I don't know about you but I'm more than ready to start talking about the New England Patriots and the start of the regular season. Last night, Larry Johnson and Tony Gonzalez didn't play. Brodie Croyle was in the game for sixteen plays, only attempting four passes within that period. The Rams made similar personnel decisions - the majority of what will be their regular season starters did not play.

In other words, this Kansas City Chiefs team will not resemble the one that will take the field two Sundays from now at 12 o'clock.

Regardless, here's quick rundown of what happened last night.

Offense

The Chiefs rolled in the first half and most notably in the first quarter. After halftime, the offense was basically a no-show.

Calling the offense a no-show isn't a criticism. This was the final half of a painful preseason and I'm sure everyone on the field, aside from the bubble players, were ready to leave at any time.

The running game was the most pleasant surprise of last night. Jamaal Charles, Jackie Battle and Kolby Smith all ran the ball effectively. Smith scored two touchdowns in the first quarter on runs of fourteen and four yards. Get used to Chiefs fans saying Jamaal Charles is fast. Charles zigged and zagged his way past a number of Rams defenders on his way to rushing for 43 yards on six carries.

One stat that makes me overjoyed to see was the thirteen rushing first downs versus the three passing first downs. Usually, the ratio has been reversed.

Defense

The defense was able to force two turnovers, one on a big hit delivered by Bernard Pollard and the other on a fourth quarter interception by DaJuan Morgan. Nothing about the play of the defense was especially spectacular. The game leaders in the box score are all second to third string players. Like with the offense, the Chiefs starting defense didn't spend much time on the field.

Kicking Game

Connor Barth kicked two successful extra points and Nick Novak kicked one. Both made all of their attempts and I suspect had their been another touchdown scored by the Chiefs, Novak would have come in and kicked that point after. It appeared that the coaching staff was going to rotate the kickers as opportunities arose. The race for the starting spot is still a dead heat. And Nick Novak has just been announced as the Chiefs kicker in Week 1. Barth will be put on waivers.

It's finally time to look forward to a meaningful, regular season game.

We'll be monitoring the cut situation throughout the day and the weekend so stay tuned.

A short game recap will be coming up later this morning. For now, enjoy.

After briefly coming back into our lives last year on the set of the "show" Pirate Master, Kansas City Chiefs fans can finally get another fix of the Nigerian Nightmare Christian Okoye. He has his own blog and talks about fantasy football.

Expect even bigger things from Little LT. Why "Little"? There’s only one LT in my book and that’s Lawrence Taylor. You have to respect that man. Little LT is tough and fast. He’s a lot like Walter Payton. He can run, catch and even throw the ball, but he’s faster than Walter. Walter was tough, but not that fast. Little LT is both. He’s the #1 back until someone can show me otherwise.

I will have this continuously in my head during my fantasy drafts.

The fine folks at Rotohog.com didn't limit Christian to the written word. They put a camera on him for a solid ten minutes and just let the man talk.

Nigerian soccer. Olympic track and field. Being a good NFL teammate. Sharing carries with Barry Word. Whoever had this idea at Rotohog is a genius. My favorite quote:

Everybody deserves second chance. Everybody deserves second chance. Because the way I like to put it is if you have a kid, and your kid messes up, do you just throw your kid away? No! You love your kid. You're going to give your kid a second chance, a third chance, a fourth chance. Try to get him to change his ways. That's what life is all about. Forgiveness.

Word. Thanks Christian.

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With a final score of 21 to 17, the Kansas City Chiefs concluded their up and down 2008 preseason.

As with every NFL team, there are still many unanswered questions about the young players on this team. And since young players make up about 85% of this team, well, you get the idea.

A full recap will come tomorrow morning, along with a special update about a former Chief. This is your post game thread.