Game Thread: Chiefs/Rams in LA PS Week 2 8 PM CT

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Another Saturday game.




Sterup, who was in contention for a roster spot and possibly even the swing tackle job has been suspended for PED's. Pughsley (along with Reid) will have a spotlight on him with the 2's now.

 

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Adam Teicher ESPN Staff Writer
Six starters won't play tonight for Chiefs: RB Jamaal Charles, CB Phillip Gaines, LB Justin Houston, LB Tamba Hali, S Eric Berry and LB Josh Mauga. Also out tonight against the Rams: QB Tyler Bray, RB Charcandrick West, LB Dezman Moses and DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches

 

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Well, the top two TE's in Kelce and Harris don't look too bad.

 

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Nothing too fancy- but overall pretty solid. Ehinger was not very good at all on that drive.

 

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... What is Ron Parker doing?

 

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Too much green on this defense. Lot of mental mistakes instead of physical ones. Gaines, Hali, Berry, and Mauga (?) returning soon should tighten things up pretty significantly.

 

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Conley looks pretty good so far in this game.

 

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Two pretty piss poor throws from Foles to Wilson. No reason he couldn't complete those last two passes.

 

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Can't get too hot and bothered about getting ejected in a preseason game. Just more reps for the other WR's.

 

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Going to rewatch this game, but I suspect I'll see a lot of the same from last week. Green players looking exactly like that (bad angles and sketchy coverage with occasional flash) along with the players who did well last time doing well. Also, White, Murray, and Nelson were with the 1's. I'll eat my hat if that happens even once in the regular season. Chris Conley looks like the real deal from what I saw last night. If he carries that over to the regular season- I wouldn't really worry about the #2 WR for this upcoming draft.

Sidenote: Raiders GM was in attendance supposedly looking to poach a return man. Knile Davis or Gnat could be wearing Silver and Black in a couple weeks. Now that's just rude.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Real early into this- but Ehinger vs Donald looks like just as laughable a matchup as you might imagine it'd be. Would likely be some pretty significant gameplanning for it in a real game or even perhaps the 3rd preseason game. Ehinger needs to hit the weight room- strong lineman are going to throw him around. Won't matter how far ahead of the passrusher he puts himself in if he's in a different weightclass.

 

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Chris Jones still looks really good against the Rams' 1's. Going to see a lot of him next week vs the Bears.

 

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PFF writeup of the game yesterday:

Rams 21, Chiefs 20

Goff struggles, but L.A. gets positive performances on both lines; Chiefs rookie DL Jones grades well

Rams rookie QB Jared Goff’s preseason struggles continued into his second game, and he definitely looked like a rookie at times. Goff will need to work on his ball security going forward, as he fumbled twice against the Chiefs, both of which where his fault. On his first fumble, he tripped and extended the ball out with his hand. On the second, Goff hung onto the ball too long and had it knocked from his hands late in the play.

On the bright side, Goff was accurate against the Chiefs. He completed 8 of his 12 passes, but three of his incompletions were drops. Goff also threw his first touchdown pass of the preseason. The former Cal standout’s numbers through two games now stand at 12 of 22 passing for 120 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Hopefully Goff continues to improve over the course of the preseason, as the flashes of great throws are there, but he needs to clean other things up.

Rams left tackle Greg Robinson played 15 snaps against the Chiefs and graded positively both as a run-blocker and a pass protector. Rams running back Malcolm Brown played very well in a reserve role. He had 12 carries and averaged 5.7 yards per attempt and forced two missed tackles, showing that the Rams’ running back group is loaded with talented players. Fellow running back Benny Cunningham carried the ball four times and averaged 9.5 yards per carry.

Michael Brockers and Aaron Donald both graded positively as run defenders and pass rushers on their limited reps. Dominique Easley was the Rams highest-graded run defender against the Chiefs.

Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith was efficient against the Rams, completing 9 of his 12 passes with one drop and one touchdown. Nick Foles took the majority of quarterback snaps for the Chiefs and looked better than their other backup QB options. Foles completed 18 of his 22 pass attempts (81.8 percent) for 133 yards. Aaron Murray completed five of his nine passes (55.6 percent) with one of his passes batted in the air and getting sacked once.

Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles didn’t play, but the most impressive RB in his stead was Darrin Reaves, carrying the ball six times for 32 yards and average 3.7 yards after contact per attempt.

Rookie defensive end Chris Jones only played 16 snaps against the Rams but made his presence felt by grading positively as a pass rusher, with two hurries on nine rushes and grading positively as a run defender, as well. Thus far in his two preseason games Jones has impressed and should be a significant contributor if he can keep up this level of play.

At this point it's just stating the obvious that Bailey should come off the field on 3rd down for Jones, imo.

 

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BJ Kissel‏ @ChiefsReporter
Coach Reid told me the 37-yd connection between Alex Smith and @_flight17_ on third-&-2 was an audible by Smith. Great example of chemistry.