Studs
LB London Fletcher: Excellent job filing the middle.
DE Andre Carter: Another two-sack game. I liked how they used him at left end on one occasion with Brian Orakpo and Jeremy Jarmon lined up to his right. Potential for a lot of quickness. Unofficially I saw them run that formation once, but it provided some pressure.
FB Mike Sellers: Originally, I thought maybe he could have done a better job finishing Mike Brown down the field. But he had a good lead block and a 265-pound guy motored downfield. Clinton Portis needed to set it up better at the end to finish the run. He had room to juke inside then cut back out. Sellers did his job.
DT Kedric Golston: He quietly has made steady progress each year. He was disruptive at times Sunday.
DT Albert Haynesworth: He made plays in the backfield again and set up teammates for big plays. I did not like that he sprinted to the locker room before the game had ended. But his play on the field was good.
LB Brian Orakpo: He’s disengaging blocks quicker and his rush continues to improve. Of course it helps if the tight end doesn’t block you.
TE Chris Cooley: Caught 5 passes for 57 yards and ran hard each time. Blocking was mediocre, but that’s what he is.
Duds
RB Clinton Portis: OK, hard to put a guy who carries for a 78-yard gain on here, right? Except that the hole was huge and he needed to finish that off. Needed to help Sellers better with a move or something. Beyond that run, he again showed no burst.
LG Derrick Dockery: He does not block well when he has to move to his right; it seemed to be easy for the Chiefs’ linemen to get on his inside shoulder in that situation and then make the tackle.
Reed Doughty (punt protection): Doughty, not Kareem Moore, allowed the blocked punt. He anticipated one type of rush by Kansas City and got another. If the punter had not been left-footed, it’s probably not blocked. But he is, so it was.
LT Stephon Heyer: He wasn’t completely awful and did make some nice blocks at times. But let’s quit the talk about how good he is on the left side and how he would have been a first- or second-round pick coming out of college had he stayed healthy. Nope. As the game wore on, he allowed more pressure, getting beat too easily to the inside. The Chiefs would run him upfield then cut inside for easy pressure. He also gives away a lot of plays with his stance.
QB Jason Campbell: Jim Zorn was right; he was way too hesitant and inaccurate. Can’t put up a goose egg vs. a bad team and still play the second half. The missed deep ball to Santana Moss was the sort of pass he has missed too often this season. And he almost seemed to anticipate much more pressure than was actually there, causing him to look uncomfortable in the pocket.
CB Carlos Rogers: Did not react well when the ball was in the air and allowed a key catch on a slant route late in the game on a second and long. Gotta do better.
WR Devin Thomas: Can’t be all his fault and it’s hard to see what really goes on with the wideouts. But in his first start this season he was only thrown to twice and didn’t catch a pass. There just doesn’t seem to be a lot of trust with the young wideouts, for whatever reason.
