Slingin Sammy 33's - Chiefs Game Review

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Good breakdown SS.
Here's my take on JC's 1st half passing:

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

Examples:
1) 2nd possession. 2 & 8, This should be a quick pass to Moss, JC has a slight pump in his delivery, he's off-balance, the ball comes out late and way low. Incomplete.

2nd & 8-JC rolled his shoulder like he thought there was going to be pressure,it didn't look like a 'pump' to me.
The ball comes out late and the pass is low,probably good thing too because a defender was right on top of Moss, and the ball hits Moss in the hands.

The next play is 3 & 8, Zorn has on a Max Protect call and with 3 WRs vs. 7 DBs JC has to check-down to Cooley short of the first

Max protect 4 receivers vs 7 DB sounds like pretty good coverage.
When there are more DBs then receivers its likely that they're not open downfield.

JC threw short hoping that Cooley could pick up the YAC.

2) Next possession, JC misses an open DT for a TD. There was no help for Flowers, no Safety to worry about. JC just missed this throw, plain and simple.

Actually, not so plain and simple.
Devin was too close to the sideline its the receivers job to give the QB a place to throw ball.
Devin was too close to the sideline and the coverage was pretty tight.
JC could have thrown the ball more towards his inside shoulder but flowers is right in Devin's hip pocket.

3) Same possession 3 & 3, JC overthrows ARE on an open whip route.

JC was late on this throw.
ARE runs a short slant/out.
Rundell was open one the initial cut to the inside in the 1st window after he cleared the DB covering Betts, then he was still open after he settled down
JC's pass was high, but Rundell did get his hands on it.

4) Next possession 1 & 10. Post to Moss....TD missed.

Yep, JC missed this one.

5) Same possession, 3 & 4. KC is in Cover 2 Man, JC locks on to Cooley and forces the throw low and incomplete. ARE was open on a quick slant, Kelly was open on a dig behind ARE's slant also. JC had time.

JC had time but the receivers are all running short quick hitting routes and the their all covered, Devin(not Kelly) was open on the In cut behind ARE/Cooley.

JC threw to his goto guy.

6) The drive to end the first half was Zorn and Campbell. On 3 & 1 with :53 left, why does it take :22 seconds to run a 1 yd dive and then reset for the next play? Why weren't two plays called? Why not get to the line and spike on 1st down? Why on the next play throw a 5 yds pass in the middle of the field to Portis? Why not out of bounds?

That's on Zorn not JC you can clearly see Zorn calling the play in and Campbell looking to the sideline waiting.

7) Next play, why take off and run?

Because Moss was double covered and Betts isn't open either JC tried to pick up some yardage.

Where are the sideline routes? How about trying to isolate Kelly or Thomas and get a jump ball or pass interference?

Why not? Good question.

All these plays above (outside of playcalling issues at the end of the half)were flat out on JC, no one else. These plays alone were the difference in the game. Two missed TDs and three killed drives because of QB mistakes. Zorn was right to bench JC.

Imo there are some over-reaching issues:
1) JC wasn't comfortable because he was feeling phantom pressure (after getting hit early in the 2 previous games)
2) Zorn called a bunch of 3 step drop passes; which tacitly sends the message that he (Zorn) lacks faith in the pass pro
3) the Chiefs were sitting on the short passing game as Zorn called some basic route combinations

Some throws were on JC alone,
some were on JC and the receiver

You can't say Moss pass would have been a TD but it certainly would have been a big play.
The long pass to Devin was more Devin's fault the JC.

I'm a big Brett Favre fan since i was a kid.
And if you think JC deserved to benched for his 1st half of the Chiefs game then we have different philosophies on what it takes to get a QB benched.

Imo Zorn let the talk and pressure influence his choice to bench JC.