Kansas City Chiefs 24, Chicago Bears 20

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,General Chiefs Discussion,The Pre-Season by admin on Friday 8 August 2008 at 8:58 am

Was I seeing things last night or was this a Herman Edwards’ led team.  The offense looked wide open for the Chiefs and they scored enough point to win……imagine that!  Brodie Croyle started off the football game and he was solid connecting on 6 of 10 passes for 82 yards.  Damon Huard followed Croyle in the game and he was very effective completing 6 of 8 passes for 77 yards with 1 TD pass and 0 interceptions.  Tyler Thigpen finished up the game strong for the Chiefs completing 8 of 16 passes for 113 yards with 1 TD pass and 1 interception.  Dantrell Savage led the Chiefs in rushing with 30 yards on 5 carries (6.0 ypc).  Larry Johnson also got some work in carrying the football 8 times for 18 yards (2.3 ypc) and scoring a TD on the ground.  Bobby Sippio had a solid game for the Chiefs with 3 grabs for 57 yards (19.0 avg) with a 27-yard TD reception from Tyler Thigpen.  Maurice Price also had a decent game catching 2 passes for 33 yards (16.5 avg) with a 8-yard TD grab from Damon Huard.  The Chiefs finished up with 83 yards rushing on 25 carries (3.3 ypc) last night.  They also completed 20 of 34 passes for 254 yards last night.

The defense was pretty awful for the Chiefs last night.  Linebackers Derrick Johnson, Demorrio Williams, E.J. Kuale and DE Jason Parker led the way for the Chiefs with 4 tackles apiece last night.  The Bears rushed for a stunning 175 yards on 29 carries (6.0 ypc) last night.  The Bears also completed 20 of 34 passes for 187 yards which is terrible for the Chiefs when you consider who was throwing the football for the Bears (Kyle Orton, Rex Grossman and Caleb Hanie).  The Chiefs have some work to do on defense but they need to keep the offense wide open like it was last night.

2 Comments »
  1. Comment by Blue — August 8, 2008 @ 1:17 pm

    The Offensive difference, IMO, is that Herm is completely removed from the Offense, unlike when Solari was the OC, but Herm’s philosophy was still being carried out. Now we have an established, effective OC, who probably only took the job if Herm promised to butt out. The offense looed crisper, more unpredictable, more adaptable. Hopefully it continues because there IS Offensive talent on this team.

  2. Comment by admin — August 14, 2008 @ 6:07 pm

    Herman Edwards should never have ever had any say in the offense. I have to disagree with you about the offense Blue because I don’t think the O-Line will be good enough to block for Larry Johnson. I also have serious doubts that Brodie Croyle will be able to get the ball to Tony Gonzalez and Dwayne Bowe.

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