Chiefs Let's talk about the Seahawks. - Page 26

Direckshun · 11-10-2014, 10:28 AM

We are so close, and yet so very, very far. It's hard to think that the Chiefs still have mountains to climb, seeing as we're the #1 Wild Card team right now, but keep this in mind:

We've only won 6 games, and
Of the remaining 7 games on the schedule, five of them are murderer's row.

So that means, for the Chiefs to even have a fair chance at a playoff spot (9 wins), they need to win ONE of those immensely difficult games. In order to have an excellent chance at a playoff spot (10 wins), they'll need to win TWO.

Of those five games, few are more daunting than the game we have lined up this week at home against the Seattle Seahawks.

We know they are insanely talented on both offense and defense. But the biggest reason this is going to be a very difficult game: they just beat the Giants by rushing for 350 yards.

350.

yards.

rushing.

That is an actual thing that happened. Now factor in the fact that the Chiefs (a.) like to go into subpackages three-quarters of the game and (b.) are generally a lousy team against the run, and it's clear that this week is an uphill battle.

At least it's at home.

The heart and soul of everything the Seahawks do is Russell Wilson. There are few non-AFCW QBs we know better than Wilson on ChiefsPlanet. We know he's super athletic. He's extremely smart. He's tough and unshakeable. And he's got a fantastic arm that is very accurate. Wilson, however, is also extremely difficult to get to -- his OL is pedestrian, but his movement in the pocket is ballet-like, he always keeps his feet moving and can elude pressure better than every other QB in the league. He is the best in the NFL at eluding pressure. There is nobody better.

We're also familiar, are we not, with Mr. Marshawn Lynch. The Chiefs need to start Vickerson on the DL, and play Mays at ILB, because if we don't, Seahawks' OL and Lynch himself will chew us the **** up. I honestly don't know how we stop the Seahawks run game, but that's why I keep you guys around, right? The Seahawks have really good RBs in backup roles. Robert Turbin is basically a poor man's Marshawn Lynch himself, and Christine Michael is a terrific athlete. The run game is monstrous, and it's everything Seattle does brilliantly.

At WR, they are mercifully less imposing. They've released Percy Harvin, but they've got four good B-listers in Doug Baldwin, Jermaine Kearse, Paul Richardson, and Ricardo Lockette. None of these guys is "take over the game" great. But all of them are shifty route runners, and Wilson's movement in the pocket always buys them time. Zach Miller is another B-lister talent at TE, another guy who will make you pay on a few downs if you aren't on top of him.

The offensive line is strong on the left side. Russell Okung is an excellent LT when he's healthy, and James Carpenter is a former 1st rounder who's found a good home at guard. Max Unger is a tough center. I'm not crazy about their talent on the right side of the line: JR Sweazy and Justin Britt have been beat like drums a few times this year. Britt himself is a rookie at right tackle. Many Mizzou fans here know him very well, and he gets to line up for 60 snaps across from Justin ****ing Houston.

So that is an imposing offense that provides many riddles for the Chiefs defense.

As for the Chiefs offense, most notably, the Chiefs offensive line, well the hits just keep on coming.

After wrestling with the Rams, Jets, and Bills defensive lines, now they get a Super Bowl winning defensive line that ONCE AGAIN creates an unfair amount of pressure. Welcome to the NFL.

It's not quite what it was with Gus Bradley running the show, but it's pretty ****ing close. Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril with Bruce Irvin at OLB is as lethal a set of edgerushers as the Chiefs will face all year. The first two in particular are capable of putting up multi-sack games, and Irvin is capable of being a terror off the edge. Up the gut, Brandon Mebane has been a revelation over the past several years, and while he's a step down from Marcell Dareus and Kyle Williams (thank the lord), he's still a block of granite on running downs. They also start Tony McDaniel, who does a solid job, and they have Kevin Williams backing them up at DT -- yes, the Kevin Williams you're thinking of.

It gets worse, because the second level of the defense is very stout as well. I've already mentioned Irvin, but K.J. Wright and Malcolm Smith came up huge in the Super Bowl (Smith won MVP). Bobby Wagner at MLB is a reliable player as well.

And of course, the Seahawks have the NFL's best secondary. I hope you guys all had fun watching Bowe this week, because he's gone this week. Richard Sherman is a Top Three corner, and specializes on large, physical WRs like Bowe. You can bet that Sherman will read those back-shoulder throws and make Alex Smith pay if he tries that shit on him.

