I was scrolling over Arrowhead Pride this morning and I read this sad statistic about our offense (
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Here is the length (in yards) of every Chiefs scoring drive this season:
Houston: 63
Chicago: 83, 18
Minnesota: 7, 84
San Diego: 19, 41, 57, 36, 77
Jacksonville: 70
Cincinnati: 49, 44, 44, 58, 56
Average: 50 yards
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The theme here is accentuated in the paragraph that precedes it, discussing the Bengals game:
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This is an obvious observation but these Chiefs can only really score when given a short field to work with. Our scoring drives went for 49 yards, 44 yards, 44 yards, 58 yards and 56 yards. The word "drive" and the word "march" should never be used with this offense.
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The Jaguars outlined exactly how to beat the Chiefs every single time -- not necessarily by shutting down LJ and daring Huard to beat you, although that certainly helps.
If you don't turn the ball over, you beat the Chiefs. Pinning them in their own territory and daring them to go 60+ yards to score consistently is how you keep them from putting up points.
Our offense can't score unless the defense creates stupendous field position, period.