Chiefs Get Embarrassed by the Broncos, Lose 49-29
Awful. Pathetic. Embarrassing. Putrid. Flat-footed. Not ready to play. Out-coached. Out played. Disgusting. Handshake.
There were quite a few words coursing through my brain after this pathetically bad performance by my favorite franchise. The Chiefs came out and must have run right through a time warp back to the 2008 season. They came out under-coached and didn’t look like they were ready to play at all. The Chiefs were lost and had no answer for the Denver Broncos and frat boy Josh McDaniels. This is a poor effort when you can unequivocally say that you were out-coached by Josh McD. Ridiculous.
The defense was depleted big time in the safety department with both Kendrick Lewis and John McGraw out of the game. This caused Ricky Price and Donald Washington to pick up the slack. Denver knew that was the weak spot and came out firing attacking the safeties over the top and jumping out to a quick 21-0 lead, which eventually extended to 35-0 before the Chiefs could catch their breath in the high altitude of Invesco Field.
This loss is infuriating as a fan for no other reason than that the team was just flat out not prepared to play. That is all on coaching. If a team comes out and they are out-manned and overmatched I am not gonna fault the team. But when you come out against a team you are better than and lay a gigantic egg like you did, I look at the coaching and that is inexcusable to me. Crennell, who has been great the majority of the season, looked clueless against John Elway Kyle Orton. That is something that I did not expect. This coaching staff has preached being prepared and doing your job. When their players do not do their job they hold them accountable, but when where is the accountability when the coaches do not do their job? Whether it’s to the public, to each other, or just themselves, this staff needs to hold itself accountable, figure out the problems, and get them fixed. One could actually look at this and say it’s a good situation, but that’s for a later post.
Lots of people want to rush to blame Brandon Carr but I think that is misplaced. Carr has been put into a position all year to not succeed and that lies on coaching. The Chiefs came out and dared the Broncos to run the ball and they came out and ran (and threw) on the Chiefs big time. They came out and were not able to adjust and make the necessary changes and that falls on the coaches yet again. The Chiefs don’t have much depth to help them out but coaches should be able to find a way to not get embarrassed. Again, if the Chiefs get beat, fine, if they are put in a position they can’t dig themselves out of, that is on coaching. If you couldn’t tell, if you ask me, this game falls on the coaching.
I don’t want to do it, but here it is the good and the bad from the game:
Good:
Dwayne Bowe – Most of his stats were from garbage time, but I saw him find a way to get open and catch the ball WITH HIS HANDS. That is a big time thing I have wanted to see from him and am finally glad I saw it. Despite everything that’s happened this season, I think Dwayne Bowe could come out with some positives heading into the offseason and next year.
Brandon Flowers – A return to form of sorts and shut off one side of the field. Still a pro-bowl/all-pro type player this year.
Bad:
Coaching – See above. Pathetic.
Offensive Line – Couldn’t block, couldn’t give Cassel time at all, and couldn’t open any running lanes. The smoke and mirrors are gone and this line cannot beat people straight up. They just can’t, and when you take away the good gimmick things they can do, they get beat and that’s what happened.
Front Seven – The D-line just got pushed around all day. They could not get pressure on the QB at all and couldn’t stop the run. Coaching has something to do with it but this is still a unit with some holes that need to be filled.
Secondary – With the exception of Flowers, Carr and both safeties played suspect and that is no fault other than the Broncos receivers were just better than ¾ of our secondary. Hard to blame that on coaching but Crennell should have been able to stop the bleeding somehow.
Stats in Garbage Time – The coaches left the starters in to pad the stats and they can lean on that when they defend their players but Matt Cassel didn’t have a good game just because he pile up garbage stats. This just gives them another 3 weeks to ride the train and say ‘look over here at what can happen if given the chance, LOOK AT THIS!’ I don’t buy and neither should you.
Final Thoughts: See above. I don’t want to talk about this anymore. The Chiefs need to learn from this, get better, and move on. Stay tuned for my thoughts on the Chiefs at this point, I think I can shed some light on the situation and provide some perspective.
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