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The Chiefs ranked in the top 10 in rushing six times during Marty's career.
Alt, Grunhard, Shields and Szott were an outstanding nucleus.
The 95, 96 and 97 lines were particularly strong, especially when Glenn Parker was added.
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Running Back By Committee. Blech. It was also meaningless come playoff time.
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Their downfall was they always seemed to struggle against Denver's pass rush.
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They struggled against any team with a pass rush and their running game was nothing special in the playoffs, either.
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Those lines weren't as strong as Vermeil's but they were well above average and we were pretty spoiled to have that good of line play for over a decade, really.
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So spoiled that it was 22 years between playoff wins.