Just how easy has the Chiefs "easy" schedule been?

that MN has done a wonderful job laying out these points and supporting his case. Very good job sir!
Rec’d

But….

Rec MN :)

Has it been easy?
Yes.
Is 2010 an easy schedule?
Yes.

no wonder your wife says you don't pay attention to her, always posting, commenting ...

seriously, my thinking is the SF game was our most legit win … not wanting to discount the Cleveland game, we didn’t look particulary overpowering in that game … Opening Night on MNF in Hurricane Arrowhead did (and will continue to) raise questions about this team, and not all of those questions can be answered in two games

the NEXT two games, though, should answer an awful lot of questions we or anyone has … I’ll agree with craig (above) … our overall schedule looks pretty easy

still, nice post, good logical arguments and well done … now get back to your studying!

Well done, though I agree with others that our overall schedule looks pretty easy, at least by NFL standards.

And a win over IND will still have the majority refusing to acknowledge we’re even kind of good.

But a loss will prove beyond any shadow of a doubt we are absolutely terribad.

TO BE CLEAR: I don’t care if anyone wants to admit we’re pretty good. I simply find it amusing and annoying that a win will hardly be noted, but a loss will result in 10,000 of the same “yeah we thought so” articles ad nauseum.

Well written, well thought out, clear arguments.

I like :)

Good job man!

You want a more accurate gauge of how good SF’s defense is? Look no further than their games against ATL and NO, who are both considered contenders. They held the Saints offense to under 300 total yards. They held the Falcon’s vaunted rushing attack to 98 yards and 3.4 YPC!

In my opinion this is the salient point – we put up more than twice the rushing yards and a significantly better YPC average against the 49ers

people just have to make excuses as to why we are the only unbeaten team instead of just giving us any kinda credit at all. Which actually is fine with me that way we can just keep proving them all wrong

if I could rec from my phone I would

There is no such thing as an easy schedule in the NFL. I cringe every time I hear it. All 32 teams are affected each & every year. Whether it be from player acquisitions, trades, draft picks, free agency, coaches, injuries, disputes, holdouts the list goes on & on. Clearly from one year to the next teams are judged by the prior season or record. The Chiefs have been judged by their last 3 seasons over & over again. It makes me ill to keep hearing it. Thankfully we are winning now and our past 3 season record is fading off into the sunset.
We have beaten 3 tough teams… Period.

I agree, I do think we have an easy schedule overall, but the first five games to me is the hardest part. I thought we had a chance to win the first three, but also thought we could easily lose all three as well. The fact that we came out 3-0 just makes me wonder what we can do once we get past the Indy and Hou games.

MNchiefsfan—you wrote what I was eluding to in my post but you were much more eloquent. I agree that Cleveland is underrated. Another point is, teams that were supposed to dominate others this year are losing. Not many teams are truly great this season. New Orleans hasn’t looked good. The Vikes look lost. The Cowboys haven’t impressed anyone yet. So can anyone honestly say whether they have an easy or hard schedule? While I can’t say ours looks hard at this point, I also can’t say I know for sure what games will be easy. Denver is up and down. Tenn looked so so last week, and Indy looks beatable. All I know is KC is undefeated and playing solid football. Our coaching staff is possibly the best in the NFL. So I’m excited for our chances. I think our team can play with anyone. That being said….GO CHIEFS!

We held 1st place in Football Outsiders’ DVOA stat, which basically measures a team’s level of play vs their opponents, vs all teams that have played those same opponents.

Basically, as it stands, we’ve played our 2010 opponents 33.6% better than any other team that has faced those same opponents, good enough for the 2nd highest DVOA % in the league.

http://footballoutsiders.com/dvoa-ratings/2010/week-4-dvoa-ratings

Nicely done, MN. Rec’d.

How are things on the shores of lake Milacs? Gotta few relations up in that neck of the woods ya know. No matter how you slice it this year, the Chiefs are a better team. Whether you believe that they are better because they have been together longer, or have better coaching or the rookies have provided the impetus (or all of the above) it doesn’t matter. No one would have predicted this 3-0 start, just as no one (except a Chiefs homer like me) is currently predictin a win vs. the Colts. Not even the odds makers. This is, by the way, inspite of the fact that the Colts D is currently descimated with injury (29th against the run, 17th against the pass, 25th overall in yds allowed), their running game is sub standard and Peyton has a broken eyelash. All of which will be even sweeter to recall when the Chiefs have the upper hand on Sunday.

If you need a rec-omendation for Law School, I will write you one. I can attest to your writing sklls, although I hope that your entrance exam does not include anything about being able to discern the citizenship of Lebanese females.

I would expect the same defense to take the field on Sunday that we have been seeing all season. The offense is where you will see some difference. Charlie may just dial up a career day for one of our Wideouts. My money is on Chambers and maybe even T Jones. One of them will throw a TD pass. Can’t wait.

They won’t score 40 points on the Chiefs. No. With Indy having no running game to speak of, the Chiefs will pin their ears back and attack Manning just like the other teams that have beaten Indy this year. I also see the Chiefs getting at least 1 INT as a result from the pressure.

That being said, I’m sure many Chiefs fans are concerned with the question: “Can Manning beat up the Chiefs secondary?” I doubt it. The Chiefs’ secondary has really improved over the first 3 games…and you can bet that Berry won’t get surprised by play action. There won’t be a run threat from Indy of any kind. So that won’t play into the equation.

On the other side of the ball, the Chiefs will continue to dominate on the ground. I look for at least 250 yds between JC and Jones this week, which will open up the play action passing game again. Indy is terrible against the run. The 49ers were good against the run until they faced the Chiefs. I would not be surprised to see 300 yds on the turf by the Chiefs duo. The only thing that might bring that down toward 200 would be the speed and flow of that Indy D from sideline to sideline. They tackle much better than the 49ers in the open field from what I’ve seen.

Special teams will do well again in spite of the Colt’s quality there. Indy may get a couple big stops or something, but they won’t be able to keep Arenas and DMC from burning it up in the return game eventually. Field position will be excellent most of the time as a result. The Chiefs cover as well as anyone in KO and Punt situations.

Succop will show up as always too. I just hope the game doesn’t come down to a 59 yarder for Succop. While I know he can make it, I don’t expect or want it to come down to that.

to compare what one offense or defense did to another team and not to us, is hard to look into. Like somebody had mentioned in another post, these games are about matchups and every team matches up different to each other…So the best team in football just might have trouble 9 out of 10 times against the worst team in football because of matchup problems. But having said that, I think everyone of the teams we have played so far has potential to rattle off a streak of wins at any given time despite their record.. Good read.. I enjoyed it

I’m actually feeling pretty good about that game..Will see though