The good news is the rest of the CBs on Seahawks roster can be passed on, SO IT WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME IF DONNIE AVERY MAGICALLY HEALED THIS WEEK. Byron Maxwell, Tharold Simon, Marcus Burley... these are not people the Chiefs need to gameplan around.

Of course, the reason the Seahawks have the best secondary in the league is because they have the best safety duo in the NFL. Kam Chancellor is a 230 lbs punishing strong safety, and while he isn't a world beater in coverage, he can blow up run games. And Earl Thomas is the best safety in the NFL -- he's an elite, 4.3 speed deep single high safety who takes away the deep game. Not that he needs it against Alex Smith.

It is crazy how far this Chiefs team has come. But there is no doubt that it has a long, long way to go. This Seahawks game is going to be as stiff as challenges get.

Direckshun · 11-15-2014, 03:25 AM

The Seahawks' read option.

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At least the Chiefs have seen this in practice against Alex Smith...

Direckshun · 11-15-2014, 03:27 AM

This kind of shit has given the Chiefs and their backup ILBs fits all year.

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Direckshun · 11-15-2014, 03:30 AM

The Chiefs can shut down so much of what Lynch does if they can just keep tackling well.

http://gfycat.com/IncredibleMeaslyIndochinesetiger

Direckshun · 11-15-2014, 03:30 AM

Stay home, mother****ers.

Stay home.

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OldSchool · 11-15-2014, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Direckshun

Stay home, mother****ers.

Stay home.

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Put Berry in the box and make him spy on Wilson all game long.

Direckshun · 11-15-2014, 09:19 AM

Andy Reid:

Quote:

Q: Looking at Cairo Santos, he hasn’t had the opportunity to kick in the cold weather too often, it’s supposed to snow tomorrow. What adjustments does he need to make to be ready?

REID: “Well he’s not kicking tomorrow in the snow."

Hmmmm.

Gaines is expected:

Quote:

Q: Was Phillip Gaines limited today?

REID: “Yeah, he practiced today.”

Q: So you expect to have him Sunday?

REID: “Yeah.”

A peek into this week's WR situation:

Quote:

Q: Just with the wide receiver situation, does that mean Frankie Hammond’s the man now?

REID: “He’s going to play quite a bit yeah. We’ll have some different personnel groups in there for him.”

Q: What about (Albert) Wilson?

REID: “Wilson would be a guy that would work in too. Yeah, yeah.”

:

Quote:

Q: You only get those 14 padded practices so how do you stay on top of that?

REID: “You can do some things. They are similar to what they did in the video. You can do some things where you’re not live and work your form tackling techniques, yeah.”

Q: Do you guys teach all those techniques because you have different types of them?

REID: “We just teach ninja moves. That’s all.”

Q: Do you…

REID: “Get over here and I’m going to show you. You stand there and I’m going to show you right here.”

Q: Going back to the cold, what do you expect from Chiefs fans this Sunday?

Direckshun · 11-15-2014, 09:31 AM

Here's how I see this game, one day out.

I think it'll be something ridiculous like 33 to 28, Seahawks.

I don't see how on earth we stop the Seahawks rungame. Our ILBs are too weak, and unless we take a 180-degree turn and play with three DL for the majority of the game, they'll run right over us.

At the same time, I don't know how Seattle stops us. Our specialty is the short passing game and run game, and Seattle's one of the worst at stopping the short passing game. We also run the ball on everyone, and without Mebane, the Seattle rush defense is merely above average.

So neither team can stop the other. I'm going with the Seahawks merely because I like their run game on Sutton's defense more than I like our offense on their defense. I really do think the Seahawks will run the ball 45 times.

**Mav** · 11-15-2014, 09:32 AM

We are going to need Joe Mays this week.

Direckshun · 11-15-2014, 09:35 AM

We're going to need Mays to play. We're going to need major snaps from Vickerson. We're going to need Berry to play up at the LOS. And we need to play in our base defense 60%-80% of the time, not 20%-40%.

All of which Sutton hasn't done all year, no matter who we've played.

We need to do basically all of these things to have a chance to slow down that run game, and I don't see Sutton willing to reverse himself that dramatically.

Who the hell knows. All I know is that this is a super unique opponent that truly doesn't give a shit about passing the ball. We need to take one week to break from form and sell out to shut that ****ing run game down.

