Entire offense is a mess ...

[Mr. Laz]

... from top to bottom and is becoming a real concern.

Play calling is predictable and isn't helping anyone. Must get receivers the ball moving forward instead of standing still. Can't have every route within 10 yards of LOS.

Alex Smith seems to be getting worse. Not only does he not try to make the difficult throw but now he is missing on the easy ones.

Olinemen take turns getting beaten or making penalties

WRs don't win even the 1-on-1 battles with any consistency and still drop too many balls. WRs often run their route and then just stand there until play is over.

Even Jamaal Charles has been making mistakes. Missed blocking assignments,dropped passes, failing to stay in bounds at the end of multiple games.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Hate

Are we counting Succoup in this shit?

Cheater-cheater, pumpkin-eater.

What?

The Chiefs offense is scoring 19.5 per game and the defense is holding teams to 10.8.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

What?

The Chiefs offense is scoring 19.5 per game and the defense is holding teams to 10.8.

I stand corrected.

That said, it sure doesn't seem like this offense is putting up more than 2 TD's a game. Either that, or watching them is like crawling through broken glass, bathed in super-glue.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

I dont know how you survive each day, do you have a caregiver or something?

It's the meth.

[KcMizzou]

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

The offense only needs to sustain a few drives a game. It's not even necessarily about the points. Obviously points help, but just shortening the game and taking away chances for the other team to score will significantly help our odds.

That's true right now, but obviously we need them to be better than that. I believe they will be.

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Hate

I stand corrected.

That said, it sure doesn't seem like this offense is putting up more than 2 TD's a game. Either that, or watching them is like crawling through broken glass, bathed in super-glue.

Part of the reason I'm so emphatic about scoring more is that I don't want the team to start dying by the same sword they've lived by through the first six weeks. This will never be an explosive offense, but they can and should be better than they are. More sustained drives and better execution in plus territory will lead to more points which will in turn lead to games where we put away teams in the 3rd quarter. Or before halftime.

Right now there's essentially zero margin for error because the offense isn't doing a whole lot, and at some point the fumbles may (and probably will) stop bouncing out of bounds, or the dbs may stop dropping picks. Maybe we go a couple weeks without a return TD and can't count on that extra 6+ points per week. It's a dangerous line we're straddling right now. We (fans) learned in the 90s about the pitfalls of playing close games and how they can turn late. It's easy to tell yourself everything is okay because games have been turning our way. But things tend to even out over time.

The strangest part to me is how people seem intent to characterize the current offense as martyball, when it's not, in any way, shape or form. It's simply bad. They're not scoring 19.5 points/game by design. They're not controlling the ball. They're not getting many first downs. They're not converting 3rd downs. They're not doing much of anything to keep the defense off the field. The only thing thing they're doing adequately is not turning it over. But how valuable is that, really, when the average drive is maybe 2.5 minutes long, or less, and they're punting 80% of the time after 1 or if they're lucky 2 first downs? I mean, really, what is a punt after a 4 play, 12 yard series but a turnover?

Hopefully it gets better. Because if it does, this team has the potential to be truly dominant.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

Part of the reason I'm so emphatic about scoring more is that I don't want the team to start dying by the same sword they've lived by through the first six weeks. This will never be an explosive offense, but they can and should be better than they are. More sustained drives and better execution in plus territory will lead to more points which will in turn lead to games where we put away teams in the 3rd quarter. Or before halftime.

Right now there's essentially zero margin for error because the offense isn't doing a whole lot, and at some point the fumbles may (and probably will) stop bouncing out of bounds, or the dbs may stop dropping picks. Maybe we go a couple weeks without a return TD and can't count on that extra 6+ points per week. It's a dangerous line we're straddling right now. We (fans) learned in the 90s about the pitfalls of playing close games and how they can turn late. It's easy to tell yourself everything is okay because games have been turning our way. But things tend to even out over time.

The strangest part to me is how people seem intent to characterize the current offense as martyball, when it's not, in any way, shape or form. It's simply bad. They're not scoring 19.5 points/game by design. They're not controlling the ball. They're not getting many first downs. They're not converting 3rd downs. They're not doing much of anything to keep the defense off the field. The only thing thing they're doing adequately is not turning it over. But how valuable is that, really, when the average drive is maybe 2.5 minutes long, or less, and they're punting 80% of the time after 1 or if they're lucky 2 first downs? I mean, really, what is a punt after a 4 play, 12 yard series but a turnover?

Hopefully it gets better. Because if it does, this team has the potential to be truly dominant.

It's not Martyball offense by a long-shot. Could it eventually be? Maybe.

But you're right; the breaks are going to stop bouncing our way, and they'd better be able to do more than rely on the other 2/3's to bail them out.

[O.city]

On a side note, I feel like ol play league wide is just bad this year. Save for 2 or 3 teams. I really feel like defenses have started to adjust to the rules on the back end and are getting ridiculous athletes and stacking them a dl and pass rushing positions.