I might also add (as a KC fan) that we have changed our defensive scheme to the 3 -4 as well as bringing in Pendergast (last yrs. Cardinals DC) to run it. He is known for his various alignments & aggressive style to help bring pressure on the QB. Mike Vrable came over to the Chiefs along with Cassel in that trade for a 2nd rounder next year(which raised a lot of eyebrows) & he has made a huge impact with his attitude & knowledge. Several times throughout the preseason, the cameras have cut to him being on the sidelines helping “coach up” some of our other players. I really think that the Chiefs D is going to be vastly improved this year & catch a lot of people by surprise; however, it obviously won’t surprise you guys because I just warned you!

Best I’ve seen of the Chiefs so far. Kudo’s!

This game I see going one of two ways, Chiefs keep it close by keeping the pressure on with their defense, and causing turnovers, or the Chiefs sucking ass on offense causing turnovers.

The Ravens, well, you’ll be who you have been for awhile now. A tough SOB defensive unit, with an offense that came around last season. Our defense will have to step up big for us in this one to have a chance.

But those Ravens are all pansies anyway…

First, let me echo some fellow Arrowhead Pride people with kudos for the write-up, Bruce. I think special teams will go a long way toward determining the outcome of this game. The Chiefs are still experimenting with return guys, and with continuel personnel changes, the blocking and coverage is probably suspect as a unit.. On the plus side of special teams for the Chiefs, more emphasis has been directed toward special team play when it came to choosing the final 53. The Chiefs’ defense is so good, btw, that Derrick Johnson is third string on the LB depth chart. :)

Scoring

• Leggett, pick 6, Succup e.p. 1 + Succop three FGs, 9 = Chiefs 16
• Derrick Mason 56 yd reception 6, Steven Hauschka e.p. 1 + Ray Rice 3 yard run 6 + e.p. 1 = 14
  Final Score Chiefs 16, Ravens 14.

Highlights

• Tyson Jackson and Jon McGraw each force funbles
• Jackson and Magee tip a total of three passes at the line of scrimmage
• Tank Tyler (“new” nose tackle) 7 tackles
• Sacks by Vrabel, Hali and Carr
• Gailey Haley calls a creative (not gimmicky) gameplan
• Time of possession is split evenly
• Chiefs give away one int and one fumble (fumble one of the kick-offs, leading to one of their two TDs.)
• DJ comes in for limited play, but blows up a screen pass in impressive fashion
• Ryan O’Callaghan plays the whole game at RT
• Cassell starts, but Croyle plays half the game
• Unfortunately, no offensive TDs by the Chiefs
• Fortunately, Chiefs still win — Peter King then says, "KC sleeper Super Bowl contender?"

The Chiefs will try to protect Cassel behind an offensive line that is strong on the left side, but suspect on the right.

Calling our right side “suspect” is like calling Hitler a “meanie-poo-poo-head”. We signed who we hope to be our starting RT after the last preseason game, if that gives any indication of what kind of shape we’re in. Our only hope of stopping the rush of the left side of the Balt-D is if we line up in the wishbone and all three RBs just crash the right side to help with blocking.

That being said, we might get a couple screens to be successful, and we will probably run to the left side w/ at least a little success, and maybe the defenders on our right side will be in the backfield so fast they will, in fact, open up a “hole” (can the entire right side of the line be called one hole?) that Charles can explode through w/ his crazy skeelz.

The Ravens have been pretty inconsistent the last few years. Here are their win totals for the last five years:

11, 5, 13, 6, 9….why won’t this trend continue putting them in for a down year? What’s the biggest difference as to why the Ravens can sustain this success?

I can’t make fun of their costumes. My bro and I are dressing up as knights with 7’s on our backs.

Arrowhead Pride has officially taken the Troll title away from me….Congrats guys

Haley is poo without the AZ offense
Pioli was just lucky to be in NE

They are so far removed from those once in a lifetime players they cannot hope to achieve such success again. I would have rather brought in a few coaches who took bad teams to .500 records. That would mean more than raiding great systems for statue coaches.

Rice, McClaine and McGahee should get 200 yards combined. Wait until you Chief fans see Rice in the open field. He is tough to bring down. Guys a whole lot bigger will be stunned with his stiff arms. Beware the the screen pass. That is all I can say. Death by 3 yard passes. Once your down by 10 our “Crazy” D comes out and there is no better time to be a Raven fan watching that slaughter.

They were ranked 31st out of 32 teams and then they changed schemes. The thing about the scheme change is that it takes a while to get players who fit the system. Tyson Jackson and Alex Magee may be solid contributers in a 3-4 but the switch left Dorsey and Hali (both former first rounders) out in the cold. The starting corner backs are both second year players and the chiefs just released their starting SS. I’m not seeing a lot to be scared about on this defense, particularly with how strong the Ravens offense should be. I would not be surprised to see Flacco post the best line of his career… I’m thinking passing for 250+ yards and 3 tds.

and the Beatdown is infested! Ha.

Haloti Ngata, remember the name.

If the Ravens defense is anything like the smack talk on here you guys are screwed. This is the most pathetic excuse of homeland defense I’ve ever seen! It’s like I’m on ArrowheadPride “lite.”

Ray Lewis is a washed up stat-padder throwing himself on piles after someone else makes the play. Intimidation level – 0.
Haloti Ngata? As is Ngata chance in hell of being worth a damn on Sunday against even the Chiefs meager offensive line? Yeah, that’s what I thought.

It’s sad your defense is the strongpoint of your team. Really. Your defense almost mirrors the Chiefs before they released Pollard, the Safety was the best one on the field… that’s weak sauce.
“But wait! we only allowed opposing teams 250 yards/game! That’s impressive!!!” Not when you consider the Chiefs were playing a thrown-together offense getting 18 ppg and 300 yards, led by their 3rd string QB no less (Tyler “Someone catch this duck!” Thigpen)

The Chiefs are a shadow of themselves from last season on both sides of the ball. You’d better be hoping your boys come to play, or their dicks are gonna get knocked in the dirt.

Here’s an example of what you can expect on Sunday:

That is Sir Tyler Thipen making Ray Lewis his bitch. Good Day.

I SAID GOOD DAY!

(I said with all due respect…)

You folks are pretty high on your Ravens. Which is great, you have very good reason to be hyped. It seems to be your analysis that every aspect of your team is improved and a strength. In your view, do the Ravens have any weaknesses?

our CB’s are unproven (for ravens) and small. their mental and physical makeup is a worry. we did not improve like I thought we needed to. the steelers and physical receivers will again be tough on us. ed reed will again have to babysit and cover a lot of ground.

our #2 and #3 LB’s are not seasoned guys. they have size and speed but lack in game know how. ray will have to babysit these guys for a while.

our kick returning is suspect as we do not have a clear cut winner. we put the ball on the ground in the pre-season. we lost Leonhard and the underachieving Figurs. it will be a first year raven back there though. i’m not expecting much from this group. they are very small. we should bring Jermaine Lewis out of retirement.

and the priest says-let us pray.

the hits by landry won’t matter when the receivers land in the endzone dragging little webster and erkle.

i get what your saying but he asked for our concerns. it’s not a huge concern but something to watch. we know how ward likes to slant and curl at about 8 yards muscleing our smaller guys. let’s hope landry lays the wood better than nakamura and zbi did. i’m not knocking these guys and they should be much improved. it will be fun to see how far they’ve progressed. i think landry is a po-bowler and would have been last year.