If we can even slow it down, it's over. Mav's dead right, this Seahawks defense is not built to stop Alex Smith, and all the things Smith does well, the Seahawks are pretty weak at, and they won't stop our run game.

Direckshun · 11-15-2014, 09:41 AM

Case in point:

Quote:

Kansas City quarterback Alex Smith is averaging fewer passing yards per attempt than any quarterback over the last five seasons. And 80 percent of his attempts this season have come within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage.

But the Seattle defense has allowed the second-highest quarterback rating on throws 10 yards or fewer downfield. It has allowed 12 touchdowns with just a single interception.

The Chiefs wide receivers have not caught any TD passes this season, but their tight ends have six TD receptions.

Stopping tight ends has been a problem at times this season for the Seahawks. The good news is strong safety Kam Chancellor will return this weekend after missing the last two games with a groin injury.

**BigRedChief** · 11-15-2014, 10:12 AM

Lynch welcoming the Chief fans last night in a downtown KC hotel. Bitch mode?

Direckshun · 11-15-2014, 10:13 AM

Oh god -- is that real?

I love it.

**BigRedChief** · 11-15-2014, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Direckshun

Oh god -- is that real?

I love it.

Yep. It's all over Facebook

Aspengc8 · 11-15-2014, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Direckshun

The Seahawks' read option.

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At least the Chiefs have seen this in practice against Alex Smith...

They should be alright.

Before committing extra players in the box, start with scrape exchange.
http://grantland.com/features/after-...d-read-option/

http://www.glazierclinics.com/conten...on%204-2-5.pdf

I'd bring someone else in the box if the above is not working out well.

Sorter · 11-15-2014, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Lynch welcoming the Chief fans last night in a downtown KC hotel. Bitch mode?

