Last Green Bay Packers Game Was The Start Of The Kansas City Chiefs Downfall
by Joel Thorman on Sep 2, 2010 10:00 AM CDT
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Josh Looney of KCChiefs.com reminded us of the last time the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers played.
In short: It was the start of the Chiefs downfall.
It was week nine of the 2007 NFL season and the Chiefs had beaten the Oakland Raiders in the previous game with an ugly score of 12-10. We knew the Chiefs weren't very good but they were still 4-3 and clinging for life.
There was no indication what was going to happen next.
The Chiefs got up 22-16 in the fourth quarter and were looking to secure the victory.
Boom. Larry Johnson is pulled down by his hair (Edit: I was thinking of LJ pulling Troy Polamalu down) and suffers a season-ending foot injury. Boom. The Packers score 17 unanswered to win the game.
Boom. The Chiefs lost nine straight to end the 2007 season.
The Chiefs would go on to lose 19 of their next 20 games and 28 of their next 30.
Those 30 games (and really the rest of the 2009 season) were the lowest of the lows in the history of the Kansas City Chiefs.
We'll see if this time around a Chiefs victory is the start of a long streak of victories.
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As I recall
We gave up huge plays at the end of the game which is another problem that’s haunted us for the past few years. Hopefully Berry and company can help turn that around.
hes eric berry, of course he will...and the kid is twenty one years old....some rooks are 23...2 extra years of berry makes me happy
Team Pioli/Haley. Decade of the Chiefs.
Team Colquitt
Bad memories.
10 + wins in 2010. Chiefs SHOCK the NFL!!! Mark it down.
I remember that game more than any game the last 10 years unfortunately
Johnson was a beaste and I have to admit he was probably my favorite player on the team other than TG. It’s kind of bittersweet for me. I remember him scoring the touchdown and planting the flag. THEN he broke his foot as forementioned by pulling Polomolu down by the flowing locks and we never got “that” LJ back. He returned a shell of his former self and his talent could no longer cover his douchebaggery
by Trapped in Donkeyland on Sep 2, 2010 10:21 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
by Trapped in Donkeyland
It is amazeing LJ didn’t get flagged for ; that hair tackle ! The Chiefs pased on Polomolu , to pick up LJ . Now that’s ironic !
by 65tosspowertrap on Sep 2, 2010 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions
He didn't get penalized for the tackle...
But he did get penalized for yanking on it after the play.
The official ruling is that hair hanging out of the helmet is considered part of the uniform. Just like you can grab a jersey to make a tackle you can also grab a handful of $1 million hair
"Reach for new elevation; and see just how high we can go. Full blown determination; will take us further than we know. My own anticipation; keeps the fire from burning out, It's time for domination... no one can ever take us down" - Pillar - "For the Love of the Game"
by Red N Gold Beast on Sep 2, 2010 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
This is some strong crack I am smoking today
Had nothing to do with Polomolu. Everything else happened, and it was AJ Hawk that broke LJ’s Foot. OK back to making things up and posting them without thinking them through.. think I could work for ESPN?
by Trapped in Donkeyland on Sep 2, 2010 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
This is some strong crack I am smoking today
Had nothing to do with Polomolu. Everything else happened, and it was AJ Hawk that broke LJ’s Foot. OK back to making things up and posting them without thinking them through.. think I could work for ESPN?
by Trapped in Donkeyland on Sep 2, 2010 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
glad we dont have to hear that anymore
I know people will be upset with this team and the holes…but to get arenas to fill the brackenridge patterson endless hole of bad nickel backs, to have berry in there instead of page/pollard to lead…we just had to make those picks…asamoah…great guard…
next year is the year of the center/NT/LB for this team, cant do it all at once but…
I sure as heck am glad to not see ty law out there for us…or Page
Team Pioli/Haley. Decade of the Chiefs.
Team Colquitt
Larry Johnson dragged down by Packers LB A.J. Hawk !
Imagine ; if you will ( What would have happened , if Larry Johnson had broken this tackle and scored another TD . Only if . Now the Packers are here tonight ! Geaux Chiefs !
by 65tosspowertrap on Sep 2, 2010 10:41 AM CDT reply actions
Lets remember 2003
Trent’s bomb in overtime to win in overtime, Chiefs go to 6-0.
