08-11-2019, 11:51 PM
I was at the game, my first since traveling to Cincinnati over thanksgiving in 2017 to see the Bengals beat the Browns. My son and I were in our Bengals gear. Saw some fellow Bengals fans, exchanged some “who deys” and talked to a couple.
My dvr crapped on me so I didn’t get to watch the game afterward. Here are my impressions from the upper deck of Arrowhead.
- The Chiefs fan base is pretty amazing. I knew that already living in KS but the place was more than 3/4 full and electric—for a preseason game. More so than that last Bengals-Browns game I attended. It was super annoying but made me jealous!
- the best way to slow down a fast team is to keep running the ball. It’s not sexy but the first drive was what we need. More capable backs will make more yards than Williams did. There were holes on some plays he just wasn’t finding them.
- seeing it live Andy did underthrow Malone but the DB also made a diving play. He doesn’t make that play, it’s still a TD. Otherwise he was spot on. Only other incompletion was Boyd’s drop.
- When it appeared Boyd fumbled and the Chiefs O took the field, the whole place chanted “MVP” over and over when 15 took the field. Very annoying and made me jealous.
- Tate had a nice grab on the first drive. Later in the first half he caught a ball around midfield and went to the ground. I swear he laid there for a second before realizing he’s a (second year) pro and wasn’t down. He got up and was immediately tackled. Mental mistake—small but that’s instinct.
- The slowdown of the reviews was ridiculous—on the overturned INt and the 3rd down in the end zone. They got it right both times, but man does it kill the energy of the game, regardless of which bench you’re with.
- Driskel looked bad. That INT was so bad. It seems like he doesn’t know how to set his feet before he throws. The crowd had basically lost interest with all the backups by the end of Q2, and then they lost their minds with the INT return.
My son is 8 and we had a 90min drive home, so we left at halftime.
My summary is that we had too many guys out for a good analysis of the offense, although in my opinion we played one of the best AFC teams to a 7-7 tie at their place before all the 2s and 3s came in. But man is the KC offense good. Even with Hill on the sideline. But—the best way to play KC is with long drives between Mahomes’ quick scores. They don’t have a good D and the longer you keep them on the field early the easier they fall later. But the only way we see KC this year is in the playoffs, which is going to be tough.
My dvr crapped on me so I didn’t get to watch the game afterward. Here are my impressions from the upper deck of Arrowhead.
- The Chiefs fan base is pretty amazing. I knew that already living in KS but the place was more than 3/4 full and electric—for a preseason game. More so than that last Bengals-Browns game I attended. It was super annoying but made me jealous!
- the best way to slow down a fast team is to keep running the ball. It’s not sexy but the first drive was what we need. More capable backs will make more yards than Williams did. There were holes on some plays he just wasn’t finding them.
- seeing it live Andy did underthrow Malone but the DB also made a diving play. He doesn’t make that play, it’s still a TD. Otherwise he was spot on. Only other incompletion was Boyd’s drop.
- When it appeared Boyd fumbled and the Chiefs O took the field, the whole place chanted “MVP” over and over when 15 took the field. Very annoying and made me jealous.
- Tate had a nice grab on the first drive. Later in the first half he caught a ball around midfield and went to the ground. I swear he laid there for a second before realizing he’s a (second year) pro and wasn’t down. He got up and was immediately tackled. Mental mistake—small but that’s instinct.
- The slowdown of the reviews was ridiculous—on the overturned INt and the 3rd down in the end zone. They got it right both times, but man does it kill the energy of the game, regardless of which bench you’re with.
- Driskel looked bad. That INT was so bad. It seems like he doesn’t know how to set his feet before he throws. The crowd had basically lost interest with all the backups by the end of Q2, and then they lost their minds with the INT return.
My son is 8 and we had a 90min drive home, so we left at halftime.
My summary is that we had too many guys out for a good analysis of the offense, although in my opinion we played one of the best AFC teams to a 7-7 tie at their place before all the 2s and 3s came in. But man is the KC offense good. Even with Hill on the sideline. But—the best way to play KC is with long drives between Mahomes’ quick scores. They don’t have a good D and the longer you keep them on the field early the easier they fall later. But the only way we see KC this year is in the playoffs, which is going to be tough.
