TorontoFin
Trapped in Trudeaupia
..the achievement today. As i wrote in a early thread www.finheaven.com/forums/f2/be-very-worried-237596.html this game worried me more than any other over the last month. A lot of teams could have lost here. KC's offense has been one of the highest scoring since thigpen took over and they went to a spread. KC had nothing to lose, going on 4th downs etc.. this was a trap game in Mia's coldest contest of the year ( in fact coldest game ever for a Mia team). It would have been very easy to fall apart down late in the 3rd.
I honestly thoughtthe D would collapse the colder it got and the more tired we got. I thought the short 8-yard passes from teh spread and, subsequently, the QB dashes when Mia tried to spread with it, were going to be even more pronounced in the 2nd half. This D came out strong with 25 minutes to go. I'm encouraged by their response late in the game. And except for that terrible 4th down call, the playcalling and QB play on offense continue to be fantastic.
This game scared me more than the Jets. That's not to say we'll win for sure next week. But I thought the better team really could lose in KC today. Next week, I think the better team will win. And I honestly think that's us. we're better coached, and we have far better QB play (Farve, please). Unlike them, we win because of our QB, not in spite of him.
The biggest wildcard is Joey porter and the pass rush. If they don't show up and force farve into being, well, Farve-like in 2008, it could be a long day. I want to see some new blitz packages from Paul P next week. some creativity on D in the pass rush and I think we'll win!
I honestly thoughtthe D would collapse the colder it got and the more tired we got. I thought the short 8-yard passes from teh spread and, subsequently, the QB dashes when Mia tried to spread with it, were going to be even more pronounced in the 2nd half. This D came out strong with 25 minutes to go. I'm encouraged by their response late in the game. And except for that terrible 4th down call, the playcalling and QB play on offense continue to be fantastic.
This game scared me more than the Jets. That's not to say we'll win for sure next week. But I thought the better team really could lose in KC today. Next week, I think the better team will win. And I honestly think that's us. we're better coached, and we have far better QB play (Farve, please). Unlike them, we win because of our QB, not in spite of him.
The biggest wildcard is Joey porter and the pass rush. If they don't show up and force farve into being, well, Farve-like in 2008, it could be a long day. I want to see some new blitz packages from Paul P next week. some creativity on D in the pass rush and I think we'll win!
