How The Chiefs Can Beat The Eagles
Mike McCoy and Phillip Rivers really exposed the Eagles’ defense for the potentially historically bad unit that it is, picking them apart for 33 points on over 500 yards, 33 first downs, and converting 10 of 15 third down opportunities.
If the Chargers, with their average offensive talent, could do that much damage to this defense, then the potential is certainly there for Alex Smith and the Chiefs to do the same.
Kansas City has much more explosive weapons in their offensive arsenal, with the likes of Jamaal Charles and Dwayne Bowe being the focal points of their offense. The Chiefs are going to have the opportunity to put up plenty of points on the weak Eagles defense.
However, what really holds the key for Kansas City’s success this week is their defense.
The Kansas City defense is the best unit that the Eagles’ offense has faced so far, and they may have a chance to at least slow the Eagles down a bit. Bob Sutton’s group didn’t allow the Jacksonville Jaguars offense to score a single point in Week 1, and they held a talented Dallas Cowboy team to only 13 points last week.
The Chiefs have held opponents to just 8/30 on third downs through two weeks. They’ve picked up nine sacks, four turnovers, and one defensive touchdown. It’s still early in the season, but so far this defense looks like it has a chance to be good. The Eagles’ offense has been extremely efficient through the first two games of the season, but we’ve seen this team come up with some brutal, clumsy turnovers in the past, and if the Chiefs can throw them off of their game by forcing them into a couple mistakes it could dramatically change the outcome of the game.
Why The Eagles Will Win
Although the Chiefs may have the defensive talent to give the Eagles some problems, the Philadelphia offense has been undeniably explosive through the first two weeks, and I believe its going to be difficult for Reid and Sutton to come up with an effective gameplan to slow this offense down on such a short week.
Add in the fact that the offense has been clicking on all cylinders through two weeks, and its that much harder to imagine the Chiefs slowing them down. Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson both have looked completely rejuvenated so far, and neither player has looked this good since 2010. Vick and Jackson have hooked up 16 times for 297 yards and two touchdowns in the first two games. Vick set a career-high for passing yards last week with 426. With the exception of the flukey backwards pass play against Washington, Vick has done a very good job at protecting the football.
As bad as the Eagles’ defense was against the Chargers, there’s nowhere to go but up, and I believe they’ve got to at least be a little more successful this week. Alex Smith has struggled to throw for over 200 yards in each of his first two games with the Chiefs despite Reid asking him to drop back more than 35 times in each of the first two games.
Final Thoughts
I think the Chiefs would have a much better chance to win this game if they weren’t operating on a short week.
Having only a couple of days to put in a gameplan to slow down an offense that is very new to the NFL, and then to have to travel across the country really makes things difficult for Kansas City. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Chiefs were able to have more success against this offense than the Redskins and Chargers did. Remember, this is a defense with four Pro Bowl players. The Eagles’ offense has been great, but it’d be very interesting to see how they respond to some adversity, a bad turnover or two could throw them out of their element.
As terrible as the Eagles’ defense is, I think that Alex Smith is going to have a difficult time repeating what Phillip Rivers did because of his limited arm strength.
I think this game means much more to the Eagles than it does to the Chiefs. Not because of the drama surrounding Andy Reid’s return, but because if the Eagles don’t win this game its going to really put them behind the eight-ball in the standings. They’ve already let one very winnable game slip away, and if they lose tonight they’ll be 1-2 facing the very real chance of going 1-3 with a date with Peyton Manning and the Broncos looming in Week 4.
I think the Chiefs keep the game close, but the Eagles escape with a win to go to 2-1.
Pick: Eagles 27, Chiefs 23
KC queefs stink especially Alex Smith. Stack the box and slow down Charles and make Smith beat you.
Should be an EZ eagles win.
I think our DC would be best served using a lot of 4-3 formations tonight
Henski your right I bet they won’t do it.
Were gonna need alot more than 27 Points. We should of had 50 in the WASH and SD game. Damn would’nt it be sweet to be 2-0 with a chaance to go 3-0 with Peyton coming up on our scheduel. This offense has soo many dimensions. Not only can Alex Smith throw, he is also VERY mobile and quick. Jamaal Charles can torch anyone on any giving running play, and can also catch balls from the backfield. Watch out for a few big screen plays from KC. Reid has always been a wiz on designing screen plays. Lets HOPE he will go out and pass it 65% of the game.
