Kansas City Chiefs Open Practice Report
by SillyHatDay on Aug 25, 2011 6:46 AM CDT
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I attended the Kansas City Chiefs 24 Aug. open practice. Here are my casual observations from where I was sitting.
* LB Micah Johnson is just huge.
* S Jon McGraw had a nice pick six in 11 on 11. He sat down in his zone until QB Matt Cassel got antsy and belted it over the middle.
* DE Brandon Bair beat OT Jared Gaither on their first individual rep against each other. Gaither and OT David Mims muted Bair for the rest of the drill.
* DE Allen Bailey demolished every reserve tackle, on every snap of the individual pass rush drill. He used a wide range of swims, spins, and hand moves.
* WR Keary Colbert appeared to be the best of the non-lock receivers. It wasn't even close actually. He was getting separation and bringing in balls against some first team players. WR Verran Tucker was a distant second, with too many drops.
* Speaking of drops, WR Dwayne Bowe had two big ones. He was pretty well heckled for it. He had some nice catches later on as well though.
*During sprints Colbert was finishing before Bowe, which a fan loudy pointed out to Bowe as he came back to the line. When they got back down, Bowe made the "hush" sign to the fans behind him, then proceeded to grab Colbert's shoe. When they took off Colbert stumbled and Bowe beat him. It was a bit comical.
* FB Shane Bannon looks like a lumberjack. Nearby flora beware.
* Cassel seemed too willing to checkdown during 7 on 7 and 11 on 11,
* QB Tyler Palko got reps with the first team. He looked fine for the most part with the highlight being a touchdown to TE Tony Moeaki.
* Moeaki was a security blanket every quarterback was quick to turn to. He had to jump up and snag the Palko touchdown out of the air. Impressive.
* RB Thomas Jones bounced a pitch outside for what appeared to be developing into a no gain play. Moeaki turned it into a big gain for Jones by locking up LB Justin Houston with a glorious, textbook block and shoving him out of the play. Beautiful.
* Cassel hit WR Jerheme Urban on a nice pass down the middle. CB Javier Arenas blew him up right as he caught it with a monster hit. It was a pretty intense collision for just practice.
* The backup kicker (14) hit a 51 yard FG with 10 yards to spare easy.
* On the last play of practice, everyone and their mother had Stanzi dead to rights. Stanzi scampered out of the pile of humanity for a big gain. He was stopped by LB Cory Greenwood.
Well that's it for my observations. I'm sure some of you attended as well and have things to add.
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Thanks for the post
I don’t mean to join the bandwagon of bashing our pro bowl quarterback, but for some reason I am just not feeling that Cassell is all that he is cracked up to be. I guess starting Palko isn’t an option either though…..yet.
#1 We are not cutting Bowe for Fitz. Bowe grew up in Kc. He is Haley's work. Also he will be loads cheaper than Fitz. He is a homegrown K.C. product. He stays. #2 Flowers and Carr are both staying.
If Palko starts, we're going 4-12....best case
We're the same team as last year, except incredibly better, and with new players.
And last pre-season it was worse
All the camp reports were “OMG Croyle’s better than Cassel at (this drill) and (that drill) and Cassel checks down too much / locks on to one WR / WE’RE DOOMED!”
And last season turned out pretty good from the QB position.
Now I’ll start to get pretty uncomfortable if we’re not getting anything out of our QB after a couple of real games. Wouldn’t get in too big of a hurry to freak out about him just yet, though.
The Chiefs and I have mutually agreed on this decision and although I look forward to continuing my career, I’ll always have a special place in my heart for Kansas City.
by TRSChief on Aug 25, 2011 7:09 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, essentially what I was saying.
Pre-season was awful and first couple of games were slow out of the gates. Turned out fine.
Getting panicky after 2 pre-season games is probably a bit premature.
The Chiefs and I have mutually agreed on this decision and although I look forward to continuing my career, I’ll always have a special place in my heart for Kansas City.
premature apprehension?
"Nah. Basket weaving was too hard, so I changed to journalism." - Joe Namath, in response to a jibe about whether he had majored in basket weaving.
As allways these practice reports are the best fan posts
Keep them coming!
Chiefs fan since 94... last chiefs playoff win: 93
simple really
kickoffs taken away, lower scoring games
strength is our D and our run game
so cassel is working overtime most likely(a theory here via me) on getting rid of the ball if the checkdown isnt available. throw it away, throw it away….the more 2nd and 10’s and the less 2nd and 17’s the better we execute the 4 play 10 yard gameplan. Cassel shouldnt throw as many away during the season, but I like that they are working on cassel getting rid of the ball to avoid situations we frankly cant get out of
Team Pioli/Haley. Decade of the Chiefs.
Team Colquitt
I’d be the first person to say that if you are going to suck, go all out and ensure the lower pick, but this is a team with a lot of talent. nobody is a sure thing.
by Topchief1 on Aug 25, 2011 7:12 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Remember
Andrew Luck isn’t just any ol’ Hot-Rod, he’s a freaking GTO Judge.
