Stanzi In!

He got a big ovation when he entered the game. And made a heady play on 3rd and long that kept the play alive and nearly resulted in a 1st down.
 
This offensive line that he's working with is BRUTAL. He's got to do some tricky moves immediately just to get some form of a dropback on almost every snap.
 
Fox had a great post game shot on the field shot of Clayborn, Stanzi and Moeaki - Iowa reunion NFL style.
 
Hawkeye11en1 said:
Did ANY of the first team Chiefs actually play?
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Very very few. I think only two on defense. I can only be sure that I saw 5 starters on offense. I was pretty distracted with my boy, so I didn't even get to see if Jamaal Charles, Dwayne Bowe and Moeaki played.

Most of those starters played in one or two series. After that it was all backups vs. Tampa Bays starters until the nine minute mark in the second quarter. From there on, the Chiefs were probably always a depth spot behind.

As for Stanzi. I thought he looked very good. Considering he got no help from the scrubs lined up next to him. RB Jackie Battle looked like he was running in mud, the receivers dropped a few passes and the o-line refused to block.

Only one of Stanzi's passes was uncatchable, his first pass thrown behind Jonathan Baldwin. Baldwin actually batted the ball in front of him and wound up making the catch on the ground, but he was sitting on the sidelines by that point so, incomplete. Two were drops and the other was well defended.

Stanzi had damned good pocket presence and poise. He did make two mental errors though. First he scrambled forever and took a sack, should have thrown it away. Later, he must not have known the down, and forced a throw on 4th down when he could have easily picked up the first with his feet.

He did pretty good for a rookie QB with 9 practices under his belt and @#%@ for help. He definitely outplayed Tyler Palko, KC's #2, and I would hope to see him run with the 2's next week.

Wonder if the Chiefs will bring in a vet after seeing Palko's play...?
 
Stanzi did all he could to stay alive, no help from anyone else. His passes seemed like the needle was threaded, yet receivers didn't make the grab. His last pass seemed like he may have been unaware of the down, he tried to go back to the huddle and then on the sideline his coaches were telling him he should have run.

AC looked good, he looked like he was spinning off blocks and getting free, but not many plays went his direction from what I saw. He was also doing a good job of chasing the ball carrier for the most part.

That shot of AC, Stanzi, and Moeaki was kinda neat.
 
DTF said:
Stanzi did all he could to stay alive, no help from anyone else. His passes seemed like the needle was threaded, yet receivers didn't make the grab. His last pass seemed like he may have been unaware of the down, he tried to go back to the huddle and then on the sideline his coaches were telling him he should have run.

AC looked good, he looked like he was spinning off blocks and getting free, but not many plays went his direction from what I saw. He was also doing a good job of chasing the ball carrier for the most part.

That shot of AC, Stanzi, and Moeaki was kinda neat.
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A couple of his incompletes were on the money but dropped by the receiver or dislodged by a defender (including a bone-crushing hit late in the third quarter, as I recall). It appeared he could have run for the first down on one of the drives in the fourth quarter but instead threw a pass that went incomplete, ending the series.
 
That was the case more than once his senior year at Iowa as well. Seems like it might have been drilled in his head to stay a thrower instead of tucking and running. However, the ankle injury might have something to do with it. He was never quite as fearless after that.
 
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