Chiefs: the Good, the Bad, the Stupid and Just What IS Going On

Patrick Mahomes, I don’t think Mahomes played a bad game at all and his first interception looked like the ball just slipped  a little coming off his hand, but the second INT looked like he was trying to force things. His sack looked like he was trying to make something out of nothing, just trying to do too much. Hopefully it’s a learning experience. I do like his aggressiveness and he does have the ability to do more than almost any other QB, so I guess that’s just going to be what we can expect. I certainly don’t want to see him get hesitant and gun shy.

The Chiefs remain one of the most undisciplined teams in the league. I believe the Steelers are the only team to have committed more penalties.

It  isn’t just this game but there were a couple drops Sunday that could have been touchdowns but ended up as field goals. That drop by Kelce late in the second quarter, he could have just walked into the end zone stopping for coffee on the way.

From the Game Against the Jaguars: the Stupid

Personal Fouls

Man, oh man, 4 personal foul calls and two ejections. Now, personally, I think the first PF call against Dee Ford was pretty wishy washy. That just seemed really weak. The second one I get, there is a rule specifically forbidding standing over an opponent and taunting.

I’m sure Chris Jones PF and ejection was a retaliatory move, but that just isn’t something he can do. I understand getting mad if an opponent is going for the knees but he just made himself look bad with that “punch” and I’m guessing the Jaguar player wasn’t hurt at all.

Kareem Hunt is going to be losing more money this week. As I recall, way back when, blood boils a lot quicker when you’re young, but losing his cool like that isn’t going to help anyone. If this had been a close game, losing players and losing yards for less than intelligent play could have cost the game.

Just what is going on?

Can anyone recall a head coach seemingly ignoring parts of a game to sit on the bench with a player? I get that Andy Reid realizes he has someone very special in Patrick Mahomes, but it seems that between almost every offensive drive, Reid is on the bench with Mahomes, with Henne and oft times Kafka nearby. I don’t know if Reid has complete confidence in Sutton to handle the defense without him watching or if Reid is as tired of watching the same old, same old as the rest of us. 

As innovative and exciting as Reid’s offense is, Sutton’s defense is as exciting as watching paint dry. Base D on first down, then almost regardless of what happens on first down, whether a gain of 7 or loss of 3, we go nickel on second and third down. Until the end of a game, then we allow the opponent to gain a lot of yards by playing “prevent” D, we put in a dime package, rushing no one and letting the QB stand in the pocket forever deciding where to throw the ball.

Maybe Andy has already decided that Bob is going to retire at the end of this season and Andy is just going to let things ride without interfering. It just seems odd to me that the head coach looks uninterested in the defensive play or it just could be that I’m not seeing enough of the picture. What do you think?