What happened to all the misdirection?

[DaFace]

As I watched the Cowboys game, I kept noticing that our offense has settled into a pretty typical "line up, look around, snap the ball" approach lately. We were having so much success with all the movement and misdirection early in the season that it seems odd that they've gone away from it.

Any theories on why? Or am I just crazy and they're still doing it at about the same rate?

The only things I can think of are that injuries to guys like Wilson who were often part of the misdirection have made them prune down the playbook a bit or that they just don't like their chances against certain teams, but still, it seems very odd.

[PAChiefsGuy]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

He’s actually been good this year against the run and has made several plays.

I agree with Dane... Obviously Ford is not a superstar or anything like that but the Chiefs are much better with him healthy. I am looking forward to his return.

[ARROW2]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

It was noted that the Chiefs have good success when playing defenses that play a lot of man coverage. The Steelers, and teams that have played the Chiefs thereafter, have been running a lot of zone blitzes.

yep, and it spooks Alex. Stack the box and zone blitz, checkmate.

[dlphg9]

It's because Alex Smith is incompetent he could ruin a punt