Arrowheadlines: Chiefs News 1/24

by NJ Chiefs Fan on Jan 24, 2012 6:28 AM CST

Good morning! Here is today's Kansas City Chiefs news. Enjoy.

First and foremost, the Senior Bowl is about player evaluation. It's a week where the coaching staff and personnel departments of 30 NFL teams turn the page together toward a new season. For some staffs, it's the first time everyone has been in one place since the previous season ended.

The Senior Bowl is also a place where half of Kansas City's draft picks of the previous two seasons worked out and interviewed with Chiefs personnel.

Recent Senior Bowl Rosters Laden With Future Chiefs Draft Picks from The Mothership

The Chiefs initially struggled with the loss of Eric Berry, giving up 39 pass plays of 20 or more yards over the first eight games of the season. Overall, the Kansas City defense gave up 55 pass plays of 20 or more yards, which ranked as the 10^th-most in the NFL last season.

However, Kansas City paced the NFL with only 16 pass plays of 20 yards allowed over the final eight games of the season.

Overall, the Chiefs allowed a league-low 20 total plays (16 passes and four rushes) of 20 or more yards over the final eight games of the season. No team was better during that stretch and playoff teams averaged 29.7 plays of 20 yards during the season's second half.

Offseason Roster Review: Safety from The Mothership

The Bears whittled their list of five general-manager candidates to two, and they'll conduct a second round of interviews with Phil Emery of the Kansas City Chiefs and Jason Licht of the New England Patriots later this week at Halas Hall.

Bears' GM Search Down To Chiefs' Phil Emery, Patriots' Jason Licht from The Chicago Sun-Times

Bad offense is as much a part of our identity as good defense.* Vermeil rocked the boat for a few years, but Herm Edwards was able to dismantle that juggernaut within a year. Since then, it's been a parade of bad quarterbacks and scared play calling. In 10 years, will we look back on Bill Muir and Tyler Palko as rock bottom? I don't know, for me that was probably Mike Solari and Brodie Croyle. Muir and Palko are like a poor man's version.

Grading The Chiefs' Offense from Arrowhead Addict

The Patriots' 23-20 win over the Ravens earned a 29.1 major-market rating on CBS. That's the highest such rating for an afternoon AFC championship since a 1994 meeting between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills that drew a 29.5, according to CBS Corp.

Giants Win Over 49ers Marks Highest NFL Conference Title Rating Since 1995 from Bloomberg

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This was AP last night, with me playing the role of a confused and bewildered Tobey...

Tobey…Toby…Toby…Toby Wong…Toby Wong….Toby Chung…

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by severn58 on Jan 24, 2012 6:32 AM CST reply actions

In the comment from Arrowhead Addict lamenting

our offense it was duly noted we have been riding a tidal wave of mediocrity in that area since Herm Edwards arrived. Herm was an absolute idiot in terms of offense so it is little wonder we did not prosper during the Herm years. Haley, however, was supposed to be an offensive minded coach. I am appalled at the way our offense has fallen completely apart. We have some tools to use on offense, but we have no quarterback and no coherent play calling and game plan.

"The Hammer"

by G.L. on Jan 24, 2012 7:20 AM CST reply actions

It is hard to have a coherent play calling and gameplan

when you switch OC every year, dont have a fluid playcalling system(actually getting the play to the QB) and having issues with the HC being able to talk to the QB. This isnt a Haley bashing because I actually like Haley in some ways but his first season and third seasons were a joke on O. I can see a bit in the 3rd season when your entire gameplan has to change after week two…
The first season on O we were limited in just about every way possible. OC gets fired mid preseason, WE HAD LJ, we had no TE or WR depth, and I wont even get into the QB or the OL. We finished 23rd in PPG.
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The second season we were limited by the QB and the lack of WR depth. We fixed the OC situation, we found a gem in Moeaki, and started to work on the OL. We finished 13th in PPG
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The third season we were still limited by the QB, JC/Moeaki got hurt, HC/GM were in turmoil. We got our depth at WR and the OL was getting better(at certain areas) We finished 31st in PPG.
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I really hope KC can find someone who can change the culture of the O…

What a year! At least we have the Royals... Oh Wait!

by KSU-Chief on Jan 24, 2012 8:15 AM CST up reply actions

meh

Herm didn’t “dismantle” anything, it fell apart from injuries and old age … the fact that it died a long, slow natural death (instead of being shot immediately) is what upsets most fans, that’s never easy to see in a loved one, a horrible slow prolonged death like that …

and Herm may have been an “idiot” on offense but he knew enough to hire Chan Gailey and get out of the way

as to OUR offense, 2/4 of the playmakers went down in a strange year to begin with (no offseason) … hell, we at least got the train back on track before Cassel went down an were at 4-4 … for a day

whatever

the main thing in my mind has been and is OLine … this one seemed to evaporate much of the year, especially in the Red Zone (not a good place to dissolve)

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by upamtn on Jan 24, 2012 9:12 AM CST up reply actions

A good o-line can cover up a lot of offensive deficiencies.

