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Behind The Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson K.C. Chiefs To
dredge up an old saying from the days of Maxwell Smart (of “Get
Smart”), would you believe that going into the fourth NFL weekend there
were only three teams left which were undefeated? Would you really
believe that one of those three was the Kansas City Chiefs? Yeah, the
Chiefs, who had won only four games the entire previous season. Kansas
City opened its current campaign on Monday night back on the 13th of
September against the San Diego Chargers. They stunned the Chargers
21-14. San Diego had finished their previous campaign with a total mark
of 13-3, right up there with the NFL champs. The
entire NFL world was having conniptions, thinking that at the end of
this fourth week it was very possible that the only undefeated team
could very well be those Kansas City folks. The Chiefs, along with the
Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings and Tampa Bay Buccaneers were having
a “bye” week. The chief Chief (new head coach
Todd Haley), gave a pair of lengthy interviews last week, one on
September 29 and another on the 30th. He was asked all kinds of
questions, from the health issues of one of his coordinators to the
expectations of the team members themselves. In the second interview,
Haley stated he would not get into fielding queries about his
assistants’ personal issues. Coach Haley’s two
main assistants are ex-Patriots, Romeo Crennel and Charlie Weiss. The
latter was reportedly having some medical problems which would require
surgery. Whether or not this procedure has been completed is not known
by this writer. The coach went on to say that the welfare and well
being of everyone associated with the team is the focus. He stated that
from day one, they have been trying to forge a completely productive
unit. So far the premise seems to be sound. The Chiefs defeated the
Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers in weeks two and three,
respectively. The other two unbeatens were the
Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Bears. The Baltimore Ravens took
the “un” away from the Steelers’ unblemished record and at the time
that this was written, the Bears were in a real throw down with the
N.Y. Giants. And we know that New York has been experiencing problems
this season. The other two games which bore
watching in week four were the Saints and the Panthers (champs escaped
16-14), and the Redskins and the Eagles. The mystery was what type of
reception would Donovan McNabb receive upon return to his former home
for 11 seasons. He was greeted with a raucous welcome which completed
disappeared with the first down. The Redskins left with the “V” and the
Eagles were left with an injured quarterback (Mike Vick). Here’s
hoping the Chiefs continue their successful run. Charlie Farris spotted
two of their players at the Ole Miss-Kentucky game Saturday, Dexter
McCluster and an offensive lineman.
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