How Does Sunday Happen?

There is one thing left to understand: the coaches of the Kansas City Chiefs are not on the same page. It looks to me like they are not game planning at all to the teams they play, they are simply evaluating players. Is that not what it looks like?
When your offense is so predictable that the other team stacks the box daring you to throw it more than 10 yards and YOU DON'T DO IT. Look, I think we have something with Chan Gailey. Not because of his performance this season, but because of his resume. Herm Edwards has a resume of being a QB killer, a poor game manager, and a conservative game caller. He wants to build this team in the image of a team like the Jacksonville Jaguars, a team that can run the ball down the throat and hit you in the mouth on both sides of the ball. Well, Jack Del Rio allows his coordinators to call a pass play on first down every once in a while. They take a few deep shots each game. They are unpredictable, although they still have a good run/pass split. How does Herm think we're going to become the Jacksonville Jaguars if he is never going to become Jack Del Rio?
When your defense has speed all over the field yet they are out of position to chase anyone down? Gunther Cunningham NEVER coached a Tampa-2 scheme in any other experiences. Now, teams do run some Cover 2 from time to time, but the Chiefs are not pulling off what they need to. Also, when you blitz it is the job of the Defensive linemen to drive the blockers away from the blitz lanes so the linebackers are either 1-on-1 or 2-on-1 with a runningback. That's when blitzes work. Bernard Pollard and Brandon Flowers are the two best tacklers on this defense, which goes to show you why opponents are gouging the Chiefs running the ball every game.
Plays succeed by talented players, sure. But even more so by talented coaching and design. The Chiefs under Vermeil had an amazing offense with a bunch of old lineman, a weak-armed and immobile QB, and terrible WR corps. They led the league each year because of design, not by talent. The Washington Redskins probably don't have as much offensive talent as the Cowboys or Eagles, but they beat them on the road in consecutive weeks by outcoaching their opponents.
I am sick of the Kansas City Chiefs getting outcoached each week. This Chiefs team is deeper right now on Offense at WR, TE, and RB than they ever were under Vermeil. They are deeper at CB, S, DT, and OLB than they ever were under Vermeil. I don't care about youth, this team has more talent than nearly any Chiefs team has had in the past 10 years. Croyle has more talent than Trent Green ever had.
If the coaching on this team, by personnel changes or by indivdual improvement, does not change soon, then this team is going to ruin a lot of young careers and the best fan base on the NFL by letting talent and potential turn into a group that is accustomed to losing and accustomed to not doing the right thing.
I would love to see Clark Hunt give Carl Peterson and Herm Edwards their walking papers today. Seriously. They should be gone and not be allowed back in the complex tomorrow. They need a good, young GM prospect to take over the team and a coach who is not already on the outs with another team (remember Herm-ball 2004?).
Fans all want Bill Cowher here. That's not necessary. The Falcons didn't need Cowher this year to emerge, nor did the Dolphins, Titans, Redskins, or Bills. They need a philosophy and they need a coaching staff that is on the same page. I love the trust that Herm Edwards has placed in our scouting department and the trust that Carl has also allowed to go there in order to bring in the talent that we have.
Unfortunately though, under Herm Edwards we will see the Chiefs lose by 34 points a lot more often than we see the Chiefs even score 34, much less win by 34.