Chiefs host a day long Massacre!

it was a “...must win” -the phrase apparently filled every meeting room and was heard on all the practice fields.

The Kansas City star writes that:

Coach Herm Edwards, who says he never panics, made it clear that an 0-3 start would at least be time to squirm. “They had no excuse for not winning this game,” Edwards said. “They had to win, period. We were going to play all day until we won the football game.”

The shutout... brought a smile to coach Herm Edwards, but he also might have been the only one not truly impressed. “I told you when I took this job that we were going to learn to play defense,” Edwards said. “We’ve got to play even better. That’s just me. I grew up a defensive guy, and I expect that out of them. The expectations are very, very high here.”
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How about Chiefs DE Tamba Hali! On San Francisco's initial, futile drive, Hali, scooted around SF RT Kwame Harris and ripped the ball out of Alex Smith's hand. Smith recovered the fumble, the next play SF RB Frank Gore produced his fourth fumble in his first four games and then, the Chiefs recovered.
Kwame Harris said of working on Hali all day, that "He's a good player. Young but certainly coming along quickly,'' Harris said "I think he's going to do good things for them.''
Hali was was a major disruption coming off the edge. Hali managed1.5 sacks and was so a pain in their right side that the 49ers rotated FB Moran Norris, TE Billy Bajema and then 206-pound wide receiver, Arnaz Battle, to battle him. After the game TE Bajema said. "They have two good ends (Jared Allen is the other). They were active and made some plays today..."



Our Defense is #2 in NFL Kansas City 719 total yds! 118.0 rushing yards per game to go with 121.7 passing yards per game. They also can boast giving up only 40 first downs in three games. That is impressive. San Diego may still be the best so far in defense, but not by that many yards. Check it out at ESPN NFL stats. We Chief fans will make note: Kansas Cityis ranked #1 with only 42 catches allowed for a meager 392 total yds. That shows an excellent amount of heat by the defensive front. It includes the idea we are hitting hard in the backfield perhaps making them look over their shoulder, or maybe pause to think twice before they haul one in. (Oh yeah! #2 San Diego 38catches allowing 417yds)

Our O line gets kudos too. San Francisco came to Arrowhead Stadium with 12 sacks. The Chiefs had allowed seven in ONE game. Maybe they were afraid to try to give him time to go deep, or Huard would lose possibly lose his head!~ No more! This time the Chiefs kept quarterback Damon Huard unscathed. They protected him well enough the last three weeks to help him earn the #2 ranking as QB in the entire NFL!!! Hold on to your hats folks... he has a QB rating of 106.9!!!!

The new NFLs #4 rusher this week, Larry Johnson has compiled 74rushes for 295yds. With the bye week he has one game in hand on most of those above him. He is only 93 yards from the top of the heap!!! Number three is L. Tomlinson, the Charger has totalled in 77 rushes, 300yds. He also has a game in hand on those above.

Next weeks opponent is the Arizona Cardinals:
Will they be trouble for the defense? Can they somehow improve?
The Cardinals offense's performance Sunday paved the way for Leinharts debut next week.. The Cardinals just barely managed to move the ball. They rushed for only 31 yards on 25 attempts, gained only 187 total yards and committed four turnovers!

Heck we may get better!!!
here's their numbers:
Edgerrin James 20 rushes 41yds for a 2.10 average gain per carry.
Matt Leinart completed 5/8 passes for 49 yards. A 6.1 yds per completion average.

We may have a whole lotta fun sqeezing those numbers into our defensive schema.

Roll on Red Warriors!!!

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