Catch the ball. Grading the receivers in the passing game.

by Rocky Mountain Chiefs Fan on Oct 10, 2011 3:15 PM CDT

*DISCLAIMER* The following stats were compiled from second half performance only. I was unable to watch the first half. *END DISCLAIMER*

Both Matt Cassel and the receivers played an excellent second half. There were absolutely no drops and the receivers made the most of every opportunity they were given. I am happy to have seen that as far as the second half is concerned there were relatively no mistakes made by the receivers as far as the passing game goes.

Dwayne Bowe was thrown to 8 times in the second half. He managed to catch 5 of the 8, one of three misses was off target and the other two were swatted away. I think we all know by now that he also made the best play of the Chief's season so far with his second TD catch of the game.

Final grade- A++

Steve Breaston was targeted only once in the second half and he caught it for the game winning touchdown.

Final grade- A+

Jackie Battle and Keary Colbert were both targeted twice and caught each throw. However, Colbert did fumble once after his catch.

Final grade- A for Battle and B+ for Colbert.

Thomas Jones and Terrance Copper were targeted once and they both caught their target.

Final grade- A for both.

The main thing to take away from the receivers second half performance yesterday was 0 dropped passes. This is very encouraging because there isn't much that is worse than watching a well thrown ball being dropped by the receiver. Colbert's fumble maybe a cause for some to be concerned but as long as he works on that in practice I wouldn't be too worried about it.

Poll

Which receiver gets your game ball?

Dwayne Bowe

144 votes

Steve Breaston

9 votes

Jackie Battle

5 votes

Keary Colbert

1 votes

not sure

1 votes

160 votes | Poll has closed

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Bowe was a man amongst boys...

…but Colbert had arguably the biggest catch of the game, the big 3rd down conversion.

by craig in calgary on Oct 10, 2011 3:24 PM CDT reply actions

That's a pretty big catch.

Every receiver stepped up big time yesterday.

by Rocky Mountain Chiefs Fan on Oct 10, 2011 3:29 PM CDT reply actions

Did we really need a poll for this?

by Tomahawk29 on Oct 10, 2011 4:49 PM CDT reply actions

I heard Kevin Harlan on 810 this morning talking about Bowe.

Said something about no WR has more regular season 100 yard games or TDs than him since like late October of last year.

Also said he was elite among NFL WRs, of which there are a lot of really, really good ones. A man among boys.

Bowe is becoming an absolute beast WR. Maybe not the fastest, or tallest, or has the highest hops… but he might be the strongest. The guy is a monster with YAC and will not be denied when he gets the ball.

by Tomahawk29 on Oct 10, 2011 4:53 PM CDT reply actions

disclaimer

seriously grading the WR’s based on 1/2 of a game?

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by upamtn on Oct 10, 2011 5:24 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

Heh.

would of ≠ would've

by hmills110 on Oct 10, 2011 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions

I couldn't catch the first half.

Other wise I would have done the whole game.

by Rocky Mountain Chiefs Fan on Oct 11, 2011 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions

When looking at the Colbert fumble

To me it clearly looked like his knee was down before the ball started to come out

I eat success for breakfast....with skim milk.

by ChiefRoyal on Oct 10, 2011 5:34 PM CDT reply actions

Would've gone whichever way the refs called it, on a challenge, imo.

Just happy that DBOWE made it moot.

would of ≠ would've

by hmills110 on Oct 10, 2011 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Copper also had a 9-yard reception.

Picked up most of it on his own.

would of ≠ would've

by hmills110 on Oct 10, 2011 5:36 PM CDT reply actions

Held my breath when he stretched out though.

"You can't be fat and fast too; so lift, run, diet, and work." ~ Hank Stram

by citadelchief on Oct 10, 2011 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Copper's able and willing to take on a would-be tackler.

would of ≠ would've

by hmills110 on Oct 11, 2011 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes, this is absolutely all about tooting my own horn.

Ever since the end of the last season, I was calling for us to go after Steve Breaston. I thought he was the absolute perfect compliment to Bowe.

I like being right. So, thank you Steve Breaston. Thank you for making me look like an arrogant ass instead of a retarded ass (go ahead and have fun with that one guys).

"You can't be fat and fast too; so lift, run, diet, and work." ~ Hank Stram

by citadelchief on Oct 10, 2011 8:29 PM CDT reply actions

FYI, a LOT of us were on AP, every day, multiple times per day, saying we MUST go get steve breaston

just saying.

Team Pioli/Haley. Decade of the Chiefs.
Team Colquitt

by SDChief on Oct 11, 2011 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes.

would of ≠ would've

by hmills110 on Oct 11, 2011 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions

So do the same thing I just did.

Be loud and proud. It’s fun to be right about these kinds of things. So enjoy it.

"You can't be fat and fast too; so lift, run, diet, and work." ~ Hank Stram

by citadelchief on Oct 11, 2011 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah Citadel happens to be the same guy who told me not to

think of myself as the king of the draft, because my pre draft predictions were Houston and Hudson. And I never even mentioned king of the draft. But go for it man, toot your own horn and shut mine down….Bigshot :)

Come at me bro, and I will throw a 2 yard screen pass to my running back, come at me bro.

by Kblomfiee on Oct 11, 2011 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Hey, you got em right.

HOWEVER, Houston was not picked at #20. So I wasn’t wrong there either.

You got Hudson dead on though and I was wrong. I didn’t think there was any way he’d still be on the board for us.

"You can't be fat and fast too; so lift, run, diet, and work." ~ Hank Stram

by citadelchief on Oct 11, 2011 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Even still, I felt I had a right to toot my horn a little bit.

And you took my horn and smashed it into little peices. And now this…..
Boooo.

Come at me bro, and I will throw a 2 yard screen pass to my running back, come at me bro.

by Kblomfiee on Oct 11, 2011 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, I'm an ass.

"You can't be fat and fast too; so lift, run, diet, and work." ~ Hank Stram

by citadelchief on Oct 11, 2011 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Well in reference to your above comment

I wouldn’t call you an arrogant, or a retarded ass, maybe a hypocritical one, but hey that’s me too. Go Chiefs! And good call with Breaston. That cat can BALL

Come at me bro, and I will throw a 2 yard screen pass to my running back, come at me bro.

by Kblomfiee on Oct 11, 2011 8:52 PM CDT up reply actions