NSLU: In Seattle, “Tonight, tonight, won’t be just any night…” and you are not going to like it! (This was no Gloria Gaynor night, that’s for sure)
“…Today The minutes seem like hours,
The hours go so slowly,
And still the sky is light.
Oh moon, grow bright,
And make this endless day endless night!
Tonight… tonight…tonight….”
Tonight? I have been thinking on it since Monday. I watched other teams play. This Chiefs team would likely face up man for man from what I have seen, any team that played. They have to believe and play lights out, every night they play. Tonight? They did nothing to instill confidence in me. Not one bit.
Sure. At any time, against any team you would have a toss-up. For example, the damned Steelers of recent note. Damned if tonight wasn’t a replay of how the Chiefs shot themselves in the foot, possession after possession – just like the finale of play for the home team against the Steelers last season.
The… “You know whats?”
You know What? I like playing good teams. Sooner or later, it breeds success. It breeds $$$$. It breeds competition. I like that. I absolutely did not see the success in the play of the team against the Seahawks.
You Know What? All summer – no, since the Super Bowl — the pundits have the Chiefs 3rd in the division behind one team or another but always the Raiders. {expletives deleted}. Maybe the Pundits are right.
You know What? The Chiefs Roster is better than the Raiders, man for man, position by position. Ditto the Broncos. Ditto the Chargers. It’s the Seahawks. Maybe I am mistaken.
You know What? Now dang it all, for me some of tonight would have been John Dorsey’s players against John Schneider’s. Dang it! {Expletives deleted}. Hmm. Can’t we get a redo on the firing of Dorsey and not Reid?
You know what? These two teams are similar in design and methodology. This will be an interesting night. Even now, it is still the case. This roster is full of athletes who excel. They have the speed. They have the temperament. They have played together, many of them, for several seasons now. We have four under our belt. – I found this to be a damned poorly played game by both teams. I am unhappy with that, altogether.
You know what? So too, are the Seahawks such a team. In their time. And so are the Chiefs. [Expletives, repeated, over and over again… but… Tonight, Tonight…] – this does not seem to me to be indicative of the possibilities of either team.
Let’s go Chiefs! (I wrote) – good heavens.
What I want to see: I want to see!
- Roy Miller Fit the Chiefs Defense.
- Chris Jones return to form, at least for a bit.
- Hunt to go on a TD Hunt.
- Al Smith to continue his lights out play.
- Conley break one loose. I already know Hill can do that.
- Kelce, Harris, Charles and Escobar all succeed in a play designed for success. (Add on? 3 TE Set)
- I want to see both Ehinger and Witzman play tonight, lights out for the OL. BOTH OF THEM.
- I want to see RNR break out and I want to see Alan Bailey with a sack.
- I want to see as much as we can possibly take with the ones, the ILBs and OLBs. Try them all and see where it goes. Then the twos. I want first of all to see DJ and Ramik Wilson side by side. I want to see Josh Mauga put in when it is an obvious stuff the run deal. I want to see Sutton hybrid the Ocean doves to death.
- I want to see the Chiefs hybrid beat the Seahawks hybrid. This is the real test of the pre-season.
- So now? It is game time in 2 hours and counting.
- Know whats? – Dave Pedersen is showing he belongs in the head-coaching rank. I like that. And I want to see Dave Toub being the next Head Coach out of KC. … and…. And….
The rest? It’s icing on the cake. Tonight, Tonight…
Game Review: real time, or pretty close to it
So what did I see? It is not even the end of the game, but I am disgusted. Mahomes and Co, looked awful in the first 2 possessions of the “twos.” Alex Smith did nothing in his first half and first possession of the second half – 44 yards, no TDs – so, no INT’s but a big zero in TDs.
What Hunt did was what Hunt should do, especially after Ware went down with an apparent ankle injury. I was pleased with Hunt.
I saw Conley make a good catch. Kelce for one, but Kelce had a drop too. Demetrius Harris had a big first down.
I was not pleased with the offensive line. It was not that they didn’t play, but by the time they got rolling there were so many penalties that it became a moot point. They did not dominate. They weren’t dominated. The score reflects that. When I was sitting through this, my compatriot, a Seahawks Fan, was in the same boat. I commented to him that the defense held but they gave up big pieces of ground to the Seahawk’s running game. Wilson was effective but the Chiefs held them out of the end zone, reminiscent of the Steeler’s game I said to him. We were both disgusted.
Meanwhile, on defense, you have little to write home about. Chris Jones had a great sack. I can say that Alan Bailey played well but the rest I did not see. Roy Miller didn’t do much. The LB core was ineffective. White, got beat bad in the secondary and the Penalties. This was worse than we saw the previous week. I am disgusted.
Over to the coaching staff: Reid’s play calling was just okay but Nagy, when he appeared to be calling the game, was “just okay too”.
My want list?
What I want to see: What I saw
- Roy Miller remains questionable.
- Chris Jones return to form at least for a bit and I saw this. I was pleased.
- Hunt didn’t break one to the end zone but he was very effective on the ground. I was happy with it.
- Al Smith did nothing to earn my confidence. Yes, penalties were part of it.
- Chris Conley didn’t break one loose but played well. Hill was basically a non-factor. break one
- Kelce, did nothing, Harris did, and I can’t say anything positive about Charles and Escobar. Maybe you saw it, I did not.
- I don’t think the guard play by anyone was good. In fact, I saw Schwartz, at tackle get a big whiff. I am disgusted with the OL Play over all.
- Alan Bailey showed why the Chiefs missed him. RN-R? Not so much. Bailey did get a sack.
- Hell, I am confused as hell at the LB play. The only one I thought made my evening was, you guessed it, Ford. I saw him do a reverse spin to the inside no less. It amounted to nothing but he used a move that has been lacking in his repertory. The rest I want to see Sutton hybrid the Ocean doves to death.
- I want to see the Chiefs hybrid beat the Seahawks hybrid. This did not happen. OTOH? The Seahawk’s hybrid was nothing to write home about. So now? It is game time in 2 hours and counting.
- About my know what’s? I still think Dave Pedersen is showing he belongs in the head-coaching rank.
NOT IN MY LIST? S/T Run back for a TD by DAT.
I should have had in my list, s/t performing well or above that. It didn’t other than the DAT TD.
Overall? I think this was a terribly sloppy game – not just the Chiefs by the way, but the Seahawks too, played some really inept football. I did see Wilson make plays. I saw their LBs play well – but I saw their LBs whiff.
Both Head coaches should head for the locker room with bloody scalps having raked their fingernails through the hairdo, for a complete half of the game and more.
The fans? Sitting with my friend James and we are both watching the inept play of our respective teams, I looked at him and he said: WTF? {expletives intended} I said the same thing back. Maybe you wanted a play by play review and I took serious notes into and through the second PM2 possession. He11, he looked pretty awful too.
I am disgusted.
David Bell – Avery
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