Ask Arrowhead Pride: 49er Edition

He will have to get it done but with that being said and the last two games I don’t think he’ll fair well. I do think we will try to run the ball at you and test you deep a couple of times. When Willis gets in the backfield it is done with, ball on the ground/turnover. We are hoping that Charlie Weiss works with him and picks some premium plays suited for Cassel. If he has another beyond poor performance I don’t know what is going to happen especially if we lose. There are already tons of people calling for his head and to put in Croyle.

Honestly,Im scared to death of your D. I hope we can keep Willis out of the game…( I know fat chance…) I think the only way we can beat your game is if Thomas Jones and Charles can run the ball well. I am not confident in Cassel at this point. I have only seen a couple of decent drives from him so far this season… So I guess the answer to your question.. Can Matt Cassel get it done? Im not sure.. I would rather put it on the shoulders of our RBs.

being 2-0 Arrowhead will be filled and loud. It will be a test for your young offensive linemen.. Just ask Philip Rivers. I do see this game going either way but a slight homefield advantage may help the Chiefs squeak out another close win

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1yowffSrqs&feature=related

our wins havent been pretty.. but they are wins regardless. We still have a lot to work on and I hope the team realizes that

Thomas Jones has been a good back but with less carries Charles still outshines him and has constantly outperformed Jones since preseason. Lots of people are starting to get aggravated about the little use of Charles.
here is the stats for both players so far below.. you tell me who you would give the ball to more:
Thomas Jones- 33 carries 122 yards Average 3.7
Jamaal Charles- 22 carries 141 yards Avrage 6.4 and 1 TD

Week 2, the Browns had gameplanned very well (and extensively) for Jamaal – and he was ineffective.

If you take away his ‘freebie’ 20 yard run with little time left before the half when Cleveland was in a deep pass prevent defense – Jamaal averaged 2.9 y/c on the day.

Jones was much more consistent against how the Browns were defending. So he got twice as many carries.

Honestly I think that’s as far as it goes. For some opponents, Jamaal is clearly the best weapon to use. For others, an even mix. And for a few, Jones. I think Cleveland was one of those games where our running game with Jones was going to be much more consistent.

I can’t escape this even when I go to another teams’ blog.

It’s been beaten to death on AP. Feel free to visit and randomly pick one of the recent fanposts. There’s about a 70% chance you’ll select a TJ vs JC post.

So he’ll probably be questionable all throughout this week. We will see what happens. Magee seems to have a lot of potential but we really haven’t seen much of him. Gilberry should be the bigger concern over Magee.

We used our backup NT S. Smith in Jackson’s place to stop the run and then put W. Gilberry in to pass rush. Magee was just a rotational depth guy. If Jackson can’t go, I’d guess that’s what they do again.

We have a pretty good schedule down the stretch and a win next week could really help our confidence going into the bye and then to indy and houston. I am from the bay area so I root for the niners and follow them as well. Unfortunately this week I won’t be rooting for the 49ers but you guys definitely looked pretty good last night. If it wasn’t for all the turnovers the game would’ve been yours.

  In terms of KC, our run defense has definitely improved from last season. Our front 7 hasn’t really changed but the improvement in our players and our DC has us playing better. I think our main weakness at this point is having two rookies playing safety for us. While both are talented and playing well for the position they’re being put in being rookies and all, their is still going to be mistakes and so far we’ve had two big ones that have resulted in two scores. Berry is an intelligent player so I think he’ll learn quickly to change his game so he’s not biting on the play-fake so hard.

 Patrick Willis is the best linebacker in the game. Thankfully so far, our former first round pick linebacker Derrick Johnson has been playing up to his potential and is leading our team in tackles. So i look forward to seeing how he looks compared to the best.

 Jamaal Charles is one of our best players yet he hasn’t been getting the ball too much. Our coach has said before he’d use whoever was playing better/gave us the best chance to win as last week Thomas Jones had almost twice as many carries as charles. Your run defense is outstanding so it’ll be interesting to see what type of offense game plan we’ll be looking at. So far we’ve relied on running the ball quite often, however our OC has stated if he feels like our best chance to win is to throw the ball 40 times a game then he’ll call it. And that brings us to..

  Matt Cassel. In week 1, he wasn’t asked to throw a lot, and when he was a lot of the time it was on 3rd down, which everyone knows is the money down. You have to convert 3rd downs. His numbers weren’t great, only going 10/22 with 68 yards but he had no INTs and no fumbles. He did what he was asked to do. Week 2 we threw the ball a little more but he was less lucky in the turnover department with 2 INTs. Lucky for us our defense stepped up late and cassel led a drive late to kick a field goal to go ahead and we won. I think Cassel will be asked to throw more this game then the previous two. We’ll probably have a lot of quick passes to charles/mccluster out of the backfield. Our rookie tight end tony moeaki has been playing pretty well and hes likely to get some catches. So if cassel can have a higher completion percentage then he’s been having without turning the ball over and our defense can stop frank gore or at least slow him down, i think we have a shot. Plus, arrowhead will be damn loud so i know there was some issue with calling in plays on time or whatever and it looked like it was handled last night without any problems, they better find a good way to get them cuz alex will not be able to hear anything next weekend.

Good luck. Ill be cheering for you guys weeks 4-17, just not next week.

