Kevin Haskin: Mid-month musings for October
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- Created: Saturday, 16 October 2021 11:02
By KEVIN HASKIN
TopSports.news
Musings at the mid-month:
-- Has anyone noticed who leads the Chiefs in tackles?
-- Why that would be Daniel Sorensen with 35 total and 26 solo stops.
-- Makes you think, someone and something other than Sorensen and his shortcomings hinders that unit.
-- Yes, I know, many of Sorensen’s flaws are evident in pass coverage, and he tends to miss tackles.
-- And yes, I know that this whole mystery of why Juan Thornhill does not play more snaps is wacky.
-- Yet if Sorensen is still your tackling leader, then opponents are rumbling into the secondary far too often.
-- Why? Poor coverage. And, others are missing far too many tackles or woefully out of position.
-- We can all see that from a Chiefs defense operating off one principle, “guess we better blitz now.”
-- The defensive woes are all too much to bear for Patrick Mahomes, whose Superman cape frays when he starts pressing.
-- He’s still outstanding, the face of the franchise, and the key to a turnaround that better begin with wins in each of the next three games.
-- Face it. The Chiefs have looked distracted since the head coach’s impaired son crashed his truck into another vehicle and severely injured an innocent girl.
-- Kansas City has not been the same team since.
-- Andy Reid can disappoint us sometimes, including off the field.
-- His refusal to take questions pertaining to Jon Gruden, and the emails that led to the Las Vegas coach’s resignation, should be categorized as weak.
-- “There’s nothing going to be gained by me with my remarks,” said Reid, apparently afraid to take a stand despite coaching two franchises to 100 victories.
-- At this point in his NFL career, Reid has the stature to make a credible point on NFL matters.
-- Of course, not everyone would have accepted whatever comment Reid might have made.
-- On Sunday, the Chiefs play in a town where lack of consensus is even reflected in the nickname of its NFL Football Team.
-- For years no Kansas fan I know gets altogether excited about the Jayhawks being picked first in the Big 12 preseason basketball poll.
