PFF: Chiefs vs. Titans

[The Franchise]

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The Tennessee Titans and Kansas City Chiefs matchup started very slowly as both defenses consistently stopped the opposing offenses. It wasn’t until late in the second quarter that the Titans offense finally got out of first gear, but once they did the Chiefs never looked like mounting a comeback.

The game was won in the trenches, especially the difficulty the Chiefs’ offensive line had against the new 3-4 Titans defense. The Chiefs provided little running room for Jamaal Charles and had to rely on the passing without the suspended Dwayne Bowe, and as you would expect, their passing game struggled to provide any spark.

Tennessee Titans – Performances of Note

Jurrell Casey, DE: +7.0

Breakdown: In his new role, Casey looked like he has been playing as 3-4 defensive end his whole life. Providing consistent push in the run game, he helped the Titans’ defense to limit Jamaal Charles to only 19 yards on seven attempts. As a pass rusher, Casey ended the game with a 14.6 Pass Rushing Productivity, due to three hits and seven total pressures.

Signature Play: Third quarter 9:32 Casey pushes Mike McGlynn 3 yards into the backfield and then makes the tackle for no gain when Charles cuts behind it.

Derrick Morgan, OLB: +6.5

Breakdown: Another of the supposedly miscast players in the 3-4 defense. Morgan was dropped into coverage 12 times, targeted twice. One was a 6-yard completion the other was a pass deflection when he was covering Travis Kelce on a seam route downfield. Morgan was able to take advantage of the Chiefs putting starting left guard, Jeff Allen, at right tackle as Morgan took it to Allen and backup Ryan Harris all day long.

Signature Stat: Morgan only rushed the Passer 31 of his 54 snaps, but he was effective with seven total pressures and a Pass rushing Productivity of 17.5.

Michael Oher, RT and Chance Warmack, RG: -4.1 (in run blocking, combined)

Breakdown: The Titans’ performance as a whole was very good, though there were a couple of issues that could linger. Oher and Warmack both had some struggles in the run game, a difficulty consistently sealing their blocks at the point of attack. Oher, however, produced a solid day in pass protection allowing only one pressure (a sack) on a play where Locker had enough time to get rid of the ball.

Signature Play: Fourth quarter 8:46 Oher is stood up at the point of attack by Alvin Bailey who then makes the tackle for a 1-yard gain.

Kansas City Chiefs – Performances of Note

Chris Owens, CB: -3.2

Breakdown: With Marcus Cooper out, the Chiefs used Owens as their third cornerback. The Titans managed to pick on him for seven catches and 88 yards. While those numbers aren’t huge, Owens’ grade drops because of two missed tackles. One of the missed tackles was against Justin Hunter the other against Leon Washington allowing him to convert for a first down.

Signature Stat: Owens was targeted every 4.1 snaps he was on the field and allowed a reception every 4.7 snaps.

Travis Kelce, TE: +1.2

Breakdown: The lone bright spot on the Chiefs’ offense against the Titans was preseason standout, tight end Travis Kelce. Targeted fives times for three catches and 49 yards, Kelce continued to show that he’ll be a matchup issue for linebackers in coverage. Promise from his strong preseason.

Signature Play: Second quarter 11:48 – while this is not the most difficult play that Kelce will have to make, it shows how dangerous he can be against linebackers.

Offensive Line (-17.3)

Breakdown: We all know the Chiefs had issues on their offensive line going into this matchup with the loss of three free agents and the suspension of Donald Stephenson. That last bit gave the Chiefs the bright idea of putting Jeff Allen at right tackle. Allen is a below average guard and putting him at tackle was a disaster, not because Allen was poor at right tackle – he ended with a -2.9 – but the recently signed Mike McGlynn took over at left guard. McGlynn was what he has shown time and again: a player who struggles against the majority of the NFL. If you want to find some sliver lining from the Chiefs offensive line, it is possible to look at sixth-round rookie Zach Fulton who had some difficulties in run blocking (-1.9) but posted a -0.6 as a pass blocker.

Signature Stat: The Chiefs’ offensive line as a unit gave up 18 Total Pressures and had a 68.9 Pass Blocking Efficiency. (second lowest of the week)

PFF Game Ball

After a strong season last year as 4-3 DT Jurrell Casey gets the game ball in his new position as a 3-4 end.

[hometeam]

I would like to see individual grades. People keep saying that Fisher was good but every time I noticed him yesterday he was in the ground.. just like pre-season.

edit: Saw them. All I have to say is LOL.