I too really want to get a good line again, hopefully a new RT and a certain guard from Stanford can make that happen

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by nateforchiefs on Jan 24, 2012 9:19 AM CST up reply actions

I was thinking right along those same lines.

The issue I keep coming up with is that I dont think Lilja is all that bad right now. I think putting Hudson at C and replacing BR with anything at all will satisfy Pioli and his want to fix the OL. I dont see him draft 2 OL high in the draft this year. As much as I would love DeCastro then Sanders, I dont think Pioli would ever do that… I think he will take an OT early and take a late round OG to bring along…

What a year! At least we have the Royals... Oh Wait!

by KSU-Chief on Jan 24, 2012 9:25 AM CST up reply actions

I would be ok with a FA RT (fart, ha!)

II would really like Decastro, a guard who can pull block, maul defenders in the run game and pass block pretty well too. Ideally we would be able to trade down and still get him but I dont see that happening

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by nateforchiefs on Jan 24, 2012 9:28 AM CST up reply actions

a bad OLine can cause deficiencies

actually, just BE one

I’’d be much more comfortable (and happier) staying where we are and getting the BEST interior lineman to come along in years, a legitimate Top 10 talent (end we’d be fortunate if he doesn’t go before our pick)

with DeCastro® – Hudson (1) – Asamoah (2) in a few years we’d be like the Saints and their dominant line … I’m salivating like Pavlov’s Dog at this possibility and I sure hope Pioli doesn’t do something to screw it up

by upamtn on Jan 24, 2012 9:41 AM CST up reply actions

but he SHOULD ... Sanders, Osemele, the best RT available in Round Two

As much as I would love DeCastro then Sanders, I don’t think Pioli would ever do that

by upamtn on Jan 24, 2012 9:43 AM CST up reply actions

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by LadyChief on Jan 24, 2012 9:44 AM CST up reply actions

The more I think about it the more I think

DeCastro could be the Chiefs first round pick. I think it is entirely possible we will be stuck with another year of Mr. Mediocre, Matt Cassel. If so, the only way he is going to succeed is if we have an absolutely outstanding o-line. DeCastro is one of those unsung heroes who are making someone else who really is not altogether that great look pretty darned good. Could happen again in KC.

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by G.L. on Jan 24, 2012 10:56 AM CST up reply actions

For those of you that missed it last night and are looking for some good morning reading...

There was a lot of fun in this fanpost but the guy overdid it a bit and the mods deleted his comments, killing the thread.

ezoo has revived it here for your viewing pleasure.

TOUCHDOWN! KAN-SAH-CITY!!!

by TheScootness on Jan 24, 2012 8:13 AM CST reply actions

Jeez havent those guys

Ever came across a troll before?

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by ChiefRoyal on Jan 24, 2012 9:38 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

holy hell

I seriously havent laughed that much in a long time, that had to be one the best threads ever on this site

by banshee_01 on Jan 24, 2012 9:56 AM CST up reply actions

I cannot believe...

…that I just wasted my first hour at work reading that entire string of inhumanity. I laughed. I cried. All wrapped in one post.

by K_Karsten on Jan 24, 2012 10:58 AM CST up reply actions

Well that was a good use of 30 minutes

In there I saw that I:
1. Have no right to call myself a Chiefs fan – because I would view releasing T.Jax negatively
2. I am not a real football fan – cause I didn’t think it was a great OP
3. I am a virgin (explain that one to my kids) – just like everybody that didn’t agree with that post

That was a hot bag of awesome.

by Ochophosphate on Jan 24, 2012 1:09 PM CST up reply actions

Wow. Just wow.

2012 Chiefs Draft Picks by Falcon58: G DeCastro 1st round, NT Ta'amu 2nd round or OT Adcock 2nd/3rd round, TE Egnew 3rd round, RB Ganaway 5th/6th, QB Case Keenum 5th/6th. Resign: Carr, Bowe, Orton, McClain, Gordon(in that order). Trade Dorsey for picks, promote Gordon to DT/DE.

by Falcon58 on Jan 24, 2012 1:52 PM CST up reply actions