Chances are he wont. I get the feeling Andy is going to want to be a smart coach all of a sudden. It’s just Phillys luck. Watch all of Reids flaws dissappear. Predictable gameplan, poor clock management, etc etc. KC will have a championship in the next few years..I can see it now.. Philly fans screaming “WHY COULDNT YOU HAVE DONE THIS THE 15 YEARS YOU WERE HERE”
27 points will win us the game tonight ct easssssily
if ur a gambler bet philly now and buy the hook and get em at -3. that lines going to 4.5+ by game time
Chip Kelly, is that your score prediction writing under the surname of another writer? Come on man, Eagles win? Put the Cool Aid down bro! Not a word on the HIGH potential of a Vick implosion and Reid’s knowledge of Vick as a player? Wow…
Joe you sound like an idiot
And you say WHAT now sir???? Thought so…
I think this may be a lower scoring game that what many think..
I can’t see the Chiefs Offense rolling up and down the Field likes the Chargers did..Outside, but I do see the Chargers Defense getting after the Eagles and creating some sacks & turnovers to slow the Eagles Offense down a bit..
Key Match-Ups — RT Lane Johnson vs OLB Justin Houston & Center Kelce vs Dontari Poe
I also Expect ILB Derek Johnson to be shadowing Vick all game with Safety Eric Berry focusing on the TE’s so some big plays down the field to D-Jax will be there but most likely on early downs and not the obvious passing situations.. ..
Biggest Game of the Eagles 2013 Season is Tonight and very few people seemed pump about it … The Eagles Start the 2013 1-2 with 2 home losses to the Chargers and Chiefs back to back will be difficult to overcome .. I hate to say a Must-Win, butwith their next 4-5 upcoming games, starting 1-2 is going to be very difficult hole to overcome even in a weak NFC..and a lack of confidence and another Season with not protecting home Turf..
A win and a 2-1 Start puts the Chargers Loss in the rear view mirror and the Team on an optimistic track for their upcoming stretch of games..
Tonight is it, I hope the Fans are more Rowdy and Excited about this game then the Posters here on GCobb who seem to be pretty hum-drum about it .. and I could really care less about the McNabb & Reid side shows.. This game is about the 2013 Season and Eagles need to win if they want to play meaningful games in December..
Should have been “Even in a Weak NFC East Division”
I think Curry plays tonight and has a good game, they put Kendrick’s back in attach mode like game one n he has a monster game, Wollf plays the majority of the snaps tonight n ends this ridiculous rotation with Allen, Vick stays on a roll and lights up their top ranked D, Reid goes into halftime down which bodes well for us considering he still doesn’t know how to make halftime adjustments, and as usually, he will burn a couple timeouts that will cost his team. Eagles Victory!!!!’ Lets go Eagles!!!!!!
if Nate Allen is in the starting lineup I like the Chiefs 35- 28.
If Nate Allen is not in the starting lineup I like the Eagles 35-28.
I heard that the Eagles Players were calling Nate Allen “The 14 Point Man” and now I know what they mean…but this is ridiculous…
I’m just leaving work and I’m heading to the game…. Anybody have any messages for Andy Reid? Lol
It’s going to be weird to see Fat Andy standing on the other side of the field after all these years.
Here’s my prediction – If the Eagles get 3 sacks and win the turnover battle they will win 27-24….
Enjoy the Game IE…
If the Eagels can get to Alex Smith and Create Turnovers, they will win..
But they must get 2 more Possesions than the Chiefs over the course of the Game… Should be a Good One and maybe eeven down to a last minute FG
Irish, AR in red kinda looks like Santa so make sure you throw a snowball or 2 at him.
Best thing Kelly and Vick can do to make an exclamation point that Reid and mcnabb the most overrated qb and coach in eagles history is to blow out the chiefs
That passive aggresive mcnabb, while the franchise recognizes that being good is good enough by undeservedly retiring his number, is privately hoping Vick sucks tonight to validate his unworthy acclaim
That should be enough for all of us to hope for, that on this day of public infamy for eagles fans, the return of the losers, cloaked now with the labels of the “best ” in franchise history, that the new coach and mike Vick blow out Reid and mcnabb’s legacy. Go birds
Vinny Curry activated, about time!
Marshall Faulk is a true dick head, props to Michael Irving for at least being fair and decent towards the fans. That chiefs bar must be destroyed LOL.
ITS TIME FOR UPTEMPO DEFENSE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTF PLEASE DO NOT LET SHADY BE SERIOUSLY HURT PLEASE.
