Chiefs Season Wrapup

The 2012 season has to come a close for the Kansas City Chiefs after a mediocre 6-10 record under new Head Coach Conner McTague.

The Chiefs got off to an ok start going 3-3 out of the gate but then went 3-7 the rest of the way, but they finished the season on a high note beating the broncos in their final game. Here's the grades for this seasons team

Quarterback

Christian Ponder had a Career year throwing for 5,700 yards and 44 TD's, He was also picked off 54 times, some were thrown in desperate situations that cost us the game.


Overall Grade: B-


Running Backs

Jamaal Charles had a great year running for over 1,561 yards and 17 tds on 221 carries
He missed 5 games due to rib injuries.

Cyrus Gray had a solid rookie campaign rushing for 554 yards on 88 carries along with 4 rushing TD's

Peyton Hillis was supposed to be the #2 back for the Chiefs but pre-season struggles along with Emergence of gray caused him to be knocked down to number 3, He finished the season with 48 carries for 307 yards and 3 tds.






Overall Grade: B

Wide Receivers

Dwayne Bowe had a career year catching 76 passes for a team record 1,880 yards along with 14 TD's.

Jonathan Baldwin had his season cut short by a torn MCL but still managed to catch 46 balls for 1,158 yards along with 8 TD's

Steve Breaston had a good season catching 23 passes for 480 yards along with 5 TD's

Rookie Michael Calvin was having a great rookie season catching 21 balls for 651 yards and 6 td's before a torn MCL in week 11 sidelined him for the season.





Overall Grade: A-

Tight Ends.

Joel Dreessen Finished the season with 42 catches for a career high 862 yards along with 7 Touchdowns.

Grade: C

Defensive Ends:

Rookie Tyrone Crawford finished his rookie season with 20 tackles (10 for loss) 3 sacks and 2 forced fumbles, he will be a cornerstone in this defense for years to come



LINEBACKERS

Justin Houston finished a strong second season with 63 tackles (18 for loss) 5 sacks, 2 interceptions, and 2 forced fumbles.

Tamba Hali had a very good season finishing with 69 tackles (20 for loss) 5 sacks, 3 interceptions and 2 defensive touchdowns

Lofa Tatupu was very effective filling in for Derrick Johnson after he was traded to Atlanta, finishing with 48 tackles (7 for loss), 5 Interceptions and 2 forced fumbles



Overall Grade: B+

Cornerbacks

Brandon Flowers finished off a career year with a team leading 75 tackles (11 for loss) a team record 11 interceptions, 15 pass deflections along with 1 fumble recovery.

Terrence Newman finished off a strong year after coming over from Cincinnati in an early season trade finishing off with 46 tackles (3 for loss) 5 interceptions, 5 passes deflected, 1 forced fumble and 1 defensive TD.

Javier Arenas had a strong 4th season finishing with 56 tackles (7 for loss) a career high 4 interceptions, 4 passes deflected and 1 forced fumble.





Overall grade: A-

Safeties

Kendrick Lewis had a good season finishing with 23 tackles (1 for loss) 2 interceptions, 1 forced fumble

David Caldwell had a strong year finishing with 73 tackles (2 for loss) 2 interceptions, 6 pass deflections, and 3 forced fumbles

Abram Elam had a decent year finishing with 69 tackles (1 for loss) 2 interceptions,3 passes deflected and 3 forced fumbles



Overall grade: C-

The Chiefs team MVP was Brandon Flowers, he is the leader of this defense and will try to lead them to the playoffs in years to come.

Offensive MVP: Dwayne Bowe, leading the offense by example

Brandon Flowers was also the Defensive MVP

Special Teams MVP: Dexter McCluster had a HUGE year on ST finishing with 1,304 yards, 3 TDs on 48 returns

See you all next year!

decent season but the expectations for next year are high..

Tails wrote:decent season but the expectations for next year are high..

yes they are, Ponder is under romo like puresure to do well next season