(09-08-2019, 06:01 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

• POSITIVES
  
  
• Will Richardson played pretty well as far as I could tell
  
• Minshew can move the chains with this offense
  
• Fournette did some nice things and looks quicker - though the strip/turnover cost us dearly
  
• DJ Chark - I'm glad I don't have to listen to half of this board whine about how bad he is for a week at least. He looks like he's taking the next step like I thought he would. 
  
• DeFilippo - So far, so good in terms of offensive efficiency. A few interesting blocking schemes to create lanes for Fournette and a good job of scheming Westbrook, Chark and Conley open pretty consistently. I also liked that he didn't handcuff the rookie when he came in. 
  

That Fournette fumble was the back breaker. This team was already struggling, but at least they were trying to hang with all things considered. 23-13, but in FG range and they were driving on that series.

Was glad to see Chark make some plays. He probably scores on that 2nd one if Minshew had a stronger arm and could have laid the ball out in front of him better. Still great to see those chunk plays though. Chark flashed that same ability to track the deep ball vs the Chiefs last season as well.

I didn't notice Richardson much, which is typically a good thing for OL. I know Taylor got hit with 2 holding penalties for sure, but I don't think the game looked too big for either of them in their first starts. They should get a real good test next week vs Watt and company though.

That Chiefs team is going to give opposing teams problems all season long. They're going to beat up on a lot of teams. This game got ugly at times and even uglier at some other times. But we all need to take a step back and remember just how good that team is. Far and away the best Offense in the game, with a really good coach who's been doing it for quite awhile.

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