Why arent we running shady with 2nd and 3? COME ON CHIP!@!$!@#@%^ GET IT TOGRTHER MAN!!!!!!!!!
Eh..
Bad offensive game all around.
– Vick looks bad
– Line looks bad
– receivers aren’t getting seperation
They needed this win ’cause they are playing the Broncos next. 1-4 is not a place you want to be.
ts, like I said, we have no WR’s. If DJax is doubled, we have ZERO threats.
Vick was trying to make Cooper the man.
1. Cooper should have caught
2. Vick shouldn’t have tried. Ol’ boy was on Cooper like white on rice.
Oh well.
Kendricks is absolutley awful.
let’s be real… this is not a good team…. the offense is DeSean and Shady…. the defense is comprised of a bunch of mediocre players.
Chip hired a poor defensive coordinator who continues to display the inability to adapt…. Alex Smith checks down 90% of the time and no one is there to cover the TE, RB or FB on the 5 yd dump pass..
fing man up on defense and force them to beat you…. this zone playing 8yds off your man is a joke…
as I said prior, expect another 4-12 or 5-11 season…. and its not going to get any better until a franchise QB is drafted and a real GM is hired
GMCliff…..
gmc, how’s about that “I give a Lane to the QB” Johnson? What a pick. Best in the business! Zach Ertz really contributing? That 3rd round rotation DT, really making a difference? Vick of old! DF f^#@ing blows! Where was Curry game 1-2? To all of the lemmings, this is our team, as I said they would be! So don’t be so critical of people that live in the world of reality!
Well said DCar…..
Sloppy game all around. Special teams gets a d- missed fieldgoal AGAIN, fumbles.. yuck. The D is odd… they played well… good enough to win.. but coukdnt stop that 1 play. Bad on 3rd and long. The o was all over the place… the chiefs D is good but… we need to play better. They ran well but the passing game was bad.
-It was incredibly sloppy football.
-O and D traded places this week.
-KC defense is good. But we def helped them out A LOT.
– Line didn’t look so out.
– We need other receiving threats
– Vick looked bad
Still say they are an 8-8 team.
High round draft pick here we come!!! Alot of work to be done on defense and offense.
What a snoozerZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
OHHHHHH! You’re on board now, with reality, after ripping me for a month? SMH!
I ripped you for a week, let’s not exaggerate. Yeah, im gonna climb on board. Like I told Cliff, I have no problem admitting when I’m wrong. It’s mind numbing to see how they have steadily declined since game one as far asmistakesand turn overs. No adjustments. Just god awful. Props to you and Cliff.
Week, month, same difference. 😉 I don’t want props, I want these nitwit front offices, to get their $#!t together! I don’t know who I hate worse, Ruin 2morrow, or Weaselman?
Wow Eagle!! I am definitely a fan of yours brother.
Bowing down isn’t really what I want. I just want to show the guys that there is another way of looking at things with these prospects, and our team.
I don’t want to see our team go 3-13, I’m just being realistic in my expectations. We are off to a great start in turning things around, but we are 2 years away from being in real contention.
Howie is going to continue to draft unaggressively, people that are not up to snuff, or people that we don’t need (Zach Ertz}, so he needs to continue to readjust his approach also.
I’m not even mad at this point. It is what it is. Perhaps I’m getting used to the losing ahahahahaha (Joker laugh)
I just want to point out that Lane Johnson gave up 3 sacks tonight. He is averaging 2 per game…..and was beat 5-6 times more, causing Vick to rush passes. What a superstar……
Do you still think he is beyond solid?…….
Read my above comment! Maybe someday, the lemmings on here will listen to us! But who are we, we don’t know what we are talking about?
He’s still a rookie, to answer your ? I’m not going to back off my stand because he isstruggling, KC’s rookie tacklwe is struggling too. They are keeping TE in to helphim. Rookies struggle..They all can’t come in and be an inmmediate superstar. Yes ithink he is, he has work to do but the talent is there to be a stude and I believe he will improve. Lot’s of work for the whole team to do though….coaches included!
Ehl, he’s a rookie, that should not have been taken, that high. He was a project reach then, & he still is. We needed DF, DF, a WR, & more DF, & we got STUGOTS!!!!
Line looked bad tonite. And as we all know…as go the line…goes Vick.
Seriously though that’s how you beat a Kelly offense. If he loses the battle at the LOS. It throws everything else off..and voila you’ve got crap football.
