Ruminator
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For the first 65 to 70 yards of a football field, Wilson is a bonafide passer who can move the chains with relative ease -- especially when the OL does their job. But once they get to about 30 to 35 yards of the end zone (what I call the opportunity area), his performance too often drops to just average -- or worse. Saw this many times last season where they marched decisively to get close to or inside of red zone, only to start floundering a bit and eventually settle for a FG.
Saw it happen again last night. First drive got us to about 18 yards of the end zone, but they sputtered and settled for a FG (necessitated partly because they abandoned their 4th down conversion attempt thanks to an offensive penalty during the snap that added 5 yards).
On the next drive, Wilson made some nice throws including that 48-yard bomb to Kearse. But alas, another FG attempt from the 31-yard line (which became the 26-yard line after a KC penalty).
Then on the touchdown-scoring drive, we started with pretty good field position at our 38, and sustaining the drive was partly aided by several KC defensive penalties. Carson did his part on the ground to move us to about the 30-35 yard line. Then KC's Sorensen mobbed #88 for a PI to put us at the 7-yard line. Some of the aforementioned KC defensive penalties ensued, and Lacy couldn't punch it in, but then Wilson underthrew an uncharacteristically wobbly and weakly thrown toss (maybe lightly tipped by a KC defender, not sure) to Madden who was somehow able to hang onto it and haul it in. Thus, finishing up the remaining 30-35 yards to the eventual TD was nowhere near as decisive as we'd like to see.
The next drive included a nice 20+ yard pass to ADB near the sideline and that beauty thrown to #88 in the middle of the field for a huge gain. But guess what that drive eventually netted? Yep, another FG. Wilson's too-wide + underthrow of ADB on the goal line was a bit concerning. So the halftime score that was 10-16 could easily have been 10-28. Good thing we have a good defense.
This would have been a much closer game had the Chiefs committed only half their penalties, so it makes me wonder how we'll do against a strong and more disciplined opponent.
But back to the main concern, I had hopes that the team would be playing better in the opportunity area of the field this season. Didn't happen much last night, though I know it's only preseason. Maybe they'll sharpen up when the games start to count.
Saw it happen again last night. First drive got us to about 18 yards of the end zone, but they sputtered and settled for a FG (necessitated partly because they abandoned their 4th down conversion attempt thanks to an offensive penalty during the snap that added 5 yards).
On the next drive, Wilson made some nice throws including that 48-yard bomb to Kearse. But alas, another FG attempt from the 31-yard line (which became the 26-yard line after a KC penalty).
Then on the touchdown-scoring drive, we started with pretty good field position at our 38, and sustaining the drive was partly aided by several KC defensive penalties. Carson did his part on the ground to move us to about the 30-35 yard line. Then KC's Sorensen mobbed #88 for a PI to put us at the 7-yard line. Some of the aforementioned KC defensive penalties ensued, and Lacy couldn't punch it in, but then Wilson underthrew an uncharacteristically wobbly and weakly thrown toss (maybe lightly tipped by a KC defender, not sure) to Madden who was somehow able to hang onto it and haul it in. Thus, finishing up the remaining 30-35 yards to the eventual TD was nowhere near as decisive as we'd like to see.
The next drive included a nice 20+ yard pass to ADB near the sideline and that beauty thrown to #88 in the middle of the field for a huge gain. But guess what that drive eventually netted? Yep, another FG. Wilson's too-wide + underthrow of ADB on the goal line was a bit concerning. So the halftime score that was 10-16 could easily have been 10-28. Good thing we have a good defense.
This would have been a much closer game had the Chiefs committed only half their penalties, so it makes me wonder how we'll do against a strong and more disciplined opponent.
But back to the main concern, I had hopes that the team would be playing better in the opportunity area of the field this season. Didn't happen much last night, though I know it's only preseason. Maybe they'll sharpen up when the games start to count.
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