11-10-2014, 10:28 AM
Direckshun __ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Springpatch Casino cash: $4373447	Let's talk about the Seahawks. We are so close, and yet so very, very far. It's hard to think that the Chiefs still have mountains to climb, seeing as we're the #1 Wild Card team right now, but keep this in mind: We've only won 6 games, and Of the remaining 7 games on the schedule, five of them are murderer's row. So that means, for the Chiefs to even have a fair chance at a playoff spot (9 wins), they need to win ONE of those immensely difficult games. In order to have an excellent chance at a playoff spot (10 wins), they'll need to win TWO. Of those five games, few are more daunting than the game we have lined up this week at home against the Seattle Seahawks. We know they are insanely talented on both offense and defense. But the biggest reason this is going to be a very difficult game: they just beat the Giants by rushing for 350 yards. 350. yards. rushing. That is an actual thing that happened. Now factor in the fact that the Chiefs (a.) like to go into subpackages three-quarters of the game and (b.) are generally a lousy team against the run, and it's clear that this week is an uphill battle. At least it's at home. The heart and soul of everything the Seahawks do is Russell Wilson. There are few non-AFCW QBs we know better than Wilson on ChiefsPlanet. We know he's super athletic. He's extremely smart. He's tough and unshakeable. And he's got a fantastic arm that is very accurate. Wilson, however, is also extremely difficult to get to -- his OL is pedestrian, but his movement in the pocket is ballet-like, he always keeps his feet moving and can elude pressure better than every other QB in the league. He is the best in the NFL at eluding pressure. There is nobody better. We're also familiar, are we not, with Mr. Marshawn Lynch. The Chiefs need to start Vickerson on the DL, and play Mays at ILB, because if we don't, Seahawks' OL and Lynch himself will chew us the ** up. I honestly don't know how we stop the Seahawks run game, but that's why I keep you guys around, right? The Seahawks have really good RBs in backup roles. Robert Turbin is basically a poor man's Marshawn Lynch himself, and Christine Michael is a terrific athlete. The run game is monstrous, and it's everything Seattle does brilliantly. At WR, they are mercifully less imposing. They've released Percy Harvin, but they've got four good B-listers in Doug Baldwin, Jermaine Kearse, Paul Richardson, and Ricardo Lockette. None of these guys is "take over the game" great. But all of them are shifty route runners, and Wilson's movement in the pocket always buys them time. Zach Miller is another B-lister talent at TE, another guy who will make you pay on a few downs if you aren't on top of him. The offensive line is strong on the left side. Russell Okung is an excellent LT when he's healthy, and James Carpenter is a former 1st rounder who's found a good home at guard. Max Unger is a tough center. I'm not crazy about their talent on the right side of the line: JR Sweazy and Justin Britt have been beat like drums a few times this year. Britt himself is a rookie at right tackle. Many Mizzou fans here know him very well, and he gets to line up for 60 snaps across from Justin ing Houston. So that is an imposing offense that provides many riddles for the Chiefs defense. As for the Chiefs offense, most notably, the Chiefs offensive line, well the hits just keep on coming. After wrestling with the Rams, Jets, and Bills defensive lines, now they get a Super Bowl winning defensive line that ONCE AGAIN creates an unfair amount of pressure. Welcome to the NFL. It's not quite what it was with Gus Bradley running the show, but it's pretty **ing close. Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril with Bruce Irvin at OLB is as lethal a set of edgerushers as the Chiefs will face all year. The first two in particular are capable of putting up multi-sack games, and Irvin is capable of being a terror off the edge. Up the gut, Brandon Mebane has been a revelation over the past several years, and while he's a step down from Marcell Dareus and Kyle Williams (thank the lord), he's still a block of granite on running downs. They also start Tony McDaniel, who does a solid job, and they have Kevin Williams backing them up at DT -- yes, the Kevin Williams you're thinking of. It gets worse, because the second level of the defense is very stout as well. I've already mentioned Irvin, but K.J. Wright and Malcolm Smith came up huge in the Super Bowl (Smith won MVP). Bobby Wagner at MLB is a reliable player as well. And of course, the Seahawks have the NFL's best secondary. I hope you guys all had fun watching Bowe this week, because he's gone this week. Richard Sherman is a Top Three corner, and specializes on large, physical WRs like Bowe. You can bet that Sherman will read those back-shoulder throws and make Alex Smith pay if he tries that shit on him. The good news is the rest of the CBs on Seahawks roster can be passed on, SO IT WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME IF DONNIE AVERY MAGICALLY HEALED THIS WEEK. Byron Maxwell, Tharold Simon, Marcus Burley... these are not people the Chiefs need to gameplan around. Of course, the reason the Seahawks have the best secondary in the league is because they have the best safety duo in the NFL. Kam Chancellor is a 230 lbs punishing strong safety, and while he isn't a world beater in coverage, he can blow up run games. And Earl Thomas is the best safety in the NFL -- he's an elite, 4.3 speed deep single high safety who takes away the deep game. Not that he needs it against Alex Smith. It is crazy how far this Chiefs team has come. But there is no doubt that it has a long, long way to go. This Seahawks game is going to be as stiff as challenges get.
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11-15-2014, 03:25 AM	#376
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11-15-2014, 03:27 AM	#377
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11-15-2014, 03:30 AM	#378
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11-15-2014, 03:30 AM	#379
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11-15-2014, 09:31 AM	#382
Direckshun __ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Springpatch Casino cash: $4373447	Here's how I see this game, one day out. I think it'll be something ridiculous like 33 to 28, Seahawks. I don't see how on earth we stop the Seahawks rungame. Our ILBs are too weak, and unless we take a 180-degree turn and play with three DL for the majority of the game, they'll run right over us. At the same time, I don't know how Seattle stops us. Our specialty is the short passing game and run game, and Seattle's one of the worst at stopping the short passing game. We also run the ball on everyone, and without Mebane, the Seattle rush defense is merely above average. So neither team can stop the other. I'm going with the Seahawks merely because I like their run game on Sutton's defense more than I like our offense on their defense. I really do think the Seahawks will run the ball 45 times.
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11-15-2014, 09:32 AM	#383
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11-15-2014, 09:35 AM	#384
Direckshun __ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Springpatch Casino cash: $4373447	We're going to need Mays to play. We're going to need major snaps from Vickerson. We're going to need Berry to play up at the LOS. And we need to play in our base defense 60%-80% of the time, not 20%-40%. All of which Sutton hasn't done all year, no matter who we've played. We need to do basically all of these things to have a chance to slow down that run game, and I don't see Sutton willing to reverse himself that dramatically. Who the hell knows. All I know is that this is a super unique opponent that truly doesn't give a shit about passing the ball. We need to take one week to break from form and sell out to shut that ****ing run game down. If we can even slow it down, it's over. Mav's dead right, this Seahawks defense is not built to stop Alex Smith, and all the things Smith does well, the Seahawks are pretty weak at, and they won't stop our run game.
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