32 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Well, since I did this every other week, here are my takeaways after the 2nd greatest night of my life (yeah, getting married stays in first place). Taking dad to the game, seeing it with him, my brother and niece and my buddy and his 2 kids was epic. Watched the replay on the flight home.

OFFENSE

- That was another A+ game from Jalen -- no doubt about it. The interception sucked, but he was under duress and couldn't get the ball out far enough. The TD to Smitty was the most beautiful thing I have seen from this team in a while (both the play call and the execution), but the thing that really stood out was his decision making, particularly about when to escape the pocket. He didn't bail prematurely, and when he ran he committed and generally went up the middle. When he did escape the pocket to the sidelines, he kept his eyes downfield to make plays (did have the one great scramble down the sideline in the 2nd half) - pass to Smitty, 22 yards to Barkley. He looked like SB 57 Jalen. 22 attempts with a 10.0 YPA, and only 2 sacks for -11 yards. Hell, he even threw to Dotson...when he plays like that, we are a juggernaut.

- The Chiefs committed to stopping Barkley and forced Hurts to beat them, but it was huge that Kellen stuck with the running game despite the lack of success. 25 for 57 seems like a debacle, but sticking with the run kept the passing game open for Jalen. The throws to Saquon were somewhat an extension of the run game (other than the 22 yarder) as well. Saquon took a beating to open up the offense. And Jalen gashed them for huge runs as well. Still getting 135 on the ground was amazing given the Chiefs sold out to stop it.

- The offensive line, despite the lack of rushing from Barkley, played an unreal game. Jalen trusted the protection and the pockets were immaculate. The pocket on the deep shot to Smitty - just absurd. Chris Jones had no impact at all in this game, and he's supposed to be the best DT in the league. Dickerson and Jurgens gutted it out, Becton came back in, and Mailata and Lane made Karlaftis disappear 

- OK, they didn't show a replay in the stadium, but feels like that OPI call on AJ was crap (the unnecessary roughness call on the Goedert hit felt like a makeup call). But AJ, Smitty and Dotson got 1 on 1 opportunities and made them pay. The back shoulder throw to AJ was amazing, as was the bomb to Smitty. The Chiefs left their DBs on islands and got torched.

- Speaking of the OPI on AJ, going for the 4th down was when I realized Nick wasn't messing around. The punt on 4th and 2 in SB 57 when down 28-27 was Nick being scared of the Chiefs, and then they get the big punt return. First drive, Nick decided we aren't playing scared and they throw a go ball on 4th down. Nick clearly had beaten into these guys' heads not to be intimated by the Chiefs' aura, not to be scared, and that we were better. And first chance he got, he bet on his guys. Was a HUGE call for the team's confidence and attitude. The team wasn't scared or in awe of the Chiefs; they treated them like little brothers.

DEFENSE

- I'm not sure what more can be said about the DL. Sweat and Williams likely played themselves out of our price range this offseason, but what a way to go out. But I thought Hunt and Ojomo played out of their mind. Hunt was a safety a couple years ago and was bull rushing a pro bowl OL (playing out of position) -- the sky is the limit for this guy. And Ojomo seems to be ready to take over for Milton next year. 

- Nolan Smith is the most violent edge player we've had in forever. Honestly, he's like BG but potentially with more skills. 

- Thank you Andy for being Andy...the Chiefs utter refusal to run the ball was huge for us. 7 carries by RBs all game...out of 49 plays. This was the 2006 game against Jacksonville when he threw 85% of the time in tropical storm winds. They had 3 called runs in the 1st half, so it wasn't just a function of being down multiple scores. Orlovsky pointed this out, but since Vic knew Andy wouldn't run (and the Chiefs aren't a good running team), he put the ends way outside and the DL rushed hard but in control to keep Mahomes from escaping to the side. All he could do was step up into the DTs. Perfect gameplan and execution. 

