Morning Huddle – Tuesday
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Chiefs news for Sept 20, 2022
Good morning AG!
, Today in Chiefs history, Abner Haynes was born 1937, Dino Mangiero in 1958,and Ryan Succop 1986. Dino, as I’m sure you remember, played DL for us. Currently, he’s a coach. https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Article_archdiocese-of-miami-new-football-coach-at-archbishop-mccarthy-high .
Elsewhere, In 1519, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan departed from Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, on a quest to circumnavigate the globe, or so he told his wife. It was later discovered that the real reason was to find a country he hadn’t previously been thrown out of.
Now, some stuff we didn’t make up
The big news today
NFL suspends Chiefs LB Willie Gay Jr. for four games | Chiefswire
The Kansas City Chiefs have taken a big blow on the defensive side of the football ahead of Week 3.
Can he appeal? Well…
Chiefs LB Willie Gay Jr. will not appeal four-game suspension | Chiefswire
As first reported by FanSided’s Matt Verderame, Gay Jr. will not be appealing the four-game suspension the NFL issued for a violation of the league’s personal conduct policy.
KC Chiefs in wait-and-see mode with Harrison Butker. Here’s what Andy Reid said Monday | KCStar via Yahoo
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kc-chiefs-wait-see-mode-183200416.html
“We’ve just got to see,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday. “I mean, that’s what it is right now. It’s kind of wait-and-see. … Let’s just see how this week goes.
Rookie Cornerback Jaylen Watson is a Story of Resiliency | Chiefs.com
https://www.chiefs.com/news/rookie-cornerback-jaylen-watson-is-a-story-of-resiliency
It’s sometimes the unlikeliest of heroes who make all the difference in the end, and that was certainly the case in the Kansas City Chiefs’ thrilling victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday night.
Chiefs HC Andy Reid provides insight into team’s approach to analytics | Chiefswire
Analytics has been a hot topic for Chiefs Kingdom lately after Patrick Mahomes was graded as the eighth-best quarterback by Pro Football Focus following his dominant Week 1 performance.
Eye on the Enemy
Things are so bad in Denver right now that fans helped the Broncos during Sunday’s game | KCStar via Yahoo
https://www.yahoo.com/news/things-bad-denver-now-fans-150258689.html
The Broncos, who were a popular pick to either win the AFC West or be a wild-card team, rallied and defeated the Texans 16-9 on Sunday to improve to 1-1. Things looked dicey as Houston led 9-6 through three quarters.
Morning Bowl of (T)Weeties:
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#Chiefs Dave Toub says punter Tommy Townsend is doing well despite still being listed with a wrist injury.
“We have to put everything on the injury report.” 😅
Another difference in #Chiefs - Eagles from SBLVIII: No Juju Smith-Schuster for KC, who moved the chains 4 times in the 2nd half (plus the defensive holding)
Rashee Rice is now playing that role. If he can be as reliable catching the ball, he has a higher play-making ceiling
One thing different about #Chiefs - Eagles from SB LVIII is Philly missing Dallas Goedert this time around. He fractured his forearm v. Dallas
He made some incredible catches w/ KC in tight coverage. Both of these at important moments in 2nd half
Taco Bell, Olive Garden, Chipotle, and State Farm coming together today over Travis Kelce’s old tweets is hilarious. 😂
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I’ve tried several times to see if I can verify something I remember about Dino Mangiero. I’m pretty sure that Dino made the hit on Dan Pastorini when he was the Raiders QB and broke his leg. That resulted in the Raiders bringing Jim Plunkett off the bench, and him leading them to a Super Bowl win.
A couple of seasons later, Al Davis falls in love with Marc Wilson, and he benches Plunkett. Once again Dino goes in and injures Marc Wilson. In comes Plunkett and leads the Raiders to another Super Bowl win.
I’ve tried to check the info on those games, but the tackle and assist info was not available. I’m pretty sure I’m correct that Dino broke Pastorini’s leg, but I’m less certain about the injury to Wilson.
So I’ve always held that Dino Mangiero should be in the Raiders HOF for correcting Al’s QB issues and effectively winning them two Super Bowls.
Did anyone see the bit with Eli Manning getting made up and trying out for QB at penn state? I saw some clips, but it looked like it may have been entertaining.
A George Plimpton wannabe kinda sorta?
It was entertaining. My gf said “Ok, I don’t hate Eli any more.”
I heard he was the big prankster on the Giants. everyone thought he was the quiet one but always pulling stuff behind the scenes.
comments?
https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/how_the_chiefs_can_best_replace_willie_gay_jr/s1_16631_37899584
I just read it, a good summary, thanks.
The biggest take I saw was that it’s on Spags to design a replacement by committee. The pieces are there: Elijah Lee, Darius Harris, along with rookies Chenal, Cochrane and Cook. (Any others?) No one player can replace Willie, so let’s see what Spags and staff come up with. The wildcard is that Veach might pull something out of his hat but I don’t know what and I think you gotta go with the guys you have.
Does any team employ a 5-2 rather than the 4-3 or 3-4 front 7 D alignment? Is that even viable in today’s NFL? Just thinking out loud, I’m a X’s and O’s layman so I’m curious to read what others might say. (I’m betting Seth aka Chief in the North will have a piece out soon on substituting for WG.)
Aaaand Seth’s article is out, I’m sure the Morning Huddle guys will include it in their links.
a 5-2 Defensive Front? interesting, never head of it being done ALTHOUGH Dunlap is considered to be a DE/LB hybrid (I think maybe?) so having him as LB 3 kinda sorta almost maybe makes it a 5-2?
all that said, most go with extra DB’s as it’s a “passing league” … then too, McDuffie’s out for awhile, so that puts a damper on THAT
“next man up” is all that can be done …
Geaux Chiefs
NFL betting lines (Week 3):
odell beckham jr – top (3) team choices: bills, rams, bucs
The Bucs just added Cole Beasley…so they became slightly less likely…but then again, Brady.
I just heard that was well.
yes, maybe OBJ will sign bucs.
so that leaves…..
bills or rams – OBJ loves Von Miller, that’s why OBJ went to rams, last year.
story TBD hahaaaa
Apparently, the NFL thinks that one Vacuum Cleaner = 9 women, since Gay got 4 games for a vacuum and Watson got 11 for 26 women
Newly-released image from the NFL disciplinary office figuring out how long to suspend him:
Bills CB hurt in last night game – is home & walking around
KCStar follow up to the Gay story. The news doesn’t sleep!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kc-chiefs-willie-gay-not-100000042.html
I posted this on last night game thread.
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some female sent a tweet to a Major NFL talking head claiming she saw the video. And I quote her: “it was aggressive as f*ck – it involved his GF and small child – but keep on believing the vacuum story”.
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Reason why I didn’t post her tweet, she didn’t provide the video.
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on a side note: Willie is not appealing the (4) games = guilty
The fact that there might be a video multiplies games to be suspended by 4.
NFL cares about image not actual player behavior. Incident where nobody was hurt and no charges filed (think Kareem Hunt) is not a big deal UNTIL tmz releases the video.
NFL doesn’t care what you do as long as you don’t get caught.
This might be different. Posted at 0600 today
those are REAL (DDD) cups of coffee = me’ssssss loves hahahaa
Yhe word ” Motorboat ” leaps to mind … ; )
vintage photo, I meant coffee hahaaaa
more than a mouthful is too much …
An espresso lover are you?
Haha, gave me a smile, good one Nas.
yeah it was
That’s why you have hands
From the ” Any more than a Handful is a Waste ” school of thought …: )