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Tony Gonzalez has finally let it out. He asked for a trade this Friday. Good for Gonzalez. He has been hiding in the shadows for too long. He has given this team way too many chances and has been very loyal. Carl Peterson decided to blow off those chances and abused his loyalty. It is rumored that the Giants, Packers, Eagles and Bills all have interest in getting the Pro Bowl tight end who has shattered many records, including most receiving yards by any tight end which was broken last week. It’s a win-win situation for everyone except for Carl Peterson. Fans will have to accept the fact that Gonzalez is not here just to put a smile on the fans. He came to the NFL to win something every NFL player dreamed of winning since they were a kid, a Super Bowl. Gonzalez will go after his ring and the organization will get more young guns. However for Carl, he doesn’t win. The fact that it had to come to the point where Gonzalez asked for a trade shows that Peterson just blew it! Look at who he’s traded: Trent Green, Jared Allen and soon to be traded, Tony Gonzalez. There is a chance that Larry Johnson gets traded. Carl Peterson continues to show that the only way to solve someone’s problem is to trade them to another team to make them a happy player. Shame on Carl.
I have a lot of respect for Trent Green. And lets not forgot how Carl Peterson handled the Trent Green trade. I can only wonder how he plans to deal with the Gonzalez trade.
My message to Tony Gonzalez: Your not just the best tight end in NFL history, your one of the best football players in NFL history. On the field, I saw a guy who always worked hard and was a mentor to young players on the team. Gonzalez never had an attitude about anything and he always did what he was told to do. I’m surprised the Chiefs gave Pat Thomas the role of a captain, but Tony does not. Off the field, Gonzalez was a great man. Always involved in charities and visited children in the hospital who were struggling. All we heard about this summer was how Chad Johnson is running his mouth and how Cedric Benson can’t stay out of trouble and many more. We finally heard something positive this summer. Tony Gonzalez saves a man who was choking on his food in a restaurant. With his work ethic on and off the field, Chiefs fans around the world loved Tony Gonzalez. Arrowhead Stadium will never be the same without the best tight end in NFL history. Thank you Tony and good luck on your quest on finding your Super Bowl ring you deserve!
The Top Ten
1-Titans (1): This team continues to win games because of their defense.
2-Giants (2): Survive a really close one. Without a question, this is the best team in the NFC.
3-Redskins (6): This team has really done great. They’ve defeated the Cowboys and the Eagles, two very tough teams in their division. Should the Giants watch their back?
4-Cowboys (3): With the Redskins hot streak, the Cowboys will go down. I applaud their victory over the Bengals, although they gave up 22 points.
5-Bills (3): After a hot ride, the ride came to a stop as the Cardinals stopped the AFC East leaders.
6-Chargers (6): A bye week in hand, this team will come out strong defensively and hope to have a bye week this year in the playoffs.
7-Panthers (7): This team shut out Kansas City. Something they were expected to do.
8-Steelers (8): The Steelers hold off the Jaguars in another close prime time game.
9-Colts (-): After a rough start, this team looks like they have found their rhythm.
10-Patriots (-): After an awful performance against the Dolphins, this team looks like they have found a way to make plays with Cassel.
Goodbye to the—
Jaguars: Lost to a good team, but it was a close one.
Eagles: Just like the Jaguars, they lost to a good team in their division.
Nice week last week hope to get double digits in the win column.
Last week: 8-6
Season: 36-36
CHI @ ATL—ATL
MIA @ HOU—MIA
BAL @ IND—IND
DET @ MIN—MIN
OAK @ NO—NO
CIN @ NYJ—CIN
CAR @ TB—CAR
STL @ WAS—WAS
JAC @ DEN—DEN
DAL @ ARI—DAL
PHI @ SF—SF
GB @ SEA—GB
NE @ SD—SD
NYG @ CLE—NYG
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I want just say, anyone who thought Bernard Pollard’s hit was dirty, then all I have to say is: I guess every NFL play we saw was dirty. Pollard was on the ground after some good blocking by the Patriots offensive line. Pollard had to crawl to make the tackle and it was NOT a dirty hit.
