughing...

at that comment about getting closer to average as a standard if it wasn’t so true

by butchcassidy on Sep 20, 2009 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions

We're also on pace for less wins then we had last year

by golfbard on Sep 20, 2009 7:43 PM CDT reply actions

nah

unless we go 0-8…then we will

by KCCheeze on Sep 20, 2009 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions

I think were on pace for...

most negative fans in the league as well….some one do a stat check

by butchcassidy on Sep 20, 2009 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions

When you are 6-26 in your last two plus years, how can you be positive?

You are what your record says you are

by golfbard on Sep 20, 2009 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions

To You Gofbard

We are 0-2 period
The rest is just crap and I for one am tired of hearing that 3 year running record.
We are a new team and have very little in common with the Herm era.

Let's Kick some ASS in 09 or Die trying

by Steve_Chiefs on Sep 20, 2009 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions

The tackles and penetration by the D Line

is a bigger deal than the sacks. Sacks are a great thing, but seeing our D line play like they did today and (especially Tank) getting all those tackles has me more excited about our D Line than anything since we added Tamba to Jared (not that it worked out like I hoped, but I was excited about it).

by Big Chief on Sep 20, 2009 8:21 PM CDT reply actions

i must agree

Tank and Tjac played very well today

by KCCheeze on Sep 20, 2009 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions

T Jax did nothing today, Dorsey played excellent, It was his best game as a Chiefs, He had only 4 tackles but he got penetration, Pass deflect, He was reading plays very well. He is gonna be something.

by dougritchey on Sep 20, 2009 9:46 PM CDT reply actions

T Jax did fine

it was his SECOND nfl game. it’s really hard to name a DL that made a huge, immediate impact. Because he’s there, it Allowed Dorsey to be free to make the plays he did.

by TDubb on Sep 20, 2009 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Conflicting opinions, I see. Some think Jackson played well; some think he was invisible. I really wasn’t impressed. Yes, I still wish that he weren’t a Chief—or more specifically, that he weren’t the Chiefs #3-overall pick.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 20, 2009 10:12 PM CDT reply actions