[scho63]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

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Kansas City Chiefs – Performances of Note

Offensive Line (-17.3)

Breakdown: We all know the Chiefs had issues on their offensive line going into this matchup with the loss of three free agents and the suspension of Donald Stephenson. That last bit gave the Chiefs the bright idea of putting Jeff Allen at right tackle. Allen is a below average guard and putting him at tackle was a disaster, not because Allen was poor at right tackle – he ended with a -2.9 – but the recently signed Mike McGlynn took over at left guard. McGlynn was what he has shown time and again: a player who struggles against the majority of the NFL. If you want to find some sliver lining from the Chiefs offensive line, it is possible to look at sixth-round rookie Zach Fulton who had some difficulties in run blocking (-1.9) but posted a -0.6 as a pass blocker.

Signature Stat: The Chiefs’ offensive line as a unit gave up 18 Total Pressures and had a 68.9 Pass Blocking Efficiency. (second lowest of the week)

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

but according to some the O-Line looked great

LOL

what a mess

The o-line was passable yesterday. They weren't even close to the biggest problem. More than anything, looked to me like Alex Smith held the ball entirely too long most of the game. A lot of that is because the receivers didn't get open, but Smith in general just played a terrible game.

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

but according to some the O-Line looked great

LOL

what a mess

They didn't look good. They just looked better than expected.

It's pathetic that they allowed pressure on over 50% of the passing plays. That's just unacceptable.

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

The o-line was passable yesterday. They weren't even close to the biggest problem. More than anything, looked to me like Alex Smith held the ball entirely too long most of the game. A lot of that is because the receivers didn't get open, but Smith in general just played a terrible game.

There where a few plays when he had plenty of protection and even open receivers, and still didn't get it done. Not saying the rest of the team didn't suck ass, because they did. But, when you combine Smith's lack of being able to pull the trigger, with bad oline and receiver play, you get exponential suck.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

The o-line was passable yesterday.

They were 31st according to PFF

We allowed 4 sacks not to mention the hurries and pressures

We couldnt run the ball

No, they were not passable, to me.

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by hometeam

There where a few plays when he had plenty of protection and even open receivers, and still didn't get it done. Not saying the rest of the team didn't suck ass, because they did. But, when you combine Smith's lack of being able to pull the trigger, with bad oline and receiver play, you get exponential suck.

Titans secondary was far superior to our WRs on Sunday, they simply weren't getting it done outside the vast majority of the time. We needed to focus more on using the TEs and Charles, we didn't. Completely failure of a game plan.

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

The o-line was passable yesterday. They weren't even close to the biggest problem. More than anything, looked to me like Alex Smith held the ball entirely too long most of the game. A lot of that is because the receivers didn't get open, but Smith in general just played a terrible game.

31st in the league is passable? Only on CP.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

They were 31st according to PFF

We allowed 4 sacks not to mention the hurries and pressures

We couldnt run the ball

No, they were not passable, to me.

The run blocking was bad but a lot of that was also because the defense was crowding the box. We have to be able to stretch the defense vertical or wide. We couldn't do either.

I would be curious to see how many times Smith held onto the ball longer than he should have. That looked like a lot bigger of a problem than the o-line giving up immediate pressures. The interior pocket was collapsing more than it should have but there were countless times where Smith took WAY too long to get rid of the ball.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Sandy Cheeks

run block first, then pass

Fisher - -0.4 ----------- -2.3
McGlynn - -3.9 --------- -1.6
HUdson - -2.2 ---------- -0.4
Fulton - -1.9 ----------- -0.6
Allen - -0.4 ------------ -2.7

Link - -1 --------------- 0.1
Harris - -0.5 ----------- -0.5

How about alex smiths grade?
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[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

The run blocking was bad but a lot of that was also because the defense was crowding the box. We have to be able to stretch the defense vertical or wide. We couldn't do either.

I would be curious to see how many times Smith held onto the ball longer than he should have. That looked like a lot bigger of a problem than the o-line giving up immediate pressures. The interior pocket was collapsing more than it should have but there were countless times where Smith took WAY too long to get rid of the ball.

Gee, I wonder why. Maybe it's because our practice squad level WR core was struggling to get open against a pretty good secondary?

[Sandy Vagina]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

How about alex smiths grade?
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They refused to give him a grade.. instead simply writing shit next to his name. Their categorization of shit was defined as "a player with a grade of -39 or worse".

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by OldSchool

Gee, I wonder why. Maybe it's because our practice squad level WR core was struggling to get open against a pretty good secondary?

I don't know. I don't have coaches film to know if receivers were getting open. I know it's not fair to blame a lot of pressures and sacks on the o-line if the QB isn't getting rid of the ball quickly.

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I don't know. I don't have coaches film to know if receivers were getting open. I know it's not fair to blame a lot of pressures and sacks on the o-line if the QB isn't getting rid of the ball quickly.

They where not, but nobody else was doing shit either. The cool thing about the Chiefs is the suck is not only limited to just one facet of the team.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

The line was as dogs hit as the QB and WRs