Originally Posted by Gary Cooper:
The interior OL is the Chiefs' strength. Running down the middle should be more effective, especially on short yardage. It's just not working on those plays though.
Creed Humphrey is a much better pass blocker than run blocker, Thuney is also..OBJ and Trey Smith are the better run blockers. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
I know the Eagles have Haason Reddick and he makes a big difference, but their lines were the same minus him last year and we seemed to do very well against them.
I’d say the 49ers DL was much better than this Eagles line. Reddick is good but in no way is he Bosa.
Also noticed blitzing Hurts forced him to make quite a few mistakes. He’s gotten better but he’s still very vulnerable there.
Not the same as last year. Reddick is a huge upgrade obviously (tied second in the league in sacks). Three other guys in double digits. Sweat wasn't a starter last year and has proven himself this year. They added Davis, Suh and Joseph to the middle of the line. The biggest difference from last year though is that they are now so deep on the line that they are able to rotate players more often with little to no loss in talent. This has kept them all fresher so that even in the 4th quarter they're still going strong and able to take advantage of a tired lineman more often. For example, last I saw Brandon Graham only plays about 38% of the total defensive snaps but has 11 sacks this year. And staying fresh is even bigger this late in the season.
And agreed that Hurts is still vulnerable to the blitz. He still has some growing there. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
Creed Humphrey is a much better pass blocker than run blocker, Thuney is also..OBJ and Trey Smith are the better run blockers.
And when the run game struggles...it's usually tied to Trey Smith and how well he's playing. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Gary Cooper:
The interior OL is the Chiefs' strength. Running down the middle should be more effective, especially on short yardage. It's just not working on those plays though.
It's almost impossible to understand how the Chiefs are so bad on 3rd and 1.
Originally Posted by HC_Chief:
What a surprise, a bunch of coastal talking heads picking the team close to them?! I am shocked, shocked I say!
You should be happy! Good teams like the two here typically do better when they are underdogs with a chip on their shoulder. Last thing I want is for the young Eagles players to start thinking this thing is in the bag because for two weeks the media is telling them how special they are. That's a good way to get your butt handed to you in a game. Thankfully there are a number of veteran guys like Kelce, Cox and Lane Johnson, who already won a SB, who can ideally keep those young guys' heads from swelling too much. [Reply]
The thing we don't know about the Eagles defense is can they confuse Mahomes.
That's kinda the key to beating Mahomes at this point, you have to get him off balance. Of course, if everyone is injured, they can just man us up and no one will get open so it wont matter. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88:
It's almost impossible to understand how the Chiefs are so bad on 3rd and 1.
It makes no sense.
A huge part of that is because Reid refuses to QB sneak Mahomes. As such they don’t have the opportunity to pick up some of those easy 1st downs. Also teams don’t have to worry about them QB sneaking either so they can focus more on stopping whoever is our RB back there. We have to manufacture trick plays to pick up a yard. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tredadda:
A huge part of that is because Reid refuses to QB sneak Mahomes. As such they don’t have the opportunity to pick up some of those easy 1st downs. Also teams don’t have to worry about them QB sneaking either so they can focus more on stopping whoever is our RB back there. We have to manufacture trick plays to pick up a yard.
Not doing a QB sneak because of a fluke injury 3 years ago is some old woman superstition from our coaching staff. A QB is more likely to get injured doing anything else besides a QB sneak. They need to get over this mental hurdle, especially if it's affecting performance. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Gary Cooper:
Not doing a QB sneak because of a fluke injury 3 years ago is some old woman superstition from our coaching staff. A QB is more likely to get injured doing anything else besides a QB sneak. They need to get over this mental hurdle, especially if it's affecting performance.
No time like the Super Bowl to bust it out if necessary.
Could likely take the edge off from using it in the future too. [Reply]