Add Vick’s bad play (outside of that) 2 turnover by folk not named M. Vick and Alex Henery inability to kick a field goal when we need one…well…
ts, it wasn’t just the line. The line didn’t cause the INT for the TD. The line didn’t cause him not to hold onto the ball, on the fumble.
Um..did you read what I wrote?
I faulted Vick for his own shitty play.
But the line was god awful as well.
Those two events are not mutually exclusive.
We’ll have a chance to beat Denver….Lets go Birds
NOT!!!!!!
HAHAHHAHHAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
A few observations after this loss:
Contrary to popular belief, T.Cole and C. Barwin are pretty good at OLB.
Cox is starting to play better.
Curry, having finally gotten onto the field is an intriguing player- should have been playing sooner.
N. Allen is still one of the worst starting safeties in the league.
Herremans and Peters got abused all night long.
Shay is a stud
Vick was horrendous and is haunted by the same issues that have dogged him throughout his career (fumbles/picks/batted balls/footwork) a couple breathtaking runs or laser throws runs don’t & can’t negate the above mentioned. He’s a damn tough guy, just not a good QB.
KC’s defense is very solid- there offense is unremarkable, but doesn’t make mistakes.
Washington’s defense may be worst in the league
Success has steadily declined by the week in Chip’s shiny new “blur” offense
Chip makes another bonehead call on going for the 2 point conversion in the first half-
Overall, this is a rebuilding year and underneath all the shiny wrapping paper of a play every 12 seconds we all knew this team was not that good. It’s a shame that Chip opted to go with a vet at QB instead of a kid with unknown potential in the name of winning now (which were not). Hopefully we don’t go into the 2014 season still not knowing our future at that position.
Oh goodness.
The sky is falling now? I guess San Fran shoud bench Kaep after that atrocious game he played against Seattle the other night.
The entire offense looked bad (outside of Shady). Not just Vick. To repeat the same foolishness after one bad game out of three is ridiculous.
They’ll regroup and be fine. Though I don’t see how they beat the Broncos next week.
Should read Shady is a stud
Shady ain’t a stud, he’s a BEAST!!!!
Man this is bad our team sucks.
Who we gonna get Bridgewater, Boyd or clowney, we need help badly.
I’ve nothing to say. I just came to the conclusion that I have boards in June after this school year is over and I will not waste anymore of my time following this pathetic crap. I gotta pass my own challenges coming up and I can’t waste anymore time watching this mess. I got clinicals at 7am and shoulda been to bed by 9. Maybe they’ll turn it around but who cares. In my jJim Mora voice …
” “Ah — playoffs? Don’t talk about — playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs? I just hope we can win a game! Another game.”
Everyone enjoy what’s left of the season. Though I’ll never ever give up on this team I just refuse to waste precious time following loss after loss. Take care all my Eagles and Eagettes!
PEACE
Offensive Line played a bad game. Herremans, Kelce, Peters, Mathis all played miserable.
Chip Kelly deserves a ton of the blame this week. He could not figure out a way to get Desean Jackson the ball the entire game.
Nate Allen made a huge mistake on 3rd down which I think pretty much ended the game, You had them at their own 5 yard line and Nate Allen is too late to help the corner out. He needs to be benched.
Vick should have had 4 picks on the day and only ended up with 2.
Eagles are not a very good team and are a lock to be 1-3 next week against the Broncos
Herremans is shot. Johnson was a idiotic pick. How’s about all those secondary upgrades, that so many on here were pumped up about?
Williams- penalty machine bumb!
Fletcher- Should be a BU!
Chung- BWAHAHAHAHa!!!
Phillips- Cut & hurt as predicted.
Sopoaga- Invisible. Softest Samoan, I’ve ever seen.
Barwin- Solid.
Casey- Unnecessary. Invisible.
We upgraded nothing. No WR’s. STILL no secondary. Pieces all over the DF, that don’t fit. But hey, we won the off-season salary cap SB again, with $20M+ under the salary cap.
This is reality..Been saying it all preseason with a few others. This is what we are. this is what Vick is….We hope but this is reality. Chip sounded bad in his press conference….Play the young guys and lets see what they have….this is reality…not hate..not fake fans…….Dcar Myself and a few others have kept it real….I want us to win but it’s not happening. VVick sounds defeated and clueless in his PC….heard all this before people.
Exactly!
You’re not keeping it real. You’re keeping it pessimistic. There’s plenty of football left and in a shitty division there’s no reason we can’t win.
