50 Dollar Bills

What can you say about the Chiefs' "game" today? Allowing the Bills to hang 54 points on the board certainly was rough. In the fourth quarter with a huge lead, I was shocked to see the Bills running play-action passes and throwing deep. I admit I was secretly hoping one of their star players would get hurt for such shenanigans. I suppose it's the NFL and it's your own fault if you can't stop someone. Oh well, at least it's over now.

Given the minus-four turnover ratio, it's no surprise that our defense was on its heels all day. Even when we didn't turn the ball over, it seemed like the Bills got the ball on our side of the field via special teams just as often. Our defense simply can't handle that much pressure, although they did have a nice goal-line stand in there at one point.

As far as Thigpen's performance, I'd like to highlight the positive and overlook the negative. He's a very young player and will have days like this. I remember a much older Rich Gannon having five turnovers (2 INTs, 3 fumbles, I think) in one game ... maybe against the Jags in '97. The offense still managed to put up 31 points, so one could certainly argue that without the turnovers it's a different game.

On the bright side, Maurice Leggett seemed to be everywhere and showed a lot of improvement from just a few weeks ago. It was also good to see Brandon Flowers back.

In the end it was another loss, and for the first time in several weeks it wasn't much of a contest. Herm seems to be doing well motivating the troops, so I expect them to come out fired up next week, ready to play hard and hopefully secure their second win of the season. It would be nice to get it against Oakland.