Kansas City Chiefs Nearly Shock The World
Arrowhead Pride —
... ever look like an elite back again?
I am sure all of you have an opinion on each of these topics. As we discuss this game, let's remember one thing that we all agreed upon in the off-season: We are rebuilding and will not make the playoffs this year. View the remaining games with this in mind and we can objectively predict the progression of key positions (QB, OL, etc).
Check out Pats Pulpit for the latest on Brady's injury. Check out this for stats of the game.
NFL Week 1
SmackCaster SmackBlog —
Anyone bite the dust in a suicide pool? Plenty were probably sweating when Tom Brady went down thanks to a clean hit by the Chiefs’ Bernard Pollard as he threw a pass. The Patriots didnt go down, thanks to a late stop inside their 10. And thanks to the fact that Brock Huard is no Len Dawson. Tom Curran has the Jets saying from Miami that it is a torn ACL. Must be the miracle of internet diagnosis.
Were the Philadelphia Eagles and Donovan McNabb this good? Or are the St. Louis Rams going to be this bad … again?
Brett Favre led the Jets to victory. How bizarre would it have been if ...
The Weekly F.U. to Peter King Daily "Linkin' Logs" (9/8/08)
The Bad News Bloggers —
For football season, it seems most appropriate to at least partially pay homage to the foolishness that is Peter King's MMQB. Peter tries, but generally, he's just a blowhard of a slightly high cognizance. But quickly, how 'bout some football. The Patriots took a tough Dubya from the Chefs (That's great, but who are the Chefs), but Adam Schefter is reporting that Tom Brady is done for the season. Jake Delhomme and the Panthers stunned the Chargers at the last second. The Bills exert some AFC dominance over the Seahawks and of course the Eagles whipped the Rams. Normally, I never care about a ...
Shots Heard 'Round The Web - Links for 9/8/08
Pats Pulpit —
... New Knee News Now - Belichick will hold his press conference today at 3pm
Week 1 Game Analysis
Mike Reiss offers his Game Notes with his usual expert analysis. Play of the game: Deltha O'Neal's rundown of Darling leading to that last minute, 5-play goal line stance? or Cassel's 4 minute 51 second, 10 play, 98-yard touchdown drive?
Reiss feels the key stat of Cassel's play yesterday was: Zero Interceptions
NFL Game Center offers stats from yesterday's game for each player on both teams, with video ...
CHIEFS-PATRIOTS ONE-LINERS
ProFootballTalk.com —
That 51-yard pass from Matt Cassel to Randy Moss was the result of an on-the-fly route adjustment by Moss. Pats DB Ellis Hobbs had a sack, a forced fumble, and an interception ; he also returned a kickoff 51 yards. Laurence Maroney and Sammy Morris provided a solid one-two punch for the Pats. The official diagnosis for QB Brodie Croyle is that he has a separated shoulder . Rookie RB Jamaal Charles missed the block that got Croyle hurt. Is Croyle too fragile to be the starter ? Chiefs G.M. Carl Peterson told Big Sexy, “ It wasn’t a fifth exhibition game for the Patriots .” WR Dwayne Bowe didn’t take the blame ...