It was ONE bad game from the offense. Our oline came up against a better dline. It happens. Not The Sky is Falling at all.
And you have a real convenient narrative you have going.
When he plays well..that doesn’t count.
When he plays badly…SEE I told you so.
Just stop. SMH.
Keep shaking your head I really don’t care. The Qb is just part of the issue and this is his MO anyway. I have stated my issues with this team and why I believe this year is lost already. Im not gonna call you a fake fan or anything else for statting your opinion especially if your right. So If Im wrong in your mind its shut up be a real fan and don’t bring us down….If Im right it’s shut up and be a rah rah guy….not gonna happen, I call it like I see it.
I’ll tell you what – The Chiefs have a very good defense. The offensive line didn’t play that bad…. the Eagles rushed for a ton of yards.
The line let the rush get to Vick a few times, but he had nobody open. Vick had to force some throws cause the coverage was tight… and we all know how that ends.
The Eagles ran into a great defense, it’s that simple. KC will win a lot of close games this year.
Where the F is Zach Ertz? isnt he suppose to be weapon x??? I thought he was a mismatch nightmare?
His play Ertz.
SMH.
We have receivier problems. BIG TIME.
Ask the innovative, savior of the masses, Chip Kelly! He supposedly had the say of the draft picks, & is sending in the plays, with his innovative, re-invent the game, play calls! Maybe the wrong signs are being held up during the play calls? Maybe pictures of a jackasses, middle fingers, & turds ought to be held up! GTFO!
KKKKKKKKKKPHAHAHAHAAHAHAA!!!! AHAAHAHAAHAHAAAAA!!!!!
It’s Chip Lombardi Dcar….
Xevious, didn’t you know, he’s Chip Lombardi Belichick Parcells III?
I told you so on Ertz. His college career says nothing about his abilities in the NFL…..hOWIE SHOULD LISTEN TOO…
gmc, he needs miracle ear! Forget it! He’s too smart for his own good. Lurie says he’s brilliant!
Lots of changes coming..
13 for 30, 201 yards – 2 interceptions and a fumble
down 10 points in a snap of the fingers.
Now everybody apologize to Vinnie.
c’mon
V I N N I E — Y O U — A R E — S M A R T E R — T H A N – U S –
W E — A R E — S O R R Y —
P L E A S E — C O M E — B A C K —
A N D — E X P L A I N — T H E — T R U T H
Vinnie always told us the truth lmao….
I agree with Irish Eagle they do have a very good defense and they were able to shut down our Offense which had been explosive in the last two games. But It also didn’t help that we shot ourselves in the foot with mistakes and missed opportunities throughout the entire game and bad playcalling. You can’t do that and expect to win many games in the NFL.
mean to tell me there’s no better option than Nate freakin Allen?
I don’t want to hear a work i progress anymore because we’re seeing the same shitty play from this bum.
3rd down and long run a play in going to the area of Nate Allen.
period.
Teams know.
It doesn’t matter the scheme, teams will do this against a glaring weakness.
This guy is a scheme killer and his best effort is just not good enough in the NFL.
Why do the organization continue to force his bum ass on us?
I told everyone Billy Davis is not a defensive coordinator on the NFL level!!!
Why after years of incompetence at the coordinator position we hire a known failure in a new regime?
Can we blame that on Reid too?
Go into an offseason knowing our safeties suck and get Patrick Freakin Chung who was the Pat’s liability last year along with signing an injured Giants reject in Philips.
20 mil under the freaking cap!!!!!!!!!!
Can we blame that on Reid too?
This Front office is shit!
Lurie should have did everything in his power to bring in a top defensive mind to run this defense but noooooooooo……..
He goes out and hire Davis who was fired by the garbage ass Browns.
I’m almost done with this organization.
Why did it take so long to get Curry activated?
Why are they forcing bubble screens? It puts the o at a disadvantage when the d knows its coming,nothing else is open.
Where os the slip screen that worked last week and week before?
I do echo the sentiments that hes a rookie head coach,gonna be some growing pains.However some of that stuff needs to be fixed in game and next game.
Wolf should start…he sniffed a quick screen that Allen wouldnt smell if it smacked him in the nose. we back in business if he drives on the football instead of looking out of place on that 3rd and whatever end of game when they were backed up.
On to Broncos and whatever that brings. Shady is an alltimer that as someone on here said should be the total focal point..pound pound pound.
5 couldnt say more then that?Loved his passion and what he did and good for him with # retired….but how about a few sentences Don?