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Leinart in the first half was so composed it was almost other worldly, nothing fazed him.
More Leinart fawning, do you notice how when he scrambles or runs he looks upfield and even occasionally pumps the ball to fake out the D? That was something I complained about with Josh as long as he was here he was so athletic but when he pulled the ball down he never looked downfield so he never was able to throw the ball, and he never used ball fakes to buy him extra running time.
Whoever it was that said they're sick of seeing the back of #75's jersey all the time is dead right, it's amazing how often Big gets spun around is this some technique to try and keep in front of his man running wide?
Leinart made 3 huge mistakes, the INT, taking the sack, and the 4 yard dump pass to Edge in the middle of the field on first down on the last drive. We had to run up and spike so it cost us 20+ seconds, 2 downs, to get 4 yards. Bet he'd love to have that back.
Leinart made 4-5 plays in this game that Warner simply can't make, the throw on the run left to BJ for a first down, a scramble, a rollout to the right for pass and a first, the long pass that Johnson dropped he bought time and still had the arm to get it there. He's still a rookie but there's very little doubt in my mind that he should be starting, I don't care what happens against the Bears this kid impressed the hell out of me.
On Edge, he realy does seem to just stand in the flat and look on pass plays, he's rarely moving is that by design? It just seems that when we dump him the ball he's always starting from a dead stop instead of getting the ball on the run, it happens so often it almost has to be by design but seems odd to me.
How in the heck did they recover that fumble by the backup RB in the redzone when Dansby stripped him it looked liek the ball fell into a pack of Cards, I think their backup TE recovered it what a great play whoever recovered it that was the ballgame for the Chiefs.
As others pointed out the Chiefs WRs REALLY helped us out, 2-3 drops by Parker, a huge drop by Kennison that killed a drive and led to a FG.
The cushion we give has to be by design I agree with that but it was quite weird because the way they setup repeatedly Rolle was giving 3-5 yards more on his side than Green was, and it didn't seem to matter if it was Kennison or the much faster Parker, it's as if they tell Rolle line up deeper?
If not for that drop Johnson would have been huge in that game he made several really nice plays, I feel a lot better about him now than I did, the drop was terrible and Green called him on it said you just can't drop a pass like that, but BJ did make quite a few plays.
I still feel the Bears are a bad matchup for us but I am blown away by Leinart's composure. They said that Jared Allen complained Leinart talks too much for a rookie, I don't know exactly what he means but I am so impressed by how composed and confident he is.
Last whine, on the sequence where we punted after having a 2nd and 1 and running twice and not getting it. Am I alone in thinking Edge DID get the first down on the 2nd down run but the spot was just bad?
More Leinart fawning, do you notice how when he scrambles or runs he looks upfield and even occasionally pumps the ball to fake out the D? That was something I complained about with Josh as long as he was here he was so athletic but when he pulled the ball down he never looked downfield so he never was able to throw the ball, and he never used ball fakes to buy him extra running time.
Whoever it was that said they're sick of seeing the back of #75's jersey all the time is dead right, it's amazing how often Big gets spun around is this some technique to try and keep in front of his man running wide?
Leinart made 3 huge mistakes, the INT, taking the sack, and the 4 yard dump pass to Edge in the middle of the field on first down on the last drive. We had to run up and spike so it cost us 20+ seconds, 2 downs, to get 4 yards. Bet he'd love to have that back.
Leinart made 4-5 plays in this game that Warner simply can't make, the throw on the run left to BJ for a first down, a scramble, a rollout to the right for pass and a first, the long pass that Johnson dropped he bought time and still had the arm to get it there. He's still a rookie but there's very little doubt in my mind that he should be starting, I don't care what happens against the Bears this kid impressed the hell out of me.
On Edge, he realy does seem to just stand in the flat and look on pass plays, he's rarely moving is that by design? It just seems that when we dump him the ball he's always starting from a dead stop instead of getting the ball on the run, it happens so often it almost has to be by design but seems odd to me.
How in the heck did they recover that fumble by the backup RB in the redzone when Dansby stripped him it looked liek the ball fell into a pack of Cards, I think their backup TE recovered it what a great play whoever recovered it that was the ballgame for the Chiefs.
As others pointed out the Chiefs WRs REALLY helped us out, 2-3 drops by Parker, a huge drop by Kennison that killed a drive and led to a FG.
The cushion we give has to be by design I agree with that but it was quite weird because the way they setup repeatedly Rolle was giving 3-5 yards more on his side than Green was, and it didn't seem to matter if it was Kennison or the much faster Parker, it's as if they tell Rolle line up deeper?
If not for that drop Johnson would have been huge in that game he made several really nice plays, I feel a lot better about him now than I did, the drop was terrible and Green called him on it said you just can't drop a pass like that, but BJ did make quite a few plays.
I still feel the Bears are a bad matchup for us but I am blown away by Leinart's composure. They said that Jared Allen complained Leinart talks too much for a rookie, I don't know exactly what he means but I am so impressed by how composed and confident he is.
Last whine, on the sequence where we punted after having a 2nd and 1 and running twice and not getting it. Am I alone in thinking Edge DID get the first down on the 2nd down run but the spot was just bad?
