footballoutsiders.com - 12/4/2008
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This week's Cover-3 features the backup center who met a serious challenge head-on, Tyler Thigpen's (licensed!) Pistol formation, and a Bears back testing the Williams Wall.
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kansascity.com - 12/4/2008
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Chiefs quarterback Tyler Thigpen got his first victory
as the team’s starter, and he said Wednesday that...
the most gratifying part was the 91-yard Kansas City possession in the fourth quarter that sealed it.
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Chiefs notebook: Thigpen sees team maturing
kansascity.com - 12/1/2008
msn.foxsports.com - 12/2/2008
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I've bungee jumped. I've skydived. I've been on
crazy Canadian cross country skiing expeditions. I've played Jackass:...
the Home Version. I've moved around like a nomad with ADD. Tats cover about 10 percent of my body. Basically, I'm a pretty crazy ...
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FOX Sports on MSN - NFL - A Chiefs fan's descent into ...
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Football Outsiders loves them some Jamey Richard
Stampede Blue —
... FO took particular interest in how Jamey Richard played this past Sunday against one of the better playing DTs in the league now, ...
The Chiefs and the Pistol Formation
Arrowhead Pride —
... There is a great article by Doug Farrar over at Football Outsiders from a couple of days ago that does a great job breaking down the Pistol formation and how the Kansas City Chiefs run it. ...
"Ain't Gonna Be No Rematch..."
Field Gulls —
... I’ve been writing a weekly game-tape (or DVD and DVR) analysis column called Cover-3 for Football Outsiders all season, and one of the most interesting matchups I’ve covered was the Week 13 game between the Colts and Browns. Indianapolis won a tight 10-6 game, but I was focused on the middle of the action when the Colts had the ball. Center Jeff Saturday was out with a strained calf, which affected the offense for two reasons. First, Saturday is as smart and experienced as any lineman in the NFL when it comes to line ...
Sunday Spotlight: How'd they do?
Shutdown Corner —
... . Slowed by the timing of the sweeps and pitches of the 'Cat White looked much more comfortable running a series of option pitches and a number of Pistol formation plays. The Pistol, a formation invented by coach Chris Ault of the Nevada Wolfpack, is a sawed-off shotgun formation with an H-back to block and a back behind the quarterback. Like the Wildcat, it's as much a power play as an option trick-fest. It helped White make his way in the offense, but the Dolphins still lost, 27-17, to the high-powered Pats. ...
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Bowe plays big role in Chiefs' offense
kansascity.com 11/17/2008 — Dwayne Bowe turned around, and there was the ball. Tyler Thigpen lofted a fade toward Bowe in the end zone, and Bowe grabbed it.
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kansascity.com 11/1/2008 — The thought of getting a well-quarterbacked game like the one provided last week by Tyler Thigpen helped sustain the Chiefs through a long, tumultuous offseason. They of course believed such a game would be delivered instead by Brodie Croyle and not ...
10/23/2008 | Chiefs want starting QB Thigpen to be a careful runner
kansascity.com 10/24/2008 — The Chiefs want to see what Tyler Thigpen can do, as long as he does it better than he did last time. The third man to start a game at quarterback for Kansas City will do it again Sunday at the Jets, and the Chiefs like some of what Thigpen does. ...
Thigpen Throws Three Touchdowns in Thriller at San Diego
arrowheadpride.com 11/10/2008 —
via NFL.com
What can I say? I'm a sucker for alliteration...
Confidence returns to the quarterback position
I can't remember the last time the Chiefs got the ball late in the game down in the score and I felt pretty good about ...