On a side note, Chris Simms and Tim Rattay were both expected to try out for the Patriots. Coincidentally, they will both try out for the Chiefs as they were never given a contract offer from the Patriots assuming they have other plans.
( ) = Last weeks ranking
1-Patriots (1): Patriots win without Brady, but need to come up with a plan fast.
2-Cowboys (2): Great job on both sides of the ball. Cleveland has no shot at making this game a close contest.
3- Steelers (5): Who’s James Harrison? I don’t know if we will ever see his name again, but he was the Steelers MVP after an impressive defensive standout to beat the Texans.
4-Chargers (3): They lost in a close battle with the Panthers.
5-Titans (9): Beat a very good Jacksonville team and limited the Jaguars on offense. Vince Young did not look good, but the running game made up for it.
6-Giants (10): Not an impressive second half, but the Giants got the job done against a divisional opponent on opening day.
7-Colts (4): Very disappointing game. Peyton Manning missing the pre-season really hurt this team?
8-Eagles (13): We finally saw the OLD Donavon McNabb! If McNabb and the Eagles come out like this every week, then this will be a team many will fear.
9-Vikings (7): Lost in a close Monday night game. The defense does not seem ready to play together yet.
10-Saints (12): Drew Brees, like always, had a great game, but it was Reggie Bush who really came through for the Saints to beat the Buccaneers in a close contest.
11-Packers (14): Aaron Rodgers did great in his starting debut, but Atari Bigby was the hero intercepting a pass from Tavaris Jackson to seal the game.
12-Jets (15): Despite barely beating the Dolphins, this was the first time they had Favre as the starting QB. The Jets will be a threat to the Patriots.
13-Bills (22): This team really pulled a shocker against a very good Seattle team. This team dominated on both sides of the football and on special teams. If they keep playing like this, the Patriots have another team crawling behind their backs.
14- Jaguars (6): They lost a close one to the Titans. All we can hope for is they come out strong next week.
15-Browns (8): The offense could not pass the test against the Cowboys defense. Can they pass the test against the Steelers?
16-Seahawks (11): The heavy NFC West favorites got unexpectedly throttled by the Bills. Can this team function without a strong running back?
17-Panthers (20): In an upset over the Chargers, the Panthers score a touchdown in the final seconds of the game to defeat the San Diego Super-Chargers.
18-Broncos (23): Denver crushed Oakland at the Mcafee Coliseum. The Broncos take front stage in the AFC West.
19-Cardinals (21): Big win over the 49ers as Arizona is the only team that is first place in the NFC West.
20-Falcons (32): Detroit is not a good team, but the Falcons were just unstoppable. Matt Ryan and Michael Turner were eager to make plays soon for this young team. John Abraham was also a force on defense.
21-Texans (19): The Steelers offense was just too much for the Texans too handle. However, the Texans know they have a secret weapon in Andre Johnson.
22-Bengals (16): The Bengals were limited and could not pass the challenge against the Ravens defense.
23-Buccanneers (17): The defending NFC South champs suffer to the Saints in a close game.
24-Bears (30): The Bears get revenge on the Colts from Super Bowl 41 and really put Peyton Manning under pressure. This is the same Bears defense we all saw two years ago. Don’t leave Matt Forte out as he is the best player on offense.
25-Ravens (31): Baltimore has shown that defenses win championships. But they also did it with some fire power coming out of rookie QB, Joe Flacco.
26-Redskins (18): Awful and poor performance Thursday night. The Redskins had many chances to win the game, but they blew it.
27-49ers (25): They kept it close with the Cardinals until the fourth quarter. It’s a good thing Frank Gore is back because he might be the best player the 49ers have.
