It is almost time Kansas City Chief Football Fanatics! Organized Team Activities began recently and here is your preview of the offense in 2010. Kickoff is right around the corner!It will be very easy to put last year behind us, what an absolute debacle that was! The good news is that we have several things going for us this year, first and foremost being the development of the offensive unit.
The biggest issues from last year: Haley calling the plays, embarrassing offensive line, new QB new system, and dropped balls by the receiving corps.
What has been done to fix some of those issues? Maybe the biggest (literally) is that Charlie Weis comes to KC to call all the plays as the new OC. Weis is renowned for working well with QB's and he will bring with him a system that Matt Cassel is very familiar with. Weis is a wily coordinator with a great pedigree primarily from his stint in New England. The O Line has been shored up with Ryan Lilja from the Colts, former Chief Casey Wiegmann coming back, and Brandon Albert back from injury. Plus no matter what happens the line cannot be worse than last year!! Cassel has another year under his belt and that means more familiarity with Dwayne Bowe and Chris Chambers. How tough must it been being Cassel last year spending it on his back with very little opportunity to build any confidence at all? Jamaal Charles is back from a stellar '09 at RB along with a huge pickup in my opinion in Thomas Jones. Jones is a grind it out, bona fide hard yard RB and take pressure off the smaller Charles from having to carry it too much between the tackles. Speaking of smaller, we drafted small but snazzy slot back Dexter McCluster. He will be our Wes Welker in the Patriots, I mean Chiefs, upgraded offensive attack.
“We’re coming together as an offensive unit,” Cassel said. “We’ve had a tremendous amount of production during the off-season. Look at what we have in terms of established personnel. Jamaal established himself last year as a big-time running back. We know what Dwayne can do and Chris, too. Dexter McCluster has come in and added something. He can play multiple positions. We added Thomas Jones. Jerheme Urban is giving us depth at receiver.
“We’ve got a collection of guys who will immediately make us a better offense.”
I am with Cassel and hopeful for this year. I think with the weak schedule that we have we can muster an 8 or 9 win season. That may be a bit overly optimistic. What may also be optimistic is that we have the right Head Coach. Taking Haley out of the play calling mix does not hide him. I will be watching closely to see if this is a guy that should be calling the shots for our team or teaching LJ how to hit shots on the golf course.
While optimism and hope and maybes and shoulds are laced throughout this article, Chiefs fans should be excited. Like the offensive line, it is impossible to be worse than last year!
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