Smith did a great job at the end of the game. That’s something to build on, I would think, from last night. He can wait until after the Chiefs game, however.

As stated by a couple AP’ers above, Berry has been caught out of position or else biting on play action and then gets burned. We’ve held both opponents to 14 pts. so obviously it hasn’t hurt the team extremely bad.

But as a run stopper, he’s one of the top tacklers and he brings the wood. I think most of us are surprised by his toughness and the intensity of his hitting at this level.

He’s been directly responsible for 3 of the 4 TDs given up. He’s bit too hard on play action against CLE and got confused when covering Gates, and then Nanee. He’s making rookie mistakes.

On the other hand, he’s been a stud run defender. He has tremendous speed and hits the gaps fast. I don’t want them to tone down his aggressiveness, because it will hurt our run defense. For now KC seems to be content with letting the big play happen every now and then for trade off in solid play the rest of the time. He’s learning on the job, and once he gets up to speed and learns to recognize play action and understands his assignments better, he’ll be a wrecking ball on our D for years to come.

He also just missed a diving INT last Sunday. He’s swarming to the ball on pretty much every play. Any week now he’s going to get his first pick. Alex Smith better be careful.

He’s officially listed as 6’0", 211 lbs. You guys should feel sorry for having missed the chance to get him. I honestly think he was the best player in the 2010 draft, and I’m not just being a homer. I was making a case for KC to draft him all the way back in November.

This should be a defensive showing for both teams.

Dexter ran the wild cat in training camp and preseason… but whether or not we’ll ever see that on the field remains to be seen.

He was far and away the most explosive player in camp but only has a handful of touches to date. In the Chiefs defense he doesn’t seem to be much of a route runner (played RB in college last year) so it may just take time.

Of course with a NE Patriot flair…most of the comparisons were drawn to Wes Welker

He’s our OW. Offensive Weapon. He’ll run the ball, catch the ball, return kick-offs and punts, be a decoy, whatever. So far besides the punt return, we haven’t had too much success getting him the ball in space so hopefully charlies got something up his sleeve this week for mccluster.

Aside from the beginning of the game , you guys showed tremendous respect to the 49ers.

You mean, “Aside from the portion of the game where they would have lost to a mediocre high school football team, you guys showed tremendous respect to the 49ers”?

because I don’t think Rodgers would have survived here during those times (crappy OL, coaching changes, playbook changing every year). However, the biggest annoyance are the Packers fans who always bring it up like we had some control over what happened. On top of that, I do believe that Alex Smith would be successful if the Packers had taken him if we drafted Rodgers. I think it has more to do with what the Packers have and how Rodgers was given time to develop.

Remember when the 49ers knew QBs and Chiefs knew where to get a QB?

but imo it’s the pressure

when he came to kc he had a big spotlight, big contract, and very little help to rack up good stats. (horrible O-line made of other teams’ cuts, WRs with stone hands, lead RB averaging 2.7 YPC, defense that couldn’t give him field position outside the 20.

even though things are better now, the moniker of “bust” has been hung over him and he’s having trouble getting out of his own head. can’t stop thinking about living up to expectations or failing out.

something big needs to happen to inject him with confidence, or he’ll never go back to his 08/09 form, no matter who’s around him.

This is really a difficult game for me to guage, I have no idea how I expect it to turn out. I don’t necessairly agree that KC’s D weakness is the downfield coverage, though the 2010 stats would indicate that this is the case. Our two corners have been very good in man-to-man coverage, but the D has given up a few huge plays due to communication breakdowns.

I like to think that you guys will have an emotional let-down after the tough loss to SF and the players won’t be jacked up for the game, but sometimes the opposite happens. I do agree that the crowd noise might end up being a factor, but since you’ve already faced that in Seattle it probably won’t be as unsettling to Smith as us KC fans are hoping.

In any case, here’s hoping for an entertaining game!

 But most of us consider Gore a top back. Stuffing the run and double teaming V. Davis should be the keys to us winning the game.

I think Crennel puts DJ on Gore all game and says shut him down and DJ succeeds at that as he is bigger stronger and just as quick as Gore. The question is whether our double coverage on VD can contain him. We are weak across the middle of the field.

He tries hard to get the ball but his timing is quite down yet in the NFL level. If your QB makes some bad throws or tries to force it in I can see Berry getting pick but most likely it would happen by one of the more experienced players at this point. I would watch out for Flowers side of the field because he is quickly turning into a beast and this is his 3rd year in the league.

And got burned a few times in pass coverage. He has also had 2 pass deflections that frankly had he caught would have been a great catch for a WR let alone a SS. His reactions and speed out of the break is unheard of and if a ball is left in a position he is an electric returner.

We knock him at the line with an OLB throwing off his timing then we have Eric Berry ride him all game.

I would bet that Frank Gore doesn’t break 100 yards this week and that Alex Smith and your young O-Line struggle with 2 delay of games 4 false starts and 2 timeouts burned.

Our front line has proved themselves enough that I think they can stop the run

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81ab3290/article/browns-center-mack-fired-up-about-chiefs-alleged-dirty-play

I enjoyed coming over here. you guys are a good bunch to have a good football convo with. I appreciate yalls hospitatlity

Great discussion. Thanks.

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