Kansas City?s love affair with Herm Edwards? coaching officially lasted one possession. On the Chiefs? second possession, after they had marched down field into the red zone, the team opted to run the ball three straight times. After three short gains, they settled for a field goal. As the ball sailed through the uprights, Chiefs fans began to boo. It was 17 minutes into Edwards? first game, seconds after his team had scored for the first time, and all the excitement had been sucked out of the stadium. Edwards stood on the sideline, his back to the jeers, his arms folded. ?He better get used to that,? somebody quipped. For the rest of the game, Edwards watched as the Chiefs fumbled, gave away ground with penalties and struggled to score. He watched Green lay on his back for 11 minutes after a brutal shot knocked him out. He watched Green leave the field on a gurney. Later, the quarterback would be reported to have feeling in his arms and legs but no memory of the big hit. The Chiefs? anemic offense did not much resemble last year?s high-octane unit. They scored one touchdown and totaled only 289 yards ? two touchdowns and 100 yards fewer than they had in last year?s opener. The Jets, meanwhile, beat Tennessee 23-16 in the debut of another head coach, New York?s Eric Mangini. The Jets? Chad Pennington threw for more than 300 yards, a number he had hit only once during the last season he played under Edwards.
Well I watched this game as I was watching the NYJs on the other TV & yes I said typical Herm when that series occurred. However, that Green hit was terrible & I even went ooh as I watched it occurred. Once Damon came in it made no difference what KC would do since Damon is a few levels below Green & the rain was coming down in torrents
It's amazing how quickly blame on the offense shifted from Paul Hackett to Herman Edwards. The penalties are one thing the Jets did not do under Edwards. And I'm amazed a tight end on a Herm-coached team caught a touchdown. I know it was Tony Gonzalez, but I didn't realize Herm allowed tight ends to catch passes on his teams!
Ha Ha, I love it, I hope they suck this year. It was such a relief to watch this team then the years herm was here.
More from the STAR, this time from Jason Whitlock (stop me if you've heard this all before): Herm has dreadful opener By JASON WHITLOCK The Kansas City Star Previous columns Let the record show that Chiefs fans booed coach Herm Edwards on Kansas City?s second offensive possession of the 2006 season. On third and 5 at the Cincinnati 11, Edwards? offensive unit slammed running back Larry Johnson into the heart of the Bengals? defense for the fifth straight time. Bengals middle linebacker Brian Simmons stoned Johnson at the line of scrimmage, forcing the Chiefs to settle for a field goal. A massive flock of boo birds took flight inside Arrowhead Stadium, spelling out just how short Edwards? honeymoon period will be in Kansas City. Edwards didn?t even get to unpack his bags. The conservative, play-for-three-points reputation he built in New York has Chiefs fans ready to pounce. The punchless offensive attack that contributed to the Chiefs? disappointing 23-10 loss to the Bengals will certainly have Kansas City football fans openly questioning Edwards? competence. We haven?t seen a debut this bad since the maker of the Titanic shouted, ?full steam ahead.? Bengals defensive end Robert Geathers might go down as the iceberg that sank the 2006 Chiefs. His illegal-but-unpenalized, third-quarter hit on Trent Green could ruin Kansas City?s football season. But they don?t make movies about icebergs. Hollywood loves to tell the stories behind the stories. And Edwards was the story on Sunday ? not Green?s concussion or whether Geathers was pushed into his flying collision with a hook-sliding Green. For a day, at least, Edwards stripped KC?s offense of the attacking nature that made the unit celebrated, decorated and overcompensated for five years under Dick Vermeil. The Chiefs scored 10 points against one of the league?s mediocre defenses. You could see the poor performance coming when the Chiefs turned ultraconservative in the red zone on their second possession. The third-and-5 call foreshadowed a miserable day. ?Missed communication on the call,? Edwards said when I asked about the play call. ?I?ll leave it at that.? So I asked Tony Gonzalez what the ?missed communication? was. ?Mike Solari came in at halftime and said he messed up,? Gonzalez said. ?He thought it was third and 2.? Another member of the Chiefs said Solari ? who left the locker room without talking with reporters ? thought it was second down. Wow. Solari, Kansas City?s first-year, first-time offensive coordinator, thought the Chiefs needed just 2 yards or he thought it was second down. Was anybody else confused? I wasn?t. That?s really bad coaching. And it reflects poorly on Edwards. He?s known as a bad game manager, a poor clock manager. He needed to call a timeout in that situation. Edwards needs to create an environment in which his veteran QB feels comfortable enough to call a timeout when a play call that bad gets signaled into his helmet.
Unfortunately, the Green injury will provide the excuse for Herm. Also looks like Solari is already becoming the next scapegoat in the long list of people thrown under the bus by Herm. You would think he would be defending his O coordinator, I guess not....
Christ..coaches having to take the rap for Edwards inepitude already...kinda feel sorry for this first year oc they have if he has to lie to cover up his boss's conservatism this early
he deserves it for the political game he played with the media in new york last year.....he should be ashamed of himself and he doesn't deserve the respect everyone used to think he commanded.
"We haven’t seen a debut this bad since the maker of the Titanic shouted, “full steam ahead.”" I almost fell off my chair when i read that!!! :lol: I can't wait to see how the rest of their season goes!
yea man... i bet that is exactly what happened and that kinda gets me frusterated. Buuuut i'm not gonna lose sleep over it!:up:
If you followed any of Whitlock's stuff running up to the season, you have keep this piece proportional. He's been all over the board. First he was writing about Herm bringing balance back the the Chiefs' game; then how the Chiefs signed the last piece to the puzzle in Ty Law (sound familiar?); he next moved into the "2006 is a rebuilding year" midset (all because Willie Roaf retired); and, now, the evolution is near complete with the sinking of the Titanic. Clearly, he's taking himself too seriously these days.
Extremely doubtful if its your first ever game calling the plays...imo he's trying to protect his boss who finds himself in hot water after just one game...finally the the word is out on this imposter:up:
The dismantling of a perfectly good team. Fresh from Camp Marshmallow and poorly prepared, this team is disintegrating faster than I thought it would. What a shame for Chiefs fans. They had some high hopes...
