I guess I meant more as going through his progressions under duress is more like it. Admittedly I haven’t watched one second of Baltimore this season. But I know the 2 teams you’ve played have had pretty bad defenses. Texans we saw firsthand, Browns are still the Browns. Here’s hoping we both come away with no injuries, and a Chiefs victory.
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Ravens have a good D. It doesn’t match up great against the Chiefs because the Ravens pass rush is just OK and requires sending extra men to get pressure. Mahomes is efficient and dangerous against the blitz. Teams that can rush four and drop seven and still create quick pressure are the ones that give Mahomes the most trouble, especially if it’s paired with disciplined zone D and good tackling in the back 7.
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Shaky? We had one close game after dealing with a lot of defensive attrition
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Don’t you have to try that Chargers/49ers style of approach though if you’re Martindale?

They’ve tried the blitz heavy stuff the last two years and it hasn’t worked well enough. Now they have Peters, who maybe can steal one in a deep zone with his eyes on Mahomes.

I know, they’d still give up points cause the talent isn’t on par with LAC, but it’s the only scheme that really has given Mahomes and Reid much trouble beyond a half of football.
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Exactly, and that's my concern. I think they will try the Seattle Scheme approach and do it in their own flavor.

I expect 4 man rushes with a crowded secondary. It's proven to be the only thing to effectively slow down the Chiefs and the Chiefs still struggle with it.

CEH was brought in to help address that, but Reid forgot he existed on Sunday and had Mahomes drop back 47 times.

I'm reminded of the Colts last year, and Mahomes talking about how they came out and ran a defense that they've never ran, and thus the Chiefs weren't prepared. The Colts flipped their script and started doing the things the Chiefs struggled against.

I'm reminded of NFL Hardkocks, where seemingly everytime we caught a Chargers coach watching game film they were watching the Chiefs....

And to think the Ravens haven't been working on a Chiefs specific approach is silly. They've had all offseason to think about how they'll attack Mahomes.
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But if you don’t get home against Mahomes with a 4-man rush the Chiefs will carve you up.

It’s a risky strategy.

Healthy Mahomes + all weapons eats zones up. If you’re not getting home, the Chiefs have time to run all their routes, and the Chiefs can use their crazy skill personnel to make you pay.
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Well if we’re sitting here talking about this possibility, by God Reid and his staff had better be considering it too.

The good news again is I think we can run the football better early against Baltimore without a doubt and that might allow us to stay in comfortable down and distances that don’t tip run or pass.

But there’s no excuse to not have a plan ready for any and all defensive approaches in a game as big as this.
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Uh it’s gonna be tough as hell to run the ball. Calais Campbell, Derek Wolfe and Brandon Williams is an elite run defending front and Queen is a nice LB.

We’re gonna have to do those outside zone runs if we want to have success
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Staylor is Veach, so we know they have an eye on this board
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I'm hoping the return of Mike Pennel is our savior on run defense, otherwise this is going to be a looooooong night...


....until Mahomes comes back and wins it after trailing by 21 points with :48 left in regulation.
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I don't think we'll see a lot of outside blitzes. That's a good way to lose containment and let him run wild.

They'll probably zone blitz and keep the DE's back to keep Jackson from running outside.

They played a lot of read and react last year and it worked.
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Queen is not very good against the run...
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Nobody said your defense isn't good. It isn't as good as last year. Through 3 quarters last year, the Chiefs basically did whatever they wanted.
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Also, Kareem Hunt had 5.5 YPC and Chubb had 6 week 1...
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Our running backs averaged almost 7 yards per carry against them last year without Damien Williams and Eric Fisher. Also didn’t have Tyreek keeping them honest.
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