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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The goal is to be a top five sport in the U.K. Right now we're around No. 7 and we were down around No. 18 when we started [in 2007]"
-Chris Parsons, vice president of NFL International
FACT OF THE DAY
Peyton Manning's career record at Indianapolis was 141-67. Without him in 2011, the Colts were 2-14.
— profootballreference.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Which rookie NFL quarterbacks were the first pair of rookies to make it to the Pro Bowl?
A: Last year, Carolina's Cam Newton and Cincinnati's Andy Dalton
--profootballreference.com
THE MORNING BREW Chiefs need to land an elite quarterback in next draft
If you weren't already convinced, the Kansas City Chiefs must take a quarterback first in next year's NFL Draft.
The Chiefs have awful numbers so far this year. They are the league worst in important categories that would scare any fan with more fumbles and interceptions than any other team in the league, and they have the worst turnover differential at negative 15.
Who handles the ball on every play? The quarterback, and that is where the central problem lies.
According to the NFL analysis website, Cold Hard Football Facts, the team that wins the turnover battle wins 85 percent of its games. Also, the team with the higher quarterback rating, a statistic analyzing total QB production, has a winning percentage of 87 percent. If the ball is in the hands of the quarterback, the game is in the
Clearly, this is where Kansas City is very far behind its counterparts and must address the issue in the NFL Draft.
hands of the quarterback.
How have teams with rookie quarterbacks fared this year?
Five rookie quarterbacks currently start in the NFL. Last year, those teams without these quarterbacks won just 30 percent of their games. This year, after addressing their problem and acquiring a quarterback, the winning percentage of those teams rose to 45 percent.
Of the five teams currently with either one or two wins, Kansas City and Jacksonville are the only two that would likely take a quarterback. If KC can continue its torrid pace of virtually handing the ball to its opponents three times a game, they will likely obtain a prime spot in next year's draft. A spot in the
top five would surely give them a chance to take an elite quarterback and finally fix the problem.
The Kansas City Chiefs have to make the right choice in the next NFL draft.
The New England Patriots slammed the St. Louis Rams this weekend, 45-7. No real news from the box score there, but the real story is where
BRADFORD TAKES CUE FROM SOCCER IN UK
the game was played: London.
A crowd packed into Wembley Stadium, the home of England's national soccer team, to enjoy the American game in their home country. It was the Patriots second visit to London for a game, and it appeared as if they were pretty comfortable with their surroundings. The fans loved the excitement, despite a few ironies going against the home crowd's culture.
The Patriots are named after the group who rebelled against England in the American Revolution. Clearly there is not an atmosphere of bitterness, but it is interesting that New England has made two tris across the pond and won.
During one play in the first half, Rams quarterback Sam Bradford was knocked down hard after throwing a pass. Bradford rolled around on the ground displaying obvious pain and drew the St.
Louis training staff on to the field. The Rams called a timeout after the play, but then Sam Bradford is running back onto the field, calm and collected, to continue the Rams drive. Soccer is known for its flopping – where players cry out when fouled and then are perfectly fine after the call has been made.
This week in athletics
It seems as if Bradford took some notes from the soccer played in Wembley Stadium.
—Edited by Luke Ranker
Tuesday
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Women's Rowing Head of the Hooch All Day Chattanooga, Tenn.
Monday
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Okla. State improves defensively halfway through season
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The plan was for the unit to buy time for an offense led by a freshman quarterback.
STILLWATER, Okla. — Entering the season, an experienced defense was supposed to be Oklahoma State's strength.
It's taken longer than coach Mike Gundy and defensive coordinator Bill Young wanted, but the defense seems to be rounding into form as Oklahoma State (5-2, 3-1 • Big 12) heads into arguably its biggest challenge of the season — a trip to the Little Apple to face No. 3 Kansas State (8-0, 5-0) and its Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Collin Klein on Saturday.
In starting the season 2-2, the Cowboys surrendered 59 points to Arizona and 41 to Texas, losing
both games. Since then, for the first time in its big 12 history, Oklahoma State has held three straight league opponents under 20 points in wins over Kansas (20-14), Iowa State (31-10) and TCU (36-14).
"We've gotten more pressure on the quarterback from the edges over the last couple of weeks and that helps," Gundy said. "We've had more hurries. Our secondary has increased its ability to play the football while the ball is in the air over the last two or three weeks. We still have a ways to go, but we're much better now than we were a month ago."
Young and his players credit several factors for the Cowboys' defensive resurgence — better attention to detail, improved tackling, allowing fewer big plays and forcing more turnovers.
"Arizona, we flat out played terrible," defensive end Cooper Bassett said. "Against Texas, our defense played really well for three quarters and in the fourth quarter, for some reason, we kind of imploded. We didn't make the plays. We weren't fundamentally sound. Because of that, we lost the games. The biggest thing for us the past few weeks, is we were able to be fundamentally sound and we were able out a full game together."
Added cornerback Justin Gilbert: "It's knowing your job, carrying out your assignments and not trying to do more than what you're supposed to do and trusting in your teammates and believing they'll be in the position that they're supposed to be in."
Much of Oklahoma State's early defensive struggles could be traced
to a lack of turnovers. After leading the Bowl Subdivision last season with 44 takeaways, the Cowboys
managed only four in their first five games before forcing two a gainst Iowa State and three a gainst Texas Christian.
"We still have a ways to go, but we're much better now than we were a month ago."
Against
to force a minimum of three turnovers in a game and said his unit's outing against TCU was "a little bit better" than it had been previously, but "obviously, we've got
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TCU, the turnovers proved key as Oklahoma State held the Horned Frogs without a point on their final 11 possessions after TCU took a 14-0 lead.
Young said the Cowboys want
a lot of room to improve. We're not there yet."
Klein and Kansas State pose a unique challenge to any defense. The multifaceted quarterback has moved into Heisman Trophy
contention thanks to his ability to run or throw the football. He's tied for the Big 12 lead in touchdowns scored with 12. He has two triple-digit rushing efforts this season and ranks fifth in the league in rushing, but also leads the Big
12 in pass efficiency and hasn't thrown an interception in 106 pass attempts.
Gundy said Klein has improved his passing this season, making him more dangerous.
"It looks like to me he's worked really hard in the offseason on his accuracy on his downfield throws," Gundy said. "They give him the time and his accuracy is considerably better, in my opinion, than it would have been a year ago."
Klein and the Wildcats ran wild at Oklahoma State last year, nearly pulling off the upset before then.No. 3-ranked Cowboys held on for a 52-45 win. Not long after the game, the most powerful earthquake ever in Oklahoma - magnitude 5.6 - was felt in the Stillwater area.
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