I remember I was in Oregon. The game is going into OT, and the local broadcast swithched games (in the NW, its always Raiders or Seaturds). I was flipping out at the screen for not showing OT, but they switched back to the Chiefs just in time to Trent air it out. What a glorious day that was….
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That's the day we broke Ahman Green
Prior to that game he was one of the top RBs in the league and known for ball security. Then he fumbled during OT and was never the same after that.
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by Scaryclouds on Sep 2, 2010 10:56 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
awesome game, not sure ive screamed so loudly(I was going to the next THREE KC games, one in KC one was in cinci
Team Pioli/Haley. Decade of the Chiefs.
Team Colquitt
Cousin and Uncle laughed the whole first half.
My dad and I laughed the whole ride home. ;P
by motrepip on Sep 2, 2010 3:14 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
since when did 2.7 have enough hair
to be tackeld by it?
this should be the most exciting Chiefs team in years! Most major needs filled with playmakers, and the league's best coaching staff... 10-6 a possibility?
That's where I'm confused.
I always recalled him having shorter hair.
"I don't know if I want to go to New York. They'll have to pay me a lot more money because I like it here in Kansas City." -- Roger Maris
There is so much wrong with this thread...
Larry Johnson is pulled down by his hair and suffers a season-ending foot injury.
THEN he broke his foot as forementioned by pulling Polomolu down by the flowing locks
I don’t think hair had anything to do with 2.7 breaking his foot…
"Reach for new elevation; and see just how high we can go. Full blown determination; will take us further than we know. My own anticipation; keeps the fire from burning out, It's time for domination... no one can ever take us down" - Pillar - "For the Love of the Game"
by Red N Gold Beast on Sep 2, 2010 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions
@ stagdsp
2.7 did the hair tackleing to Troy Polomolu !
by 65tosspowertrap on Sep 2, 2010 10:48 AM CDT reply actions
Like Earl says " Its all about Karma."
just a win, a win in the preseason, why ? Damn it karma work.
Wait, what?
Boom. Larry Johnson is pulled down by his hair and suffers a season-ending foot injury.
When has LJ ever had enough hair to grab outside of a helmet? I though he’s always had the nigh-bald look.
I knew LJ was spineless, not hairless
Team Pioli/Haley. Decade of the Chiefs.
Team Colquitt
Remember it like it was yesterday
I was up in Northern Mo Bowhunting I forced the guys to come back to camp so I could watch some of the game, they drop me off and we had just scored to go up big, my brother who was at the game front row endzone, texts me “wow unbelieveable” I respond " I know can’t believe the chiefs will be the only team Farve hasn’t beat" He responds “We Lost” I respond STFU!!! Couldn’t get very could signal on my phone up in the tree, so I thought he was Fing with me, I remind him he was the start of the demise of the chiefs cause he took his wife to see Farve play at Arrowhead(she’s a “Farve Fan” no team just whatever team he is on)!! I’ll never forgot the old LJ before the big contract dude was Jim Brownesqe Jr
by SKyNYrDCHiEF44 on Sep 2, 2010 11:08 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Great memories, guys.
What was Troy Polamalu doing at a Chiefs-Packers game? Hello?
tips to both teams on how to grow out your hair?
Team Pioli/Haley. Decade of the Chiefs.
Team Colquitt
YES...
Let’s get payback on them by using our 2nd string and bubble players to beat the crap out of them! That’ll show them.
"Reach for new elevation; and see just how high we can go. Full blown determination; will take us further than we know. My own anticipation; keeps the fire from burning out, It's time for domination... no one can ever take us down" - Pillar - "For the Love of the Game"
by Red N Gold Beast on Sep 2, 2010 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions
hey at least the guys that get cut
will have won once as a Chief! They deserve it after all that hard work vacationing up in Minnesota.
The picture is a Chiefs pumpkin, yeah that is right a Chiefs pumpkin.
at least they werent eating burgers on the field, I think a win would be nice for the bubble guys/guys who are really playing their last game in the nfl
Team Pioli/Haley. Decade of the Chiefs.
Team Colquitt
So many bad memories from that game.
I thought that would be my last chance to see Favre play – LoL?
I also remember sitting next to the biggest Asshast GB fan that perhaps exists – he was a real douche. I remember I started pretty much hating GB fans after that, real arrogant pricks imo.
