Our defense was supposed to be better.

It’s worse. Lendale White and Chris Johnson are destroying the Chiefs’ defense today.

End of story. Herm cannot say he doesn’t have the horses on defense…he’s had his drafts. Our defense is as bad as it was during the Dick Vermeil era and at least during that period we could score points. I don’t know what Herm has to do to be fired, but if I were the owner, I’d never have hired the guy.

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So the Chiefs managed to win today, despite the frustrating ineptitude of their head coach and their complete resistance to passing the ball. Finally, Dwayne Bowe stepped out and Tony Gonzalez had a game worthy of his All-Pro salary.

And how great is it to have Jared Allen back? That guy was a monster today…all over the field, wreaking havoc and pumping up the defense, who needed it considering Adrian Peterson was virtually unstoppable and made Ty Law look like the 40-year-old cornerback that he is on a couple of plays, completely clowning him to the edge.

With Derrick Johnson, Tamba Hali, Tank Tyler, Turk McBride and Allen, the Chiefs defense now needs to think about next year when the evidence that Surtain and Law are past their prime becomes much more evident. I doubt we’ll be able to draft Brohm from Louisville, but perhaps we’ll be able to get a decent corner in the first round. If not, let’s hope they spend their early picks on LINEMEN. Our line is awful, but Larry Johnson is running completely uninspired.

And while Damon Huard managed to bring us back through his arm, he missed some key passes early on that could have been disastrous (the first pass to a very open Tony Gonzalez comes to mind). I wouldn’t have been surprised to see Brodie Croyle come out of the locker room in the second half.

Mike Solari finally got a little creative (maybe Herm finally let go of his leash) and we found that putting the ball in the air was successful because teams are putting 8 in the box against us. Note to Herm: when you tell people in press conferences that you are going to run the ball as much as possible, it kind of takes out the element of surprise and teams plan around that. You might want to reconsider it next time you go up a run defense that is the caliber of Minnesota’s with the awful line you put on the field (our right tackle and right guard were embarrassing today).

Look, I don’t mean to be a downer, but this is a game we should have won by 20. It was just another example of how much work we have ahead of us. Man, is it ever going to be a long season.

Best quote by my wife during the game, after a particularly salty yelling match with my TV: “Maybe it’s best we don’t watch this game with other people…”

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