[BDBohnzie]

My 2 cents...take it or leave it.

- 3 Skins turnovers equalled 10 KC Points was the difference in this game.
The Skins outplayed the Chiefs in every aspect of the game except 1...turnovers. Skins D held of the league's top backs to 18 yards on 14 carries, held their #1 wideout Eddie Kennison without a catch, and held the best TE in the league to 2 catches for 13 yards. Brunell threw for 331 yards and 3 TDs, Moss and Cooley together had 16 catches for 227 yards and 3 TDs, and our ground game was sound, as Portis and Cartwright outrushed Holmes and Johnson 91-71.

- Jared Allen had a career day.
Plain and simple. He came out fired up, and only got better as the game wore on. People mention they never heard of him...well, you don't hear of a lot of people on an overall bad defense. This kid proved he can play with the big boys. Other than him, The Chiefs have a below average day on defense.

- The Skins coaching staff isn't making the proper 2nd half adjustments for the offense.
Brunell had a great first half against a shotty Chiefs Defense, just like he did against the Broncos. And just like against the Broncos, his second half faded. Just seems to me that the other team is adjusting to our offense better than us adjusting to their defense.

- Cutting Cartwright is NOT the answer.
Antonio Brown struggled throughout the preseason. The fumble in week 1 was icing on the cake. Cartwright is mostly a special teams player, who filled in for Betts because of injury. While the fumble cost the Skins, the blame can't be squarely on him. If anything, he should have had more carries yesterday, to lighten the load off of Portis.

- It's time LaVar made it into the game.
I'm not saying start him, because it's evident that the coaching staff doesn't want to. However, he needs to be in on more 3rd down situations as an end or blitzing LB. It just seems that the defense can get to the QB, just not fast enough. I think he can turn around the turnover and sack counts.

- Gibbs is underutilizing Portis's ability to break runs outside.
After telling us he's implementing more outside runs, we've yet to really see it. Not sure if he's too comfortable throwing the ball 35+ times or just doesn't trust the ability of blocking schemes, but Portis is a slasher, not a between the tackles runner. Get Portis running outside more will open up the middle for him. I think they did it more yesterday, with good results, and hope they do it more and more.

Each week this season, this team has gotten better and better. Hopefully they continue this trend. People will point at 2 losses in a row...however, they were against tough teams and on the road in brutal environments.

3-2 after 5 games isn't bad, considering that no one except us Skins fans thought we'd be any better off. If the Skins beat the teams they're supposed to (9ers, Raiders, Cards, St. Louis), play tough against the Division opponents, and get a win against either Tampa or San Diego (or both), this team will be in the thick of it.