For New Yorkers still upset you were played by Herm Edwards

Before the game you wrote:




Seriously, guess the quarter LoJo #27 goes over 200 yards Saturday afternoon? You know Herm Edwards is ordering extra coal right now, and he’ll instruct Mike Solari and Trent Green to shovel hot coals in LoJo #27 all afternoon.

The over/under on Larry Johnson carries for Indianapolis is 35.

The Colts defense gives up a league-worst 5.3 yards per carry. That’s more than a yard more than any other AFC playoff team. There’s no reason to get cute with the game plan on Saturday.

The Chiefs should put all their receivers on the inactive list and line up with seven offensive linemen, Tony Gonzalez, a fullback, Trent Green and LoJomotive #27, the NFL record holder for carries in a season.

Given the opponent and the game plan, Green’s struggles are irrelevant.



After the game you wrote:

The only logical thing to conclude is that the one completely new ingredient changed the offense. I know why Edwards did it. I even agreed with his thinking. But he just went completely overboard on Saturday and in the week leading up to the game.

You already know the ugly statistics. Larry Johnson averaged 2.5 yards per carry against a defense that had been surrendering 5.3 yards per attempt. The Chiefs didn’t pick up a first down until three minutes, 34 seconds were left in the third quarter. They went three-and-out on seven straight possessions. At one point, the Colts had 22 first downs and the Chiefs had 21 yards.

“That was ridiculous,” said Gonzalez, who complained that KC’s play-calling was far too predictable. “We can’t even get a first down. That was embarrassing. Ridiculous.”

The Chiefs tried to run Johnson between the guards. When the game was being decided in the first half, Kansas City never threw the ball down field. They faced third and long on every possession and Kansas City’s receivers dropped darn near every pass that hit them in the hands.
As I see it your pre game and post game stories seem to contradict each other. Before the game you are saying the Chiefs should just run the ball. They do just that and it fails badly and now you are taking poor herm to task.

 

I read both pieces, and Herm followed your advice to a t.

 

It sort of reads like advice, though.

Or is that the primp hand? I lost track.

 

So now you're saying you're not really calling out Herm, you're calling out the players for choking.
Way to go, using that pimp hand to jerk off Herm.

Fraud (both of you)

 

teams line up in two tight all the time. you could have two off linemen report as eligible. pretty sure i've seen it around the goal line... my statement in the column was an obvious joke..... but we're playing the whitlock game today... and i have some time to kill before catching this media shuttle back to the hotel...

 

the change in offense discussion has been a seasonlong discussion in kansas city. it's been a point of discussion since herm's opening press conference... and, yes, boom i described what happened in the game and i quoted tony gonzalez.... i took herm to task for his handling of green and the pressure he built during the week leading up to the game. you can read, boom..

 

Give us your thoughts on 2 black QB's starting in National Championship game - big deal in 2006 or non event?

 

from the column:

Kansas City’s offense choked. The question that must be answered is why.

Herm Edwards.

 

from the column:

Edwards took the cape off Superman. Green’s teammates internalized the pressure and cracked.

I asked Herm if his offensive players were mentally prepared. Herm said they were “overanxious.” He said they may have put too much pressure on themselves.

Why? Could it be that they felt pressure to perform when their coach announced that anyone, including Trent Green, who doesn’t play well will get benched.

“Veteran guys,” Green explained, “came up to me this week and said, ‘You’re our guy. Don’t look over your shoulder.’ ”

The players took note of Edwards’ mid-week comments. Edwards preached all week about how the playoffs were different, and how he was different at playoff time.

There’s a science to getting players to relax and play well in big games. Some coaches — Bill Parcells, Bill Belichick — have the knack. Other coaches — Marty Schottenheimer — don’t.

Kansas City’s performance — not the loss, the offensive performance — falls squarely on Edwards’ shoulders. He mishandled this team.

Now, that does not mean that Green, Solari, Peterson and all the others are blameless. It just means that what happened on Saturday is deeper than personnel, deeper than play-calling, deeper than Damon Huard playing ahead of Green.

 

Most likely because Herm read your pregame strategy column.

 

i'm at the game and it never crossed my mind until you just mentioned it. is this the first time?

 

Thanks, I was just curious if it could be done or not.