Just when you think that pre-season Chiefs football can’t be any more boring they throw in a super clunker.  Brodie Croyle got his work in quickly and poorly as he only completed 1 of 4 passes for 15 yards.  Undrafted rookie Jeff Terrell finished up the game by completing 15 of 25 passes for 117 yards with 1 pickoff.  Rookie RB Kolby Smith was a bright spot in this game as he carried the football 7 times for 64 yards (9.1 ypc).  Derrick Ross was also busy with 8 carries for 27 yards (3.4 ypc) and 3 catches for 27 yards (9.0 avg).  Michael Bennett (4 car, 20 yards) and Larry Johnson (3 car, 12 yards) both looked good in their limited time on the football field.  The Chiefs did finish with 148 yards rushing on 27 carries (5.5 ypc) but they only completed 16 of 29 passes for 111 yards.

The defense played tough considering that they weren’t getting any help at all from the offense.  The Chiefs held the Rams to 91 yards rushing on 30 carries (3.0 ypc) and the Rams completed 23 of 32 passes for 196 yards.

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The Chiefs looked pathetic on both sides of the football last night.  The Chiefs wanted to name a starting QB after last night’s game but they couldn’t because of how poorly Brodie Croyle played.  Croyle was awful last night as he only completed 5 of 17 passes for 45 yards with an interception.  Casey Printers didn’t look much better than Croyle as he completed 3 of 7 passes for 16 yards.  The only QB that looked good was undrafted rookie Jeff Terrell out of Princeton.  Terrell completed all 5 of his pass attempts for 54 yards.  The running game didn’t help matters much either.  Michael Bennett (7 car, 27 yards) and Marcus O’Keith (3 car, 10 yards, TD) were the leaders on the ground for the Chiefs last night.  The Chiefs finished the game rushing for 54 yards on 18 carries (3.0 ypc) and they completed 13 of 29 passes for 99 yards. 

The defense was left on the field all night long as the Saints held the ball for 37:13.  The Saints did whatever they wanted against the Chiefs’ defense.  The Saints rushed for 197 yards on 37 carries (5.3 ypc) and they completed 29 of 34 passes for 282 yards. 

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The Chiefs offense still looks like it’s stuck in neutral.   They couldn’t get anything going at all and it hurt them as this was a game they should have won.  Brodie Croyle looked a little better than he did last week as he completed 6 of 11 passes for 82 yards with 1 TD pass and 1 interception.  Damon Huard wasn’t allowed to do too much as he completed 3 of 5 passes for 26 yards.  Casey Printers moved the Chiefs offense but he couldn’t finish drives by putting points on the board.  He completed 8 of 10 passes for 122 yards and he also ran the ball 2 times for 17 yards.  The running game never got going last night against the tough Dolphins’ run defense.  Michael Bennett (7 car, 8 yards) and Kolby Smith (7 car, 3 yards) didn’t do anything at all last night.  Undrafted rookie Marcus O’Keith led the way running the ball for the Chiefs with 8 carries for 21 yards (2.6 ypc).  Undrafed rookie fullback made his mark by catching 2 passes for 63 yards.  Rookie TE Michael Allan (3 rec, 42 yards) and WR Chris Hannon (3 rec, 33 yards, TD) both looked sharp in the passing game.  The Chiefs finished up with 27 carries for 61 yards (2.3 ypc) and they completed 17 of 26 passes for 224 yards.

The defense played pretty well overall as they held the Dolphins to 11 points.  The Dolphins ran the football 34 times for 126 yards (3.7 ypc) and they completed 17 of 24 passes for 121 yards.

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The Kansas City Chiefs played awful last night and the only reason they had a chance to win was because of their opportunistic defense that made the Browns pay for almost every mistake they made.  Cornerback Benny Sapp scored the only TD of the game for the Chiefs when he picked up a backwards pass from Browns’ QB Charlie Frye and ran it back 56 yards.  The Chiefs also scored late in the 4th quarter on defense when undrafted defensive tackle from Akron University Kiki Gonzalez fell on Rob Smith in the end zone for a safety.  The Chiefs 12-9 lead was short lived when the Browns’ Chris Barclay returned the football 88 yards for a TD on the ensuing kickoff.  The Chiefs defense gave up a lot of yards but that was the offenses fault for leaving them on the field for 36:28 of the game.  The Browns ran the football 29 times for 99 yards (3.4 ypc) and they completed 25 of 40 passes for 247 yards.

The Chiefs offense was horrible last night.  Brodie Croyle got the start and he looked lost as he completed 5 of 9 passes for 49 yards with an awful interception in which no Chiefs player was near the intercepting Browns’ defensive back.  Damon Huard followed Croyle in the game and he was even worse completing only 2 of 4 passes for 19 yards with an interception.  Casey Printers was the only QB that could move the offense at all and he didn’t play all that great either.  Printers completed 8 of 17 passes for 64 yards and he carried the ball 4 times for 27 yards (6.8 ypc).  Running back Michael Bennett looked sharp in his limited time on the football field as he carried the football 3 times for 28 yards (9.3 ypc).  Derrick Ross also turned in a decent performance running the football with 7 carries for 26 yards (3.7 ypc).  The Chiefs wound up running the ball decent toting the rock 22 times for 90 yards (4.1 ypc) but they only completed 15 of 29 passes for 110 yards.  The Chiefs must get Larry Johnson signed or they will probably have a hard time scoring points this season based on what I saw last night.  It was only a pre-season game though so it’s no reason for panic.

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