Here are some of mine:

    * Mario Williams at LDE and Antonio Smith at RDE? Did I see that right?
    * Also, it appeared that the general scheme looked the same as last year? As I started thinking about it, I was disappointed. But, and I even said it on Nuno’s show, that we need to wait until Week 1 to break out the big guns. Still, it’s hard to contain my excitement.
    * Did “Evil Genius” Frank Okam grow a pair? And did I see him hustle down a play from behind? He looked like a man who wants a starting job, and with him at NT over DelJuan Robinson or Travis Johnson, I see good things.
    * Rashad Butler looked excellent tonight. He was quick off the ball (once, a little too quick) and he had nice engagement technique. For all the shit we’ve heard about our o-line over the years, it’s nice to have he and an improving Kasey Studdard out there….as backups, no less.
    * You might remember that Chris Brown from the University of Colorado and the Tennessee BE-SFs. Sure, only Eric Dickerson can run with that upright style and get away with it, but Brown looked strong and tough. Even though he’s 28, he doesn’t have a ton of yards on him. I refuse to get excited, but he would be a fantastic luxury.
    * Glover Quin can tackle.
    * I didn’t get a good feel for Matteral Richardson. Opinions?
    * James Casey: Nice catch.
    * Connor Barwin: He’s one scary dude and freakishly athletic. BUT, I still don’t know what we do with him outside of 3rd down passing situations. I just can’t get the Jason Babin comparisons out of my head, which is my problem. Babin is 6’3", 267 lbs while Barwin is 6’4", 256 lbs. Barwin is athletic, and Babin was similarly gifted coming out of Western Michigan. I think, however, that this front office and coaching staff will better understand how to use Barwin.

That’s it for now.

a preseason game…

But the guys that impressed me were,

OKAM – tho he should had that sack
Kevin Bentley – a beast out there, he could start on many teams but hes like our 5th best LB

But I don’t care, because I can sip the sweet nectar that is football season again.

when Bob Allen questioned Schaub about the sack, he said something like. " Yeah probably a better decision couldv’e been made, but we came right back and scored". He said with it with a tone that suggested, " hey we aint perfect but we will kick some ass".

The youngsters that caught my eye were Barwin( he is fast), Casey and Quin, I’ve got a good feeling about this draft class overall.

Cody made a nice play, a spin move that changed the direction of the play and I liked.

and was it my imagintion or did I spot a little pass rush?

Matt Turk’s leg(s) looked in fine shape. I was a little disappointed when they quickly dismissed (can’t remember his name) what I thought was going to be training camp competition, but after last night Turk appears ready for another season. His 1st punt, before the rain started, was 45 yds with outstanding hang time; unreturnable. Later he ran for a 1st down when the Chiefs failed to contain to his right. Nice shot of him laughing about it on the sidelines.

The Chris Brown sighting was great. Always hard to tell exactly how much of effective running plays is due to great blocking, but he hit the holes quickly and decisively, especially in the red zone. If he can stay healthy, we truly will have a dynamic duo at RB. His 2 yd TD run was impressive, as he wasted no motion hitting the correct gap and finishing strongly.

Big Frank was awesome, except for the missed tackle on the near QB sack. He showed good mobility and endurance. Can we find a team stupid enough to give up a conditional draft pick for Travis Johnson?

Kris Brown was automatic. His 3 FG’s were near perfect; perfectly centered.

Connor Barwin’s speed and athleticism was impressive. Nice QB sack. Hopefully that was a preview of things to come.

#40, Safety John Busing looked good, especially on special teams.

The injury list in the Chronicle was a bit distressing. I don’t recall seeing Eric Winston sprain an ankle, hopefully that is not serious. Adibi – broken finger. Troy Nolan – broken hand. Boomer Grigsby – sprained ankle. The injuries are already starting to pile up. Not good.

Schaub looked OUTSTANDING…if this guy stays healthy I am so pumped about what he can do this year….

Moats and Brown could be great compliments to Supa Steve Slaton if health stays as is and that could be good for S-squared this year as it saves him some miles….

Connor Barwin may not develop into an every down DE right away, but he can come in on 3rd downs this year and wreck HAVOC

Okam has the starting job if he plays with the same motor every game that he did last night….kid can bring it its all about desire

Quin i get more excited about every day

Our receiving coorps (including TE) is NASTY….Casey is gonna be a good one….

Finally, let’s hope for an injury free (minus what we have already) rest of the pre-season and a speedy recovery for Molden, Cushing and Chris….Reeves too I guess but he’s a bum and I’d rather have Dunta back playing with bennett, molden, quin, brice, etc., despite this BS thats going on

Jacoby caught the punt. In the rain. So the ball was wet. And slippery.

And he made solid decisions in advancing upfield. In the rain. On a wet field.

Who here was surprised that Sex Cannon’s first play as a Texan was a rollout deep bomb?

And then getting yanked by Kubiak for it? In a preseason game? Damn, Kubes must’ve been more pissed than when beefy lost his goat.

Glover Quin is an infinitely better tackler than Cushing. Not one play did he allow the ball to move forward another inch. Just a great display of open-field tackling.

Baby Shan did a great job calling plays tonight. We were killed on the first series by the 3-4 D (much like ALL of 2008), but he made some fantastic adjustments to the play calling. I was definitely impressed.

And Dan-O looked like his mind is still trying to catch up to the playbook, as he was taking much too long to make his reads and get rid of the ball on most of his passing plays. But when our Offense slows down just a little bit for him, he is going to be a pretty solid QB. Adios Sex Cannon.

Sex cannon was pulled for a hammy.

Big Frank: Talk about boom or bust. He was either tossing fools and caving skulls, or letting the guy in front of him wash him out of a play. I think TJ is gone unless he shows some VAST improvement in his game.

Conner Barwin: Experience problems but holy crap the guy has wheels, and has a pretty slick little fake inside spin move (used it on Albert. It looks like a head fake and a shoulder dip and Albert froze/looked inside, that was all she wrote). That right there is a certified “move” used on a starting LT in the NFL (albeit, a 2nd year who looked mediocre his first year LT). Stunts and twists also looked real good with his speed.

Dan-O: Lots of people came away with conflicting opinions. I thought that he needed some time to settle in but was OK. Some nice throws, some head scratchers. I imagine he throws less in a regular season situation.

Grossman: Hahahahaha. Sorry you pulled a hammy, I was really wanting to see more of that, even if it’s only from a comedy stand point.

TE’s: All of these guys performed their roles very well. Casey Dreesen and OD all made good catches. Hill provided all the blocking you could want.

I do think that the Chiefs are in for a long year, so while I am excited, I realize that the Chiefs staff wanted to work on basics, and they also made their star wideout play with the 3rd stringers as a punishment (Whatever, I’m sure that this doesn’t happen in the regular season). Cassel not having Bradley or Bowe to throw to limited him greatly and they ran the ball a lot while he was in. Croyle looked great but he makes Schaub look tough and durable during a regular season. Thigpen was Thigpen. Entertaining scrambles but overall ineffective.

To be honest, I didn’t see a real attitude difference on defense.

Now I know that Bush isn’t going to cut loose and shows his hand in the preseason, but I felt like the defense looked the same in that KC moved the ball on us between the 20’s with relative ease.

I really want to see some 3 and outs…I hate the bend but dont break philosophy. I want to see offense crushing, pain trains on every down.