No, Sir, that is untrue. The run was established and the passing game followed. How many times in the first quarter did GB bite on the screen because of the run threat? The effective run drove the passing game and controlled the clock.
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No, Sir, that is untrue. The run was established and the passing game followed. How many times in the first quarter did GB bite on the screen because of the run threat? The effective run drove the passing game and controlled the clock.
Then why were we able to run the ball so effectively on the last drive, when there was no question about whether we would run or pass.
On the same note, our goalline run blocking was horrenous. When it is a matter of outpowering the guy in front of you, our guys plain suck inside. Our only success running was on the outside when we were able to make a seal.
Orton has always been better than Cassel. The people who were saying that Orton actually throws the ball downfield were absolutely right. Chiefs have a lot of weapons in teh pass game, Cassel and Palko didn't know how to use em. Orton definitely does. Not bad for only being here less than a month and beating the GB packers
Orton was making quick throws and reading the D quickly. Cassel simply doesn't do that, this is going to be a chicken or the egg argument for a lot of people.
Bottom line we need to see how Orton plays the next few games before we declare him our guy. But he made a HUGE statement today that he should be the starter. I could see how it'd be different with Cassel with him historically hanging onto the ball an absurd amount of times and then taking a long time to throw.
Any QB, including Cassel, can throw when given time and time was a commodity Orton had today and Cassel didn't previously. The bandwagon shows up to lead the parade again...seriously?
As long as they do not let contracts dictate who plays like a few years ago in the playoffs the QB came back from an injury and they started him and lost and let the better QB go to the tRaidiers and the SB no names I will trust them.
But before we adorn him as QBOTF lets see how he plays the last two game. He did do a great on play action though.
I will say the blocking by the OL was the same players as the last fews games so why was it that much better. I think it was 100% play calling which got 8/9 guys out of the block and forced them to play the whole field and not just 10 yards.
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When you're trying to run down the clock a team is going to stack the middle. We closed the edges and ran outside going down before going out of bounds. That's why we were able to run it so effectively. Another reason is the flip side of what we've been experiencing. The Chiefs had the Packers D out on the field for 36 minutes....36!
Our goal line run blocking was horrible because of what Nicfre2011 has been saying for quite some time. Weigmann is good but old and undersized, Lilja is undersized too and then you've got Raji going up aginst them. Were you really expecting something different there? That's why people have been screaming to draft and get more free agent O-line.
Again, just like it is too early. To say crennel will be head coach it is too early to say Orton is the new qb. But continued play like today may very well land Jim a contract at Kansas city next year if Orton wants one.
Sure and Cassel won the games they gave some time to, just like today. I am not going to say Cassel should automatically be the starter. If Orton can lead this team better, I am ready for the change. But this bandwagon mentality is detrimental to the long-term health of our team.