- I have been saying we won't do it, but...please, pay Baun what it takes. Whatever it takes. He's a monster and can do anything (blitz, cover, stop the run, etc.)

- Coop's pick 6 was the 1st time I realized we were gonna blow these guys out. 

- I never noticed Slay all game, which means he must have been excellent.

- Way to pad stats against McCollum and Sydney Brown, Pat. 

OK, here's 3 generations during the confetti. And before anyone goes there, my niece is only 17.

Great Picture of you and your family!

I do think the OPI penalty wasn't as bad as I initially thought because he got his hand on McDuffie's face mask. I still don't think it was OPI because he didn't create separation with the act.  It did make the Goedert call seem like a make up call but the defender hit Goedert in the head.  

 

 

3 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Couldn't hear "What's My Name" on the TV broadcast at all. This helps a little. Crowd was insane.

 

 

Everyone in the GDT was asking what the song was because we couldn't hear crap

3 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Couldn't hear "What's My Name" on the TV broadcast at all. This helps a little. Crowd was insane.

 

 

 

They should have rearranged the flags to spell it like the mayor. 

45 minutes ago, Vlad67 said:

Like je comes to the meeting with scout or manager and says..."dude, just don' t pick me..." ?

Just do an 'upper decker' in their executive washroom.

6 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Both things are true.  Shocking. 

Guess who's wrong again?

 

41 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Well, since I did this every other week, here are my takeaways after the 2nd greatest night of my life (yeah, getting married stays in first place). Taking dad to the game, seeing it with him, my brother and niece and my buddy and his 2 kids was epic. Watched the replay on the flight home.

OFFENSE

- That was another A+ game from Jalen -- no doubt about it. The interception sucked, but he was under duress and couldn't get the ball out far enough. The TD to Smitty was the most beautiful thing I have seen from this team in a while (both the play call and the execution), but the thing that really stood out was his decision making, particularly about when to escape the pocket. He didn't bail prematurely, and when he ran he committed and generally went up the middle. When he did escape the pocket to the sidelines, he kept his eyes downfield to make plays (did have the one great scramble down the sideline in the 2nd half) - pass to Smitty, 22 yards to Barkley. He looked like SB 57 Jalen. 22 attempts with a 10.0 YPA, and only 2 sacks for -11 yards. Hell, he even threw to Dotson...when he plays like that, we are a juggernaut.

- The Chiefs committed to stopping Barkley and forced Hurts to beat them, but it was huge that Kellen stuck with the running game despite the lack of success. 25 for 57 seems like a debacle, but sticking with the run kept the passing game open for Jalen. The throws to Saquon were somewhat an extension of the run game (other than the 22 yarder) as well. Saquon took a beating to open up the offense. And Jalen gashed them for huge runs as well. Still getting 135 on the ground was amazing given the Chiefs sold out to stop it.

- The offensive line, despite the lack of rushing from Barkley, played an unreal game. Jalen trusted the protection and the pockets were immaculate. The pocket on the deep shot to Smitty - just absurd. Chris Jones had no impact at all in this game, and he's supposed to be the best DT in the league. Dickerson and Jurgens gutted it out, Becton came back in, and Mailata and Lane made Karlaftis disappear 

- OK, they didn't show a replay in the stadium, but feels like that OPI call on AJ was crap (the unnecessary roughness call on the Goedert hit felt like a makeup call). But AJ, Smitty and Dotson got 1 on 1 opportunities and made them pay. The back shoulder throw to AJ was amazing, as was the bomb to Smitty. The Chiefs left their DBs on islands and got torched.

- Speaking of the OPI on AJ, going for the 4th down was when I realized Nick wasn't messing around. The punt on 4th and 2 in SB 57 when down 28-27 was Nick being scared of the Chiefs, and then they get the big punt return. First drive, Nick decided we aren't playing scared and they throw a go ball on 4th down. Nick clearly had beaten into these guys' heads not to be intimated by the Chiefs' aura, not to be scared, and that we were better. And first chance he got, he bet on his guys. Was a HUGE call for the team's confidence and attitude. The team wasn't scared or in awe of the Chiefs; they treated them like little brothers.

