Chiefs at Chargers - Week 10 - Record: 1-8

Another awful wretched putrid last minute loss. What's new. The interesting thing about this one was that after we'd scored a last-minute touchdown to come to within one point, Herm Edwards decided to go for two. Foolhardiness or bravery?

It was brave because we really have nothing to lose. If we get it we win. If we don't we're still on track for that No 1 pick in the draft. I know "No. 1 pick in the draft" is no guarantee of anything, but ya know? At least it's something. It was brave also because it keeps this team fired up, feeling like we're going for it, working valiantly to win not just settle for a tie.

It was foolhardy because the play we ran was just pathetic. It just seems to me that we should have at least a couple of go-to solid plays that work the best for our personnel, just for the needed two-point conversion. Now the bootleg option Tyler Thigpen ran may not be too bad, but, well, our execution of it was awful. Their contain guy wasn't even touched, keeping Thigpen holding the ball long enough for their backfield to flood the endzone. Party over--more abject discouragement.

While that last minute drive to get the touchdown was exciting, I don't know what was going on with the reffing and the reviews. I don't know the exact rules, forgive me, but when Mark Bradley certainly caught that low pass, the refs reviewed it on their own. Doesn't this require the San Diego coach to call for a review, and if upheld (which it was, clearly) then they're charged a time-out?

This roiled me simply because the refs ruled Dwayne Bowe out-of-bounds on a spectacular catch which replays showed he'd caught. Where was the gratuitous replay review for that one?

This was all made up for by Tony Gonzalez' amazing touchdown grab at the goal line to finish the drive. In between two defenders the ball popped out and as he was sandwiched he snatched it back to make the score.

In all the pure rottenness of this season, it is sweet to continue to see Tony Gonzalez rack up the record numbers. It is fun as all-get-out to see him break this or that record or move up on the something-something list for receivers. I'm always saying in my heart, "Yeah, that's our guy out there, that's a Chiefs guy being thoroughly Hall-of-Fame, yeah..."

The thing that kills me is that Carl Peterson just couldn't get him a ring--I mean, sadly, the Chiefs have never even come close to getting him that ring. Errgh.