Andy really broke tendency in the SB. 26 rushes out of 53 offensive plays. For those keeping score, that's 49% rushing vs. passing. Or more than 16% more than his season average.
The efficiency of the running game in the second half forced PHI defense to abandon their zone defense and play more man, which allowed Andy to exploit that rock and roll safety coverage, ultimately leading to the 2nd and third TDs in the second half, giving KC the lead and finally the win.
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Andy really broke tendency in the SB. 26 rushes out of 53 offensive plays. For those keeping score, that's 49% rushing vs. passing. Or more than 16% more than his season average.
The efficiency of the running game in the second half forced PHI defense to abandon their zone defense and play more man, which allowed Andy to exploit that rock and roll safety coverage, ultimately leading to the 2nd and third TDs in the second half, giving KC the lead and finally the win.
That's elite coaching.
It turns out an old dog CAN learn new tricks [Reply]
Was disappointed when he was named head coach; I didn't want another fired coach with a failed system. Was even more disappointed when he named Alex Smith as the Chiefs starting QB. Have called for his head for the various perceived blunders with time management and continued Chiefs PTSD pre-Mahomes.
I was wrong; he is really good at devising plays to get players open and seems to be genuinely liked by his players. Something that's probably not easy to do given the huge egos involved.
So, the next time I forget this (and I'm sure I'll get emotional and curse at him), I will do my best to remember the late 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and most of the 10s when the Chiefs were simply a team that played well in the regular season and would lose to any and all teams when it really matters.
I was especially impressed how he stated the obvious; that Mahomes makes everyone around him look so much better... Even the coaching staff. [Reply]
Originally Posted by crayzkirk:
Was disappointed when he was named head coach; I didn't want another fired coach with a failed system. Was even more disappointed when he named Alex Smith as the Chiefs starting QB. Have called for his head for the various perceived blunders with time management and continued Chiefs PTSD pre-Mahomes.
I was wrong; he is really good at devising plays to get players open and seems to be genuinely liked by his players. Something that's probably not easy to do given the huge egos involved.
So, the next time I forget this (and I'm sure I'll get emotional and curse at him), I will do my best to remember the late 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and most of the 10s when the Chiefs were simply a team that played well in the regular season and would lose to any and all teams when it really matters.
I was especially impressed how he stated the obvious; that Mahomes makes everyone around him look so much better... Even the coaching staff.
I agree with pretty much all of this with one exception. I don’t curse Andy or anybody anymore. Winning 2 Super Bowls has given a sort of inner peace. [Reply]
Originally Posted by crayzkirk:
Was disappointed when he was named head coach; I didn't want another fired coach with a failed system. Was even more disappointed when he named Alex Smith as the Chiefs starting QB. Have called for his head for the various perceived blunders with time management and continued Chiefs PTSD pre-Mahomes.
I was wrong; he is really good at devising plays to get players open and seems to be genuinely liked by his players. Something that's probably not easy to do given the huge egos involved.
So, the next time I forget this (and I'm sure I'll get emotional and curse at him), I will do my best to remember the late 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and most of the 10s when the Chiefs were simply a team that played well in the regular season and would lose to any and all teams when it really matters.
I was especially impressed how he stated the obvious; that Mahomes makes everyone around him look so much better... Even the coaching staff.
He's also a driving factor behind a lot of our success in the draft. The guy is a football guru. [Reply]
Originally Posted by MahomesMagic:
Andy started with a scheme that just needed a QB that could attack vertically and he got Pat Mahomes.
Just proceeded to murder people.
But last year even with Tyreek teams took away the verticals that Reid and Mahomes were addicted to.
We fought to play left-handed but it was a messy process.
By the time we had defeated the deep shells Cincinnati's DC just went into the toolbox and pulled out everything we didn't like and threw it at us perfectly for a half and stole a game we should have had.
Now Mahomes and Reid are scarier. It's all efficiency and taking what's there.
With no #1 WR we again lit people up. The SB was Andy's masterpiece.
After winning that game in that manner it feels like we defeated the final boss.
It's our NFL to rule now.
Yup.
Obviously the NFL is amorphous and its hard to predict what will happen season-to-season. But at this point, Mahomes and Reid have defeated every possible challenge thrown at them. What can DC's even do at this point? Zone, Man, Cover 2, Blitz, Drop 8? Honestly, good luck. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
I agree with pretty much all of this with one exception. I don’t curse Andy or anybody anymore. Winning 2 Super Bowls has given a sort of inner peace.
Yup. Look what I can do now “Lin Elliott, Lin Elliott”. Don’t curr. [Reply]