DEFENSE

- I'm not sure what more can be said about the DL. Sweat and Williams likely played themselves out of our price range this offseason, but what a way to go out. But I thought Hunt and Ojomo played out of their mind. Hunt was a safety a couple years ago and was bull rushing a pro bowl OL (playing out of position) -- the sky is the limit for this guy. And Ojomo seems to be ready to take over for Milton next year. 

- Nolan Smith is the most violent edge player we've had in forever. Honestly, he's like BG but potentially with more skills. 

- Thank you Andy for being Andy...the Chiefs utter refusal to run the ball was huge for us. 7 carries by RBs all game...out of 49 plays. This was the 2006 game against Jacksonville when he threw 85% of the time in tropical storm winds. They had 3 called runs in the 1st half, so it wasn't just a function of being down multiple scores. Orlovsky pointed this out, but since Vic knew Andy wouldn't run (and the Chiefs aren't a good running team), he put the ends way outside and the DL rushed hard but in control to keep Mahomes from escaping to the side. All he could do was step up into the DTs. Perfect gameplan and execution. 

- I have been saying we won't do it, but...please, pay Baun what it takes. Whatever it takes. He's a monster and can do anything (blitz, cover, stop the run, etc.)

- Coop's pick 6 was the 1st time I realized we were gonna blow these guys out. 

- I never noticed Slay all game, which means he must have been excellent.

- Way to pad stats against McCollum and Sydney Brown, Pat. 

OK, here's 3 generations during the confetti. And before anyone goes there, my niece is only 17.

Some points

The API call was legitimate, Brown had his hand on the facemask, if he was just hand battling no call. But balanced by the personal foul on the hit to the head a few plays later for a key 1st down. Refs didn't decide this game.

Smith blew up a pulling guard on one play, he's what, maybe 250 lbs now? Smith and Hunt are the future, which is why they'll let Sweat walk, true 3-4 OLBs that allow you to draft pass rush specialists at DE and not break the bank. Their ability to drop into coverage, or be stand up rushers on the LOS gives Fangio the flexibility to hide pass rush scheme and screw with OLs - he can send four but which four?

Chiefs refused to rush b/c the first few times they did so, they were stuffed, putting Mahomes in 2nd and 3rd and long situations. Then they fell behind and no point trying to wear down the Eagle defense since the Eagle offense was putting up long drives even when they didn't score in the 1st half. That also wore down the Chief's DL, Barkley didn't gain a lot of yards, but pounding them slowed the pass rush, especially since the Chiefs aren't deep up front. And Barkley did a great job of blitz pickup, which is why Swift isn't here.

4 hours ago, ToastJenkins said:

Whats the LB franchise tag?

$24m according to this chart

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-franchise-tag-values-heres-how-much-it-will-cost-teams-to-use-the-franchise-tag-based-on-position/

 

Let's give him $14m-15m/year and call it a day. I think he's gonna take less to stay here, this is where his career took off and they're not going to low ball him. He's not gonna get offered a roquan dmith deal based on one year, so "taking less" is taking ~15m here instead of maybe $16m somewhere else

36 minutes ago, aptosbird said:

Best football move of the year was Barkley's spin move prior to the backwards hurdle. I am never going to see anything close to that again.

Best offensive play of the year was a Devonte Smith catch in the corner of the end zone. I don't remember the opponent, but he would describe his use of the dead legs, where he softens his body to get his feet down. It was such a small space play.    JAGS

Bets defensive play of the year goes to Cooper Dejean de-cleating Derrick Henry in the open field. That was such a statement moment for Cooper and the entire defense. They were going to showing up with bully energy. 

The plays in the Super Bowl all exist in a separate category...what a great team performance. My personal fave has to be Jalen Carter smacking Mahomes in the face. He is a bad bad man and going to be with us for a long time.

