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Originally Posted by htismaqe
You're conveniently leaving out that the Chiefs were up 21-3 at the half and despite the defensive shortfall had the ball four times in the 2nd half.
They managed 21 plays for 56 yards (half of which came on the last drive when they had already blown the lead) and despite getting the ball from a muffed punt at the Tennessee 28 yard line, ZERO points.
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No I'm not. Hell, I specifically noted that the Chiefs offense had the ball 4 times in the Titans game, just as they did the Ravens game. And that the improvement by the offense is a huge part of why they won. Seriously - did you actually read anything I wrote?
I'm speaking directly to the 2nd half of those games. "For the 2nd half of the Ravens game..." was the entire thesis of my post. The Chiefs were absolutely not going to allow that 2nd half of the Titans game to happen again and it showed in the 2nd half of the Ravens game. I explicitly chose not to reference the 1st half of the Titans game because the Titans didn't play the same style of offense in that half. They were trying to play it 'straight up' and it wasn't working. That's why they got behind and that's why they changed it up. They exposed a fundamental weakness that the Chiefs were attempting to address.
And in the end, those efforts - if only showing improvement in the margins - DID show improvement. If the Chiefs defense had played the 2nd half of the Ravens game as poorly as they played the 2nd half of the Titans games - they'd have lost. Had the Titans played the first half of the game like they played the 2nd half, they'd have won going away. It was all about addressing a specific style of play and in so doing, they made some headway.