Any hope the injury situation will be better before it gets worse? “There is a small margin between winning and losing, and we’ve got to tighten that up”.
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It’s another big challenge for the Bears offensive line against an established defense in Kansas City.
With the other three NFC North teams – Chicago at home, Minnesota on the road and Detroit in London – and what could still be a Mike Vick-helmed Steelers offense on the docket, it’s completely conceivable Kansas City could be at 4-4 when it rests up in Week 9 to prepare for the Denver leg of its top rivalry series. Being outclassed by the Packers and Bengals represents a problem, but not being able to beat two of the league’s top five teams on the road shouldn’t come as a shock for Kansas City fans. It was the kind of style of play, I felt like a lot of it was self-inflicted.
“I believe this is a good team”. Head coach Andy Reid had no word on Wilson’s prognosis for returning to the field. That said, Chiefs might be wise to test the interior of the Bears’ defense by giving a few early carries to star running back Jamaal Charles, who is as explosive as ever.
“I think you’ve gotta wrap up and close the space”, Shea McClellin said.
That responsibility falls as much on the defensive line, Jarvis Jenkins said. After all, Charles runs with a much different style and attitude than Eddie Lacy, Thomas Rawls and Latavius Murray, all larger power backs.
“It’s like a storm when things get messy”, Charles said.
“You just got to keep chipping, chipping away at it”.
“We’ve got to straighten up the locker room and pick up all the trash and be behind each other as a team”.
There is time to make a course correction and the key man in the team’s offense says the locker room remains a confident group despite the bad results.
Tight end Travis Kelce is emerging as one of the best at his position in the league and is a vertical threat. “I told the guys that, that we have to be sound, we have to finish with no penalties, illegal blocks, you know, stay on our guys and eventually it will come”. We have a good team; this team is not bad. He stepped up and had a nice game against the Raiders with Jeffery out, and will need to do the same going forward. The pass rush has produced six sacks in the last two games, led by Pernell McPhee and Jarvis Jenkins.
The game this weekend against the Chicago Bears (1-3) will be the first home Sunday game of the season, which means the best tailgating scene in the National Football League will be back to its normal routine. He trails only Larry Johnson and Priest Holmes for the most rushing attempts in franchise history, and his three 200-yard rushing performances are the three most dominant performances by a running back in Kansas City. The most famous game between the teams happened during the 1967 preseason, the season after the Chiefs won the AFL Championship and then lost to Green Bay in what became the first Super Bowl. The Chicago Bears ground game is averaging 123.5 yards per contest, and Matt Forte leads the way with 367 yards and one touchdown.
The KC Chiefs and the Chicago Bears have identical 1-3 records thus far, and both have surrendered a whopping 125 points in their four games. Forte injured his knee in that game against K.C. and missed Chicago’s last four games.
The Kansas City defense has only two interceptions in four games, both by rookie cornerback Marcus Peters.
They face what has been a struggling offense with quarterback Jay Cutler at the controls.
His counterpart is having a terrific season as well.
Toub first worked with Reid at UTEP in 1987.
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Conley’s first start was last Sunday against Cincinnati, where he was targeted seven times and caught two passes for 53 yards. Just a quarter of the way into the season and their coverage units have already allowed two returns for touchdowns.