Me and Matt Cassel just - you up, dog!
by ChiefWarPaint on Aug 25, 2011 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions
People can say what they want about McGraw
but he is a smart player. Is he as gifted athletic wise as some of the other safeties? No. Is he a hard worker? Yes. Does he hit big? Yes. Is he old? Yes. Will he make the team? Yes.
McGraw is a decent backup
McGraw is a great special teams player
Other than his coverage (if you want to call it that) on Heap in the playoff game
McGraw wasn’t really bad at all last year. He was much better depth than most teams have. Granted, I still would have preferred Lewis the whole time – but since he was hurt, we could have been worse off.
But that said, don’t you dare get hurt again this year Lewis.
The Chiefs and I have mutually agreed on this decision and although I look forward to continuing my career, I’ll always have a special place in my heart for Kansas City.
The backup kicker made a 51 yd???
We must sign him immediately, and cut Succop.
by Flower_Power on Aug 25, 2011 7:16 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
LOL
I was waiting for someone to say that!
by Old-Chiefs-fan on Aug 25, 2011 7:26 AM CDT up reply actions
The dude has a hell of a leg
His kicks had plenty of distance, but he was pulling the ball consistently left, missing the uprights by 5-10 yards many times. He’s not going to make it.
That's what special teams coaches are for....
"At one point in your life you either have the thing you want or the reasons why you don't "
by chief Stevie_k on Aug 25, 2011 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions
I honestly didn't think Connor Barth would make it.
We’ve already played him in preseason. But in all honesty, he won’t make THIS team, but it’s not completely wrong to say he won’t make it in the NFL. Just wait for an injury, and he could make a name for himself.
by Flower_Power on Aug 25, 2011 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I would never say never.
I tend to agree, but they love competition, and if you can coach a guy to hit accurately from what they reported as 55-60 yards, you coach him a bit and see if he improves. Let him compete, bring him in next off-season when you have more time to coach and eval and push succop. I like succop. I’m not saying replace him, but if you find someone you can make better than him, then…..
"At one point in your life you either have the thing you want or the reasons why you don't "
by chief Stevie_k on Aug 25, 2011 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
QBR
Does anyone know when ESPN is going to start rating QBs with this new system? Are they waiting for the regular season?
I believe in the Chiefs' Way. Someday, we will set the standard for how to be a championship team!
That captures what I saw very well
Man, they don’t give Stanzi anything. Palko left with the first team and Stanzi got basically his only reps with the people trying to make the team. It is kind of the same story we see with the preseason games. They are taking their time with his development.
That's worth noting
All Stanzi really got were junk reps. He did have one huge pass to #8(Chandler Williams?) second team in 7 on 7. Beautiful pass that hit him right in the hands but he dropped it.
With Siler Out...(PUP'd @ Roster cut Down Day ? )
Roster space is available for Micah “Mine’s Bigger than Your” Johnson…
he's 6'2, so no midget
but yeah, he’s almost 260 lbs of rock.
I sooooo want to see him make a dent with this team in 2011. He’s still young and raw – he seems to be staying healthy.
He’s not the fastest guy, but guess what, his 40 time was basically the same as Belcher (around a 4.8 40) so we’re not losing out in that area. His pass coverage is spotty I’m told but I don’t know that Belcher is a beast there either.
Dude’s got some guns for sure – and this was from college.
by Ochophosphate on Aug 25, 2011 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Logged in to rec this. Practice reports get an autorec from me.
That’s good to hear about Bailey. He’s a major project, so nice to hear that he seems to be coming along.
This guy runs up to them and says, "Hey, the world's coming to an end!" and the first one says, "Well, I best go to the mission and pray," and the second one says, "Well, hell, I'm gonna go and buy me a case of Mezcal and six whores," and the third one says "Well, I'm gonna finish the game."
they were running him more like a 4-3 end
a rush end type. He did excellent at it but I didn’t really get to catch him in two gap action.
The two do coincide fairly often.
This guy runs up to them and says, "Hey, the world's coming to an end!" and the first one says, "Well, I best go to the mission and pray," and the second one says, "Well, hell, I'm gonna go and buy me a case of Mezcal and six whores," and the third one says "Well, I'm gonna finish the game."
Anyone ready for the PFT article on Bowe?
Haley loses control of players; Bowe tries to injure backup WR Colbert during running drills.
Bowe
While I don’t like to hear that he is dropping passes, I am glad that he’s taking the crowd jeers in stride.
CHIEFS DYNASTY – we’re kind of a big deal
Is
Bannon the Ivy League guy?
You Play to Win the game!!!
by Wichita Chief on Aug 25, 2011 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes -
Yale.
Profile Image courtesy of 'christoffer'..
by chiefsfan62 on Aug 25, 2011 9:17 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He sleeps all night and he works all day?
"Nah. Basket weaving was too hard, so I changed to journalism." - Joe Namath, in response to a jibe about whether he had majored in basket weaving.
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