What’s to say about my Chiefs? We lost to Detroit. Yes, Detroit.
4-11. Completely ridiculous.
Worst of all about today’s game? It was a total waste, as we learned nothing about whether Brodie is really our QB for the future. After receiving some sort of injury to the right hand trying to make a tackle after a horrible throw led to a pick-six interception, Brodie spent the majority of the game on the bench, leaving us with the pure joy of watching journeyman Damon Huard to do his best statue impersonation in the pocket.
So what else isn’t new?
Eddie Drummond stinking it up on special teams. Chiefs offensive linemen getting burnt for sacks. Critical defensive breakdowns. Dwayne Bowe making the spectacular catch, but dropping the routine ones. And of course, the one thing I really appreciate seeing consistently… future Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez playing his heart out.
The bottom line, pretty much for the entire season? We need a LOT of help, starting with an offensive line. We could use a couple good wide receivers (Kennison, as much as I like him, is washed up… Parker is horribly inconsistent… and Webb is still a big question mark), not to mention a couple young cornerbacks (Law and Surtain are simply old and slow), a return man, and a kicker. And of course there’s quarterback, which remains a big question mark simply because we can’t keep Brodie in the game long enough to find out anything about him.
We may end this season on a 9-game losing streak. The Jets (coming up next week) really have stunk it up this season, but we’re playing about as poorly as anyone right now.
At least you’ll get a high draft pick, eh? Man, this is what happens when you hire Herm Edwards, I’m convinced. He’s the black (defensive coach version) Norv Turner. Vermeil had the team on the right track for a Super Bowl berth, and Edwards has the team on track for a top 5 draft pick. Ugh. (Also, go Broncos!)
Draft picks are small consolation to put up with this.
I’m not sold on Herm by any means, but I’m not sure he had a lot left from the Vermeil era to work with. We had several drafts during his reign that were almost complete busts. To make a run at a Super Bowl, Vermeil mortgaged our future by filling a lot of spots with older, higher-paid free agents. With little young talent to back them, he left us due for a major rebuild.
I guess we’ll see what this looks like in a couple years. If Herm’s the guru at finding young players he portays himself to be, we should be in the hunt again by the time we open the refurbished Arrowhead in a couple years. If not, he’ll be gone and we’ll still be in this boat. Obviously, I’m hoping for the former of the two!