I also remember wondering if LJ would ever bounce back from that injury…
Wow, I could have done without this post, heh.
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by Chiefs_Ragnarok on Sep 2, 2010 11:28 AM CDT reply actions
lol no worries, 99.9 percent of my posts are totally useless...sometimes its necessary to just throw things out there(like this useless msg)
Team Pioli/Haley. Decade of the Chiefs.
Team Colquitt
Hah
No offense intended, I will just never remember that game fondly to say the least. Useless replies are my specialty. You do make an excellent point that this was the start of the horrible downfall we’ve endured since then.
In wondrous beauty, once again, shall the golden tables stand mid the grass, which the gods had owned in the days of old.
by Chiefs_Ragnarok on Sep 2, 2010 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Guys, guys guys....relax. The article was right on
2.7 was pulled down by his pubic hair after he dropped his diapers.
He put the diapers back on and was never the same since.
Joe Theismann:"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
took off the diapers and wears depends
Team Pioli/Haley. Decade of the Chiefs.
Team Colquitt
Green Bay is MUCH more likeable without Favre
~Sorry Craig. Hard to not like them nowadays
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Actually it's incredibly easy.
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by Chiefs_Ragnarok on Sep 2, 2010 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
OOOKKKK
To clear the record.
2.7 has never been pulled down by his hair.
2.7 tackled Polamalu by his hair on either a fumble or INT return….I cannot recall if he got injured on that play or not, but this is not true at all. Either way…that was against the steelers.
2.7 was tackled by AJ Hawk in a weird way during the actual Packer game being referred to and injured a leg or ankle I believe.
I'm Your Huckleberry.
Why are we subjecting ourselves to this memory?
Whats next a recap of the 95 and 97 playoffs? (shudders)
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Was that the Oilers?
Man I can’t get over that game against the Bills. Didn’t Motana throw a pick in the endzone at the end of the half that could’ve had us going?
I was still bitter as can be during this game because I wanted LJ traded for any pick to be named later
oh well
Team Pioli/Haley. Decade of the Chiefs.
Team Colquitt
Green Bay wanted LJ bad
think they offered up a 1st rounder for him. Should have traded him when we could
I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave
I gotta disagree
the start of the Kansas City Chiefs downfall was the day they hired Herm Edwards
by badassz1987 on Sep 2, 2010 12:22 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Dont blame Herm
he was handcuffed to cleaning up Dickie V’s mess. Vermeil mortgaged the future trying to win on his way out. Herm is an easy scapegoat, but it was Carl and Vermeil that put us there
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by ArrowDread on Sep 2, 2010 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
SCREW VERMEIL
Oh my god dick vermeil made me so freaking angry! He forced us to bring in nothing but aging veterans so he could have his finally shot at glory. And what did we get out of it other than one playoff game in which we embarassed ourselves. The rest of that era was nothing but watching our defense of grandpas and draft busts get lit up like a christmas tree.
Herm was a horrible coach but it was vermeil and carls horrendous decision to go for broke in the early 2000s that really killed us
by realdealhill27 on Sep 2, 2010 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I have to disagree with you on one point - the low point of this franchise
As bad as things have been since the midpoint of the 2007 season, the real low point in franchise history has to be the late 70s, starting in 1976. Those teams were dismal as the greats from the early years retired. Plus that was early in a FIFTEEN YEAR absence from the playoffs. I don’t believe we’ll ever see a time like that again. As bereft of talent as this team was recently, those late 70 teams were worse. The only bright spot then was hiring Marv Levy in 78 because it was clear pretty quickly that he could rebuild the team. But it was a LOT harder back then without free agency.
The last 3 years have been tough, but I think we’re headed in the right direction. There are still holes to fill, but I think we’re in a lot better situation than we were back then.
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by Big Chief on Sep 2, 2010 1:06 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Hello everyone.
I’ve been a KC fan since I was little but have mostly been a pretty casual fan. However, this year I am more excited about the team and I plan on following this season very closely. Does anyone know where I can find info about the team such as the kind of defense they run, strengths, weaknesses, etc?
Any help is appreciated!
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
lets start a good streak tonight then!
by Dakota23 on Sep 2, 2010 1:51 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
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