Show Me What You're Made Of

by G.L. on Sep 16, 2011 8:29 AM CDT

Well, the fiasco of last week's Buffalo game is long behind us and fading (thankfully) into distant memory and the distant past. It is my considered opinion that few in Chiefs Nation saw that debacle coming. Personally, I thought the game might follow some of the same trends as last year's game early, but I thought the Chiefs running game would overpower the Bills late in the game with the Chiefs winning by a substantial margin. Boy, was I wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. The Chiefs from a couple of years ago showed up and took over from the AFC West Champions of last year and left many of us shaking our heads. How could that be?

Others have analyzed the game with much more skill and expertise than I, and I don't think that revisiting that mess would benefit either myself or any of the Arrowhead Pride faithful. So, where you may ask does that leave us? Chiefs fans are deflated (an understatement of the first degree) and dejected after the worst home opening loss in the HISTORY of the Kansas City Chiefs. Uh, just for effect, let me say that again......the worst home opening loss in the HISTORY of the Kansas City Chiefs. I thought we were all through with record breaking pitifullness a couple of years ago. I was wrong. Badness of the "nth" degree jumped up and bit myself and every other Chiefs fan on the ass. The "sky is falling" crowd has had their say, as well as the "we aren't that bad" crowd. Me? I don't know what to think. Soooooooooooo, this is a show me what you're made of game.

The game Sunday will make a statement about where the team is. Chiefs fans are humiliated and embarrassed after last week's loss. The question is, are the coaches and players embarrassed and what are they going to do about it? After you get your ass handed to you on a platter, you get down right junk yard dog mean, and you come out and kick some ass. That is, you do if you are a team with some heart. But, (and that is a but as big as J-Lo's) that will be mighty tall order against the young and resurgent Lions. The Lions have some real studs on their team on both offense and defense. This would not be an easy game even if it were at home. Since it is on the road, it will just be that much tougher. Facing a tough schedule for the remainder of the season, do the Chiefs dig deep and and come up big against the Lions? I, for one, certainly hope so.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Arrowhead Pride's writers or editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of Arrowhead Pride writers or editors.

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J-Lo’s butt gets a rec from me!

another dopeless hope fiend

by hebegb on Sep 16, 2011 9:15 AM CDT reply actions

Lmao........

"The Hammer"

by G.L. on Sep 16, 2011 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions

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I was once fired from a job two days after I waited on Matt Cassel and his wife Lauren Killian. Totally my AP moment to remember. Unfortunately also one of my stupidest moments.

by Chiefs_swagger on Sep 16, 2011 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions

sorry, what was the question?

… I got distracted

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by upamtn on Sep 16, 2011 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

a$$

or titties?

I was once fired from a job two days after I waited on Matt Cassel and his wife Lauren Killian. Totally my AP moment to remember. Unfortunately also one of my stupidest moments.

by Chiefs_swagger on Sep 16, 2011 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions

Both?

Always a fan, win or lose. Go Chiefs!

by GetRight on Sep 16, 2011 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions

I agree with this to a point.

Let’s not put too much emphasis on any one single game. Coach Haley has already stated in a presser that once we get to 5 or 6 games you will begin to see an identity develop—good or bad. Let’s not make any single game the be all, end all of any season.

"You gonna pull them pistols...or whistle Dixie?"

by Aiken_Drum on Sep 16, 2011 11:50 AM CDT reply actions

Aiken while I agree that any one single

game is not the “be all and end all” of the season, I think this game takes on significant strategic importance. Four of the first six games for the Chiefs are on the road. We have already had one of our two home games of those first six games and we were slaughtered at home. Since this game is not even the most difficult of those six games we will face, I think it is very important to not only play well at Detroit, but to win it if that is possible.

"The Hammer"

by G.L. on Sep 16, 2011 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Of course, having said that

the real question which needs to be answered here is what do you think of J-Lo’s butt?

"The Hammer"

by G.L. on Sep 16, 2011 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Large and in charge, baby

large and in charge.

"You gonna pull them pistols...or whistle Dixie?"

by Aiken_Drum on Sep 16, 2011 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions

I've never heard that one before ...

that’s good, that’s … yeah, accurate right there, yeah … I like that one, that’s … yeah, right on

by upamtn on Sep 16, 2011 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Actually, what will really torque my gib (sailing term meaning to piss one off)

this season is if we don’t take advantage of a screwed up season caused by the lock out. Haley went about it in the right way, imo. He knew that other teams would be challenged this year in keeping their A players on the field and he decided to forego the early games of the season in terms of game plan readiness to make sure that our A players were healthy. The thought here was that by week 3 or 4 we would be beginning to hit our stride and be able to exploit the weaknesses of those teams and take our wins back into the playoffs.

It has been working too! The colts lost Mr. Football, who could have called it? The Steelers looked very old and slow and got hammered in Baltimore. Minnesota and Donovan McFlabb just don’t rhyme—that team is going to struggle all season. Let’s see what becomes of Mark Sanchez this season—he could go either way. Green Bay is the Beast that would be hardest to slay, but that’s a loss I could accept with our own playoff berth not being contingent on that one game. SD is going to be tough this year with VJax back in the rotation, the Raiders seem to have held on to the good things their Defense did last season and gotten some RBs healthy again. Denver is the only team that doesn’t appear to have improved that much, but they still looked better than anything we have put out there yet.

It all hinges on this team coming together and covering each other’s posteriors. It can be done, but the effort that it will take has not yet been given. Let’s hope that this week at Detroit, all that changes.

"You gonna pull them pistols...or whistle Dixie?"

by Aiken_Drum on Sep 16, 2011 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions