So much stuff is banging around in my head about everything Chiefs right now that I think I'll just splat it out here in a very simple "Good thing bad thing" format. I dunno, I'm just all over the place right now. Forgive me.
Good thing: We've now won seven straight games at the Oakland Coliseum, and I heard some radio guy say that's the longest streak of any team over any other team at their place in the NFL right now. Yay!
Bad thing: The Raiders are so inept they keep handing us these wins. Hey, I'm am waaay not complaining. But watching these games all I see is the Raiders looking purely awful, so I can't really say how much of this is Kansas City's goodness as it may be. Both of their recent skill posititon high picks, QB JaMarcus Russell and WR Darrius Heyward-Bey, just played miserably, however much this elated me and every Chiefs fan everywhere. Thing is I just want to beat them because we're beating a good team ourselves because we're really good.
Good thing: Jamaal Charles had a 100 yard game that included a nice pinball machine run for a touchdown.
Bad thing: Well, bad things: One, we got our first rushing touchdown of the season here in game nine, two, Charles is prone to fumble (sure enough he did fumble it over to the Raiders right after I found out we're doing great in not-losing fumbles on the year, something like tied for best in the NFL) and three, we don't have Larry Johnson.
I should add my what-will-most-likely-be final two cents about the Larry Johnson thing. Let me just say I'm not pleased with it. I'm not pleased with it because he was basically run outta town on a rail. Again, as I've said before, I'm not a fan or a not-fan. I just want Larry Johnson to score touchdowns for my team. This is not to say I don't care about him and his character. I do.
But I just think his release was the result of what a whole bunch of people thought about his character than what it was. Sorry, but that stinks. I very much chafe at the blatant holier-than-thou attitude by media toadies and fans alike who seem to pick and choose what kinds of things to revile and make unjustified claims about this or that thing, and the target gets caught up in the whirlwind.
In this light I'm sick of the way many speak about these issues, offering a choice that goes something like this: "Which would you rather have, a questionable character guy whose got great talent, or a stellar character guy with average talent?" How many stick their chest out and sanctimoniously say they'd take the latter?
Yeah, right.
So, I will always respect whatever decision Clark and Scott and Todd make for the team's sake, in whatever whirlwind conditions there are, but I can't say I think it's justified.
Good thing: The offensive line seemed to play inspired ball today. They're still far from great, but I really liked things like how Brian Waters caught up to that fumble that ended up deep in Raider territory.
Bad thing: What in blazes was Todd Haley thinking not kicking that field goal late in the third quarter? What was he thinking? I just didn't catch it--somebody tell me because I am completely at a loss. It would've been a chip-shot for Succop. Are we just getting too good at fourth down conversions that Haley thinks we're somehow going to make all of them? By not kicking it we gave the Raiders a chance to win it with a touchdown late, and they almost did if they didn't screw it up themselves.
The only thing is that maybe Haley will be really learning from all this for when it'll actually count.
Good thing: We get the Steelers next week who themselves are coming off an awful loss against the Bengals. I say this is a good thing because this will be a decent test of whether or not we're making some progress.
Bad thing: Saw that Jarrod Page was put on the season-ending injury list, so our D-backfield is still in bad shape. It was nice to see Mike Brown make those clutch interceptions, but still...
Good thing: We're at home for Pittsburgh.
Bad thing: Please please tell me we won't be wearing those Texans helmets again. Once is fine, but let's just be the Chiefs, awright? I know that they are actually great for when we're playing dreadfully and not have to actually be thought of as the Chiefs. I don't think we'll be wearing them next week, but I have a baaaaad feeling we'll see them again for Denver. Ugh.
Actually, I'll be okay with that if Bronco players wear their AFL helmets with the goofy cartoonish horse and the oversized hooves looking like it is being sucked right into a good Kansas tornado.
Good thing: It looks like this year we won't match our record for fewest sacks! I know we've been getting at least a handful of them, we got one or two today I know. From what I'm hearing, anyway, Glenn Dorsey is improving. If the learning curve is nice and steady let's hope that applies to our other very young linemen.
Bad thing: We're still not getting that push, standing guys up, and firmly closing holes. Too much time for QB's and too much space for runners. Again, let's hope these guys are good learners.
It'll be most important when we're actually contenders.
And hey, we can actually beat good teams because we're actually good.
Ahh, that'd be a very good thing.
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