28-Rams (24): St. Louis scored three points as the Rams simply could not get anything going their way.
29-Lions (26): Disappointing performance against the Falcons. I bet the Lions miss Shaun Rodgers a lot by now.
30-Dolphins (28): Kept it close with the Jets, but were not able to pull a win against a divisional opponent at home.
31-Chiefs (29): The Chiefs kept it close as well, but they could not pull a victory even without Brady.
32-Raiders (27): This team allowed the Broncos to do just about whatever they wanted to do. This team took a beating from rookie Eddie Royal.
Tom Brady goes down, but the Patriots still survive a tough one. In this blog entry, I run down the game and after that, I’ll give you my opinion on this game from top to bottom. I also have a message for Randy Moss!
Heading into this game, the Chiefs were heavy under dogs and many felt the Patriots would win and cover the point spread. That wasn’t the case early in the game as Wes Welker fumbles in the first drive of the game recovered by the Kansas City. In the second drive of the game, Brady threw a pass to Randy Moss. However, Moss trips and fumbles on his own and Kansas City took advantage of the fumble and took over again. As Brady got the pass off to Moss, safety Bernard Pollard applied pressure on Brady and knocked him down by the foot, causing an injury. Many, including Moss himself, felt Pollard’s hit was dirty. I taped the game and watched it in slow motion and I have to say, the hit looked clean. According to Yahoo.com and NFL Network, Brady is out for the season as the Patriots are bringing in some QB’s Monday for a work out. The Patriots offense also had six fumbles last year, they had two tonight.
Despite the Chiefs recovering the two fumbles, they could not score in either of the two drives as they were given a pair golden opportunities to get a head start. The Chiefs punted on 4th down as Dustin Colquitt does what he does best when he is told to punt the ball. Bernard Pollard picked up the punt at the two yard line. After two running plays for negative yardage, Matt Cassel, Brady’s replacement, comes in on 3rd down and throws a 51 yard pass to Randy Moss. Eventually, Cassel found Moss in the endzone to score the first points of the game. Moss also hit the 100 yard mark in the second quarter. After Nick Novak’s 40 yard field goal, the Chiefs were heading into halftime trailing 7-3. Dwayne Bowe had a tough time in this game as he dropped many passes including a key pass thrown to him on 3rd down and a screen pass attempt to him. The Chiefs play calling was ludicrous as it seemed the plan was run, run, pass and punt, like last year. Not to mention a lot of Larry Johnson’s run was up the middle. Anytime Johnson ran to the outside, which rarely happened, he made a lot out of that. Also in the third quarter, Brodie Croyle was taken away from the game after taking a big sack. Damon Huard was his replacement as Croyle is expected to be out 2-4 weeks.
The Patriots continued to attack the Chiefs with Laurence Maroney and Sammy Morris run the ball finding the Chiefs weak spot on defense. Morris scored a touchdown on the ground extending the lead for the Patriots making it a 14-3 game. After dropping many passes, Bowe made up for his errors after a touchdown pass from Damon Huard in the following drive. Late in the fourth quarter, Stephen Gostkowski got a 37 yard field goal to extend the lead by a touchdown. The Patriots were able to get the field goal off of an interception by Huard thrown into double coverage. Huard finds former Baltimore Raven, Devard Darling for 68 yards as the Patriots stopped him at the five yard line, being his only catch the entire game. The Chiefs had 4 chances to get a touchdown. Damon Huard throws a beautiful pass to Bowe, but Bowe cannot hold on to the ball. The Chiefs run it with Johnson and for no gain which makes me want to ask, is Mike Solari still on the team? Huard throws a pass, but was incomplete as the Patriots almost intercepted it. On one final play, Huard throws right to Dwayne Bowe, but was beautifully covered by Delta O’Neal, sealing the game in Foxboro.
