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Originally Posted by JakeF
Raiders Rushing 4 and dropping 7 was the key to the beating us. We must be able to run against a defense that drops 7. Did Schwartz play in the Raiders' game? We can't let Mahomes get harassed by a 4-man rush. The Raiders rarely blitzed us and they still sacked Mahomes 3 times and pressured him a whopping (stat by PFF)22 times.
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Schwartz played and got beat a few times by Crosby. He wasn't 100%, it was pretty obvious. Several of us thought by the awkwardness of his drops, he might have an ankle injury.
That being said, they scored 32 points against that defense, including 21 in the first 20 minutes of the game or so.
The Raiders can't play that defense the way other teams have. Yes, they got a lot of pressure but that wasn't ultimately the issue. The issue was that the Raiders broke tendency and threw the ball over the top instead of dinking and dunking.
If the Chiefs defense shows up, this game won't be as contested as the first.