 

It should be the second one in this video.

53 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

OK, here's 3 generations during the confetti.

Nice!  That will help us find you in the train pic.

 

Thanks for the write up.  Much appreciated and a good review.

What’s it been 6 years since I last logged in here. Gawd damn

8 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Everyone in the GDT was asking what the song was because we couldn't hear crap

They came out to "What’s My Name” in the playoff games so that seemed to be their theme and I wasn’t surprised when they walked out to it on Sunday. "Party Up” has been the TD song for years now so as a big DMX fan I like the consistency. 

2 minutes ago, devpool said:

$24m according to this chart

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-franchise-tag-values-heres-how-much-it-will-cost-teams-to-use-the-franchise-tag-based-on-position/

 

Let's give him $14m-15m/year and call it a day. I think he's gonna take less to stay here, this is where his career took off and they're not going to low ball him. He's not gonna get offered a roquan dmith deal based on one year, so "taking less" is taking ~15m here instead of maybe $16m somewhere else

It's dumb that they still lump edge rushers into LB. Not a single true ILB makes more than $20M a year. 

Some thoughts I've had in the last day or so:

• Nick/Moore very good game plan and prepared for Spags to focus on stopping Barkley (as opposed to KC having no answers or adjustments)
• I love the ballsy move to put the dagger in them with a 1st down bomb to DeVonta Smith with a big lead, instead of run the ball. KC would be expecting it, and they've mostly contained Barkley, so take a shot. It was demoralizing to them. KC really thought all they had to do was stop Barkley and the Eagles wouldn't be able to do anything else.
• I know people realize the score doesn't reflect the domination and some highlights skip the garbage points. But that big TD to Worthy was against our backups. Eagles rested their starters, Reid could have given his backups Super Bowl snaps. Instead they wanted to pad stats against backups and make it not seem as bad. I really wanted a bigger difference in the score. 
• Hurts is clutch. He has had some bad games, ups and downs in the regular season. The man shows up for prime time. He has ice in his veins. He's focused and recovers from mistakes very well. He is all business. He doesn't let the media, drama, anything get to him. He has a strong mind and focus for winning.
• I'm glad Smitty and Brown got TDs and Goedert had a big play. Nice to see the star players get theirs in the SB. 
• Barkley still made key plays including some big 1st down runs. He had an amazing season and playoffs and then this TEAM is so good, they could be balanced and adjust.

We're going to look back on this season and realize how good they were most of the year. With all the changes to coaches, coordinators and new players we knew it would take 3-4 games to really see what the team is. 2-2 at the bye, they turned a corner and never looked back. They proved that last year's collapse was not going to happen again. Big, convincing wins. Dominant performances. Growth and improvement. Sticking together as a team. There isn't a single player who is about themselves, they are all about the team.

They are well positioned to repeat. I think they will do it.

Thanks for LIV, Kellen. 

41 minutes ago, aptosbird said:

lol..HE who?..He used to be a reasonable poster, but now just completely irrelevant. 

I'm as reasonable as ever. You guys will settle down, and whenever that is I'll still be here for you. 

2 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Some thoughts I've had in the last day or so:

• Nick/Moore very good game plan and prepared for Spags to focus on stopping Barkley (as opposed to KC having no answers or adjustments)
• I love the ballsy move to put the dagger in them with a 1st down bomb to DeVonta Smith with a big lead, instead of run the ball. KC would be expecting it, and they've mostly contained Barkley, so take a shot. It was demoralizing to them. KC really thought all they had to do was stop Barkley and the Eagles wouldn't be able to do anything else.
• I know people realize the score doesn't reflect the domination and some highlights skip the garbage points. But that big TD to Worthy was against our backups. Eagles rested their starters, Reid could have given his backups Super Bowl snaps. Instead they wanted to pad stats against backups and make it not seem as bad. I really wanted a bigger difference in the score. 
• Hurts is clutch. He has had some bad games, ups and downs in the regular season. The man shows up for prime time. He has ice in his veins. He's focused and recovers from mistakes very well. He is all business. He doesn't let the media, drama, anything get to him. He has a strong mind and focus for winning.
• I'm glad Smitty and Brown got TDs and Goedert had a big play. Nice to see the star players get theirs in the SB. 
• Barkley still made key plays including some big 1st down runs. He had an amazing season and playoffs and then this TEAM is so good, they could be balanced and adjust.

