KC game reactions from around the net (expanding thread, 1 so far)

from off the net…

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alyoshamucci

Got a bunch of ornery Rams fans . . including me. If you want to be argumentative or negative, you’re not going to find that here, and I would ask that if that’s your thing, do it on another thread.
This DOES NOT mean don’t disagree with me, I value everyone’s opinion. But if right now, you’re thinking to yourself “I bet he’s gonna say this and I can’t wait to tell him where he’s wrong” . . I’ll get it out of the way now.
I SUPPORT FISHER. I SUPPORT OUR PLAYERS. I SUPPORT THE COLORS. I HATE THE REFS. WE ARE DIGGING OURSELVES OUT OF A HOLE AS A FRANCHISE, AND IM REALLLLY PATIENT. We are rehabilitating a destroyed franchise. Go ahead and disagree in your heads right now if you’re going to, and we can get on with the analysis of the actual game, as my patience has about another 5 years on it.

The Good

1) Quinn showed his physical superiority. I’m betting the Eric Fisher hate in KC is palpable.

2) Our run Defense was solid most of the game.

3) Gaines and Roberson and Joyner. I don’t know that any team, EVER has played a game with 3 rookies at CB, much less with a UDFA and 6th rounder manning the outside. Roberson was tackling pretty well (my worry with him coming out of college). Joyner seems to be getting more under control every game.

4) Aaron Donald.

5) The TALENT of our RBs (NOT their usage)

6) Loved seeing G Rob on the edge.

That’s all I got there.

Places where we flat out lost.

7) Barksdale vs Houston. Just an above average player vs. a beast. We needed to prepare ourselves better for that.

8) We had no #1 WR behind Quick. There was a drastic change in our offensive abilities immediately. I am getting back on the “draft a WR” boat until Stedman or Britt shows up.

9) Injuries. We signed two injury prone players on the O line and filled the spots behind them. That’s fine. Its time to NOT DO THAT ANYMORE.

The Bad

10) Gaines . . fall on the fumble.

11) 4 player Committee at RB. I’m guessing they’re trying this because they don’t have the necessary resources to find out how people, in general, work best. I am really frustrated here, because as coaches I expect them to have access to Google.
Every person has a rhythm. This is not something imaginary . . it is testable through their mental state. For a player to have access to a “certain type of speed” of cognition, he needs to have had a certain amount of experience of that . . recently. 1 minute is processing. 17 minutes is habit. Coscious focus is 45 minutes (hence average class length) 66 minutes is when it leaves the system. 2 weeks is recall memory. these are rough estimates and the descriptions go by many names, but this info is out there.
If you have a player that hasn’t played in two weeks, they have rust. If you have a player who hasn’t played in 66 minutes, you have a player who has to relearn the entire speed of the game. If you have a player who hasn’t played in 45 minutes . . you have a player who has to struggle to consciously pick up where he left off. 17 minutes, and rhythm is lost . . this is why long drives by the opposing teams are so bad. The minute between plays allows players the opportunity to forget their recent mistakes, if they are smooth about it.
4 players at RB doesn’t work unless they are on the field sooner than 45 minutes, and definitely not longer than an hour. If you want to ride the hot hand boys, you better figure out who that is faster, and keep them in longer. Once you put a guy in, its best to keep him in for a bit until he gets fatigued.

12) Missed tackles. Missed assignments. Gah.

13) Run blocking. Gah.

14) The deep ball to Britt . . . why did he throw that? And not throwing the ball away and taking a sack before the missed FG? Again, why?

15) GZ missing . . ummmm . . what’s the deal dude?

16) KO return?

the Ugly . .

17) Triplett’s staff leads my list for “Most likely to be paid by Vegas” . . . all it takes is a few calls going the wrong way at the wrong time to completely change a game. Football is a game of inches, and those inches can easily be influenced by morale. Morale can be easily swayed by unjust calls because ALL LIVING THINGS ARE EMOTIONALLY AFFECTED BY INJUSTICE. Professional athletes or not, these guys are still human, and bad calls affect them. we can argue about whether it should or shouldn’t be the case, and it doesn’t matter, it won’t change anything. It matters. We have seen it matter a lot this year.