Since the fourth preseason bold never gives any adumbration about a team's accurate potential, the alone absolute takeaway from the Kansas City Chiefs' 34-14 accident to Green Bay was that it followed a accustomed arrangement accustomed in the antecedent two exhibitions. The Chiefs' breach struggled for continued stretches. There was a absence of noteworthy plays. And back this bold was a advertise primarily for backups and players acquisitive to accomplish the 53-man roster, there are still questions about how abundant affection abyss the Chiefs accept at assertive positions branch into their division opener adjoin Tennessee.
Here are some added thoughts on the Chiefs' final preseason effort:
- Quarterback Tyler Bray blew his befalling to defended the coaches' confidence. There had been affluence of altercation about Bray's abeyant to bound adept Chase Daniel as the top advancement to Alex Smith. That chat concluded with Bray commutual 8 of 15 passes for 116 yards with one touchdown and one interception. This bold was archetypal of what we've apparent from Bray throughout the preseason. He displayed his amazing arm backbone on some plays, afresh fabricated poor decisions on others, including the interception tossed to Packers cornerback Jarrett Bush in the additional quarter. Bray had about two abode to accomplish a account afterwards replacing Daniel, who played the aboriginal quarter. The alone bulletin he beatific was one Daniel absolutely admired hearing.
- Chiefs article Ryan Succop acceptable has played his aftermost bold in a Kansas City uniform. Succop has been the team's article back 2009 and he's been adequately reliable (converting 81 percent of his acreage ambition attempts). His absolute botheration is that he's due to accomplish $1.6 actor this advancing division and the Chiefs accept a cheaper advantage in Cairo Santos. With the aggregation discussing new affairs for Smith and alfresco linebacker Justin Houston, Succop could be barter allurement or aloof absolute expendable.
- Penalties were already afresh a advancing sight, alike with backups logging best of the minutes. The Chiefs were penalized 14 times for 131 yards. They additionally had 13 penalties in their additional preseason bold (a 28-16 accident to Carolina) and seven penalties in their preseason opener (a 41-39 win over Cincinnati). The acceptable account is that the Chiefs had alone two penalties in their 30-12 accident to Minnesota, back the starters played able-bodied into the third quarter. But a abeyant abridgement of conduct is article account ecology this season. The Chiefs aloof aren't acceptable abundant to affected those kinds of mistakes.
- Cornerback DeMarcus Van Dyke has a able attempt of authoritative this roster. Back the offseason began, he was bigger accepted for accepting to attempt adjoin his cousin, David Van Dyke, in a awash secondary. But he's benefited from the numbers bold back the Chiefs appear Brandon Flowers, a abridgement of abundant antagonism (rookie Phillip Gaines has struggled mightily) and his own performance. Given that the 6-foot-1 DeMarcus Van Dyke has 4.28 acceleration and three years of acquaintance (one with Oakland and two with Pittsburgh), he was an arresting adorning advantage from the start. Now he could accompany abundant bare abyss to a accessory that has affluence of questions.
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Title : Observation Deck: Kansas City Chiefs
Description : Since the fourth preseason bold never gives any adumbration about a team's accurate potential, the alone absolute takeaway from ...