We're going to look back on this season and realize how good they were most of the year. With all the changes to coaches, coordinators and new players we knew it would take 3-4 games to really see what the team is. 2-2 at the bye, they turned a corner and never looked back. They proved that last year's collapse was not going to happen again. Big, convincing wins. Dominant performances. Growth and improvement. Sticking together as a team. There isn't a single player who is about themselves, they are all about the team.

They are well positioned to repeat. I think they will do it.

Reid made the correct call of keeping Mahomes in and piling on garbage time points.

 

 

(Yes I bet the over)

My personal favorite play of the game is the DeJean pick 6. Partly because it came in such a great sequence in that series. Back to back sacks, already demoralizing them. Then a pick 6.

The aura of "Mahomes magic." The 3peat talk. Yeah the Eagles are the better roster, but Mahomes and Reid. 

Most people knew about Jalen Carter. Then here comes guys like Josh Sweat, Milton Williams, Nolan Smith, Jalyx Hunt, Jordan Davis. Just abused their O line, tossed them around like dolls. Mahomes rattled, running for his life, being punished. It was a thing of beauty.

It was only 10-0 before that and obviously plenty of time left. And we saw Brady come back against Atlanta. But that sequence of 2 sacks then a pick 6 took the life out of the Chiefs, and told everyone this game is over. The Eagles own you. A rookie white corner just picked you off and took it to the house. It's over. You're done.

After that, the offensive scores were just nails in the coffin and things of beauty, as well as the continued sacks and Baun's INT. 

2 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

They came out to "What’s My Name” in the playoff games so that seemed to be their theme and I wasn’t surprised when they walked out to it on Sunday. "Party Up” has been the TD song for years now so as a big DMX fan I like the consistency. 

I was hoping for either of these

 

My daughter had a miserable old man sitting behind her at the game. As expected there were many plays where everyone in the stands rose and yelled. At some point he yelled at her about her standing up. Then he told her that he had taken 41 pictures of her back...lol. Oh well....he left early in the 4th with a lot of fans waving goodbye to him...lol...my first thought was...oh wow...Veejer is here

47 minutes ago, aptosbird said:

Best football move of the year was Barkley's spin move prior to the backwards hurdle. I am never going to see anything close to that again.

Best offensive play of the year was a Devonte Smith catch in the corner of the end zone. I don't remember the opponent, but he would describe his use of the dead legs, where he softens his body to get his feet down. It was such a small space play. 

Bets defensive play of the year goes to Cooper Dejean de-cleating Derrick Henry in the open field. That was such a statement moment for Cooper and the entire defense. They were going to showing up with bully energy. 

The plays in the Super Bowl all exist in a separate category...what a great team performance. My personal fave has to be Jalen Carter smacking Mahomes in the face. He is a bad bad man and going to be with us for a long time.

Pshhhhh, Nike already showed us a girls flag football player do the same thing!

Wonder who the new oc and qb coach will be.

Maybe they go with patullo oc and slowik as passing game coordinator/QB coach 

Nic has one year on his deal. Hopefully they announce something in the new few weeks. Pay the man 

I really feel bad for Hurts, 4th playcaller in 4 years, that’s some Browns level turnover.

There were a couple really key plays this year and a couple key games.  A play that comes to mind was the Nakobe Dean pick to win the game vs. Jacksonville.  Nakobe deserves to get a nice chunk of love during the parade.