A Win is a Win

Look, there are a lot of people today who are feeling that the Chiefs are now going to do great things or are feeling some sort of confidence that is above and beyond what we should be feeling for this team right now. The Chiefs beat the Denver Broncos, who had a lot of morons in the media declaring them the "Class of the AFC" right now.

To begin with the quality of the win, it is necessary to look at who you are playing. Has Denver been able to stop anyone this season? Has Denver finished a single game this season (without referee or inept kicker interference)? Can Denver stop the run or the pass? Is Jay Cutler still a reasonably young QB? Since all of these answers slant to the negative side, you begin to realize why the morons in the media seemed to need "a class team." Ignoring their ignorance, that title has went to the Tennessee Titans and coach Jeff Fisher this entire season. When Herm Edwards becomes a guy who can coach a team with a QB who completes 50% of his passes throws more INT's than TD's is the day that I'll put him in a class with other good defensive coaches like Fisher.

No matter Denvers problems, they have still played good football and beat (narrowly) two good opponents. This Chiefs team dominated a veteran o-line with young defenders, had two young corners shut down the second best passing attack in the NFL (no matter what the end game stats say), and a past-his-prime running back ran all over the field against a rush defense that will continue to be exposed the rest of the season. Denver has all of the deficiencies that will make our team look solid now, and will possibly make us look good in Denver.

Either way, kudos are deserved by a few players who dominated the game yesterday: Brandon Carr, Turk McBride, Brandon Flowers, Dwayne Bowe, Larry Johnson, Brad Cottam, and Damon Huard. Also, not much credit has been given to this representative of the team, but Bernard Pollard's hustle a few times might have saved this game for the Chiefs in the first half. I watched him single handedly contain the running game around the corner when he was the last line of defense; holding Denver to a two-yard gain instead of a TD on a broken tackle. He hustled down the field on a screen pass that had the makings of a 70 yard touchdown all over it. Denver settled for a field goal. Big game Bernard Pollard. That guy has really stepped up this year.

If those guys can continue to shape this into a tough football team that is not mesmerized by anyone, then this season can still get turned around. But don't be fooled. The Chargers (twice), Titans, Saints, Bills, Panthers, and Bucs are all teams that will play us better than Denver did. We can out-physical Denver, but (with the exception the Saints) these teams will cause us to really have to get up and play hard. We can do it, but they won't come as easily as the Broncos did.