Raiders at Chiefs - Week Two - Record: 0-2

What's funny about this game was not that we lost to the Raiders, because usually that alone is enough to steam any Chiefs fan. With this game, it just doesn't matter who it was, what's really aggravating is that we lost to a team that played so pathetically.

The Raiders just went nowhere on offense the entire game, and our defense decided to play the matador defense in the last drive where they needed to score a touchdown from deep in their own territory with little time left. This is how ridiculous it was. Their QB completed something like three passes all game up to that point. Then we let him look like John Elway at the completely wrong time.

We also lost because Cassel made several awful throwing decisions, a couple of critical interceptions and a wasted toss that cost us a FG at the end of the first half. Turned out the be the difference in the game.

Yes, there is a learning curve, and it was Cassel's first regular season game on a bum knee. But it is just frustrating that this learning curve is so steep. It is Mt. Everest steep.

I'm telling you, it is steep now making for awful losses like this one, but it'd better make for some spectacular character building that'll do us good later.

Errrrrrrrgh... the Pioli-Haley train still just starting out of the station. Okay, patience now... Takes time...
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