Offensively, the Chiefs put up a good fight (with Huard) against a very good defense. However, the play calling is still no different than last year. It felt like watching Mike Solari run the plays. I thought in the pre-season Chan Gailey proved to everyone that this is not going to look anything like Solari. Johnson and Charles did well together, but they could have been explosive together if the coaching staff was smarter. Dwayne Bowe was the weakest link as he dropped many passes as the biggest dropped pass came in the fourth quarter. I’ve always supported Damon Huard because anytime Croyle gets hurt, it seems like Huard comes in and finds the door to success. I loved Branden Albert’s blocking ability as well.
I’m not going to judge this defense so much since Brady did not play, but for a team that has Moss, Welker, Maroney and Morris, the Chiefs did great holding this team to only 17 points. How many teams did that last year? Brandon Carr and Brandon Flowers both were average in this game as both made rookie mistakes and got burned a couple times. That’s just something they will have to learn from and move on with. The same goes to Glenn Dorsey who did not have a big game.
Randy Moss was pretty upset with the hit on Brady and called it a “dirty” hit. He followed up by saying that he has NEVER been dirty. Well folks do I need remind you how dirty Moss can be? Remember the time he went out of bounds on purpose during a Vikings game? What about the time he pretended to pull his pants down and mooned the Green Bay fans in a playoff game? And if those aren’t dirty, how about the time Moss was accused of battery before the Super Bowl? That was the second time he was accused for an incident like that. Mr. Moss should think twice what he says next time. He has no room to go calling Pollard or Pollard’s hit “dirty.” I can keep going ladies and gentleman, but hopefully you get the picture.
Overall, not bad by the Kansas City Chiefs in a game that was expected to be one-sided with or without Brady. The Chiefs had four chances to score in the endzone at the end of the game on the five yard line, and could not do anything. The play calling needs to change because it’s no different than last season. This is the tenth straight loss for Herm Edwards and the Kansas City Chiefs. Will it be 11 in Oakland?
I just want to say, Christmas has arrived!
The Patriots will aim for their 20th straight win in the regular season. Their last loss in the regular season was at Miami in a 21-0 shutout. The Dolphins defense pounded Tom Brady all day as he played very poorly, which you rarely see out of the MVP. Coming off of a 16-0 season as Super Bowl runner ups after failing to go 19-0, the Patriots will come into this game with a statement to re-attempt their undefeated streak. Tom Brady has said that he will start tomorrow against the Chiefs. The Chiefs second first round pick, Branden Albert, has been practicing and will be ready to start as well.
Let’s face it as Chiefs fans. The Patriots will win the game and the main reason for that is because of the amount of inexperienced players the Chiefs have. Their will be many players starting for the first time in their career tomorrow at Foxboro. The Patriots have a strong defense and will put Brodie Croyle under a lot of pressure, unless this Chiefs offensive line can protect Croyle. If Croyle has the time and protection, then he will get the ball to Tony Gonzalez and Dwayne Bowe as Ellis Hobbs and Terrence Wheatley will have a lot to worry about. If the line can block, then that means Larry Johnson has a shot to get 100 rushing yards for the second time on opening day, his first against the Jets in 2005 with 110 yards rushing. However, my expectations are not very high for this offense line. It will be up to the offensive line if the Chiefs want to be a threat on offense.
Switching to the other side of the football, you have a young, but physical group of defenders against the number one offense. With Brandon Flowers making his debut, Tom Brady should not have a tough time getting the ball to Randy Moss. Glenn Dorsey and Tamba Hali will try to mimic the New York Giants into putting Brady under pressure. If they can do that, the Patriots offense might be in trouble. If Dorsey and Hali (and Turk McBride and Tank Tyler) continue to physically attack Brady, then there is a chance Brady might leave the game, giving the Chiefs a chance to win!
The Chiefs are 16.5 point under dogs and that should not come as a surprise to anyone. But if the Chiefs defensive line can put Brady under pressure and if the Chiefs offensive line can block, then we have ourselves a game at Gillette Stadium.
