MELLINGER: Dear Chiefs fans: C'mon, it's not that bad ...

[O.city]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

It isn't expecting our offense to run on all cylinders. It's that our offense consistently and repeatedly completely stalls when we're up by more than 1 score. SD/Pitt - blew a huge first half lead. Denver, Arizona, Jacksonville, San Fran - really, really, really bad second half offense in each of those games. Even the SD game, nothing burns me more than 3 and outs when protecting leads. We had 1 TD drive sandwiched between 2 crucial 3 and outs.

You can make your own theories about why this is. But clearly there is a pattern. Can you look at the Den, AZ, Jacksonville, SF games and tell me with a straight face that our offense was anything short of terrible in the 4th quarter of those games?

So they should be scoring 45 per game? Blowing everyone out by what, 4 scores?

That's essentially what youre saying here, no?

That happens, well never in the NFL, but maybe it should have happened here?

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by O.city

So they should be scoring 45 per game? Blowing everyone out by what, 4 scores?

That's essentially what youre saying here, no?

That happens, well never in the NFL, but maybe it should have happened here?

No. But with a big lead in hand, if you're dominating in the first half theres no reason for all the three and outs or six and outs. You don't have to score on every big lead possession. Just try to not suck.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

No. But with a big lead in hand, if you're dominating in the first half theres no reason for all the three and outs or six and outs. You don't have to score on every big lead possession. Just try to not suck.

Well, I mean, the other team is going to eventually make a change no?

So what you're saying, is they need to go on long time consuming drives when they get up by multiple scores and not go 3 and out?

Like they just did last Thursday?

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by O.city

Well, I mean, the other team is going to eventually make a change no?

So what you're saying, is they need to go on long time consuming drives when they get up by multiple scores and not go 3 and out?

Like they just did last Thursday?

No, I don't think the solution is to game manage drives. The solution for me is to continue doing the things you did that led to the 2-score lead in the first place. I find it really hard to believe that every game like clockwork there's a point in every lead where Reid clearly pivots into a "run out the clock" situation. And in those situations, we don't just become less effective... we become terrible.

And no, 1 time-consuming drive (generous penalty-aided) does not change a pattern we've seen all season long.

The defense has warts. I can accept that. What I can't accept is a good offense that consistently stops being themselves consistently and repeatedly in the same situation.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I find it really hard to believe that every game like clockwork there's a point in every lead where Reid clearly pivots into a "run out the clock" situation. And in those situations, we don't just become less effective... we become terrible.

How do you find that hard to believe? It happens every game.
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[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by loochy

How do you find that hard to believe? It happens every game.
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Yeah, I find it really easy to believe because I watch it every week. And I watch it with major psychological trauma in every playoff game.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by loochy

How do you find that hard to believe? It happens every game.
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Yeah, I didn't word that correctly. I see it happening. I meant it's hard to believe that it's a coincidence that we struggle in the same exact situation every single time. There's obviously a pattern, not a series of coincidences.