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Originally Posted by Saccopoo
That's a little bit of an over simplification of this particular matchup.
The Titans strengths go directly against our weaknesses on both sides of the ball.
This is not an easy game just because the Titans play in a less competitive division.
Like any sports event, it has a lot to do with matchups of strengths and weaknesses. And this particular game doesn't tilt to the Chiefs in that regard.
And this is a playoff level game. The Chiefs win and they clinch a playoff berth. If they do not, they are still in a dog fight through the rest of the season with games against division rivals.
This season is far from over and this stands as a difficult game for this team.
The coaching staff needs to be on it for this game.
Poe hasn't been a 100% and Johnson is completely out. Running a dime or nickle as Sutton is no forced to do almost exclusively plays to the strengths of the Titans, particularly Mariota, Henry and Murray.
The Chiefs need to push it offensively to get the scoreboard ringing up in their favor as quickly as they can. Otherwise the Titans will try to keep their running game moving as much and as long as they can. That takes away from Houston, Ford and Hali being the strong point of the defense and forces a defensive line without Howard, Bailey and a somewhat ailing Poe along with a missing Johnson to force stops. And the Titans have been successful running the ball all season long. And the Chiefs have not been successful stopping the run all season long.
This is not an easy game.
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They're a poor man's (much poorer) Pittsburgh Steelers.