Is it fair to call him a real "lunchpail" kind of guy?

LOL

He's a good athlete.

I don't give a shit if he's white or not.

He plays the position scared. At times, it's worked here, but this year, it seems to have regressed.

He's the 4th best qb in the afc west. It's pathetic

He may be the 5th.

Hell, it's possible he's the 6th.

you can easily tell its mental walls that prevent alex from succeeding consistently at a high rate.

We're not doing shit unless our defense returns to what it was last year. Alex and the offense ain't gonna make up the difference

He avoids phantom pressure, so he either leaves the pocket and makes plays with his legs when it really isn't necessary for him to do so, or he runs himself into sacks.

He also holds the ball too long and often finds himself unable to escape as a result.

More than 50% of the sacks he takes are on him.

Run blocking and pass protection are 2 different animals.

If Pittsburgh's rush sucked so much that they had 2 sacks coming into the game, and sacked Alex 3 times, that's a good indication that the Chiefs line isn't and hasn't been very good.

Yes, Alex is on the hook for roughly 10% of the total sacks given his style of play.

Still, both guard positions have been a revolving door with guys filling in. Fisher is playing at a B grade at best in comparison to his play at the end of last season. Schwartz has been terrible and I can't figure it out. Least talked about, but it needs to be said is how much Morse has regressed. His size, pass protection, point of attack, and ability to seal and sustain were all questions before the draft.

There's no continuity along the line at every other spot, and I suspect that problem is exacerbating the 3 regular starters who are all lining up next to someone who they don't have familiarity with and possibly trying to do too much to help cover the backups butt!

That's the unique predicament of both guards being out in that it means there's no continuity across the entire line.

Alex needs to execute, but let's not pretend his protection has been really good like many expected, and actually a big disappointment to this juncture. The glimmer of hope is that the situation can improve quite a bit by fixing their mistakes and the return of the starters.

His style of play leads to that though. His offensive Linea have always struggled to pass block, because in part of alex.

He isn't decisive, leaves the pocket to phantom pressure and misses guys because of it.

Teams don't respect him to beat them from the pocket so they play super aggressive in a 15 yard box.

The line hasn't paved the way for huge Mack truck-sized holes like we all had hoped but they've been good enough to succeed.

The running game has been good despite Alex's usual rushing yardage added and yet the lass protection sucks? Again? For the 12th year in a row for this ****ing guy?

At some point you have to lay blame in the correct spot. He hasn't just been so unlucky to get crap offensive lines over his career. Truth is, he doesn't do his lines any favors.

Hence, I lay 10% of those sacks at Alex's feet. Let's not act like Alex is so fundamentally different back there to deflect from the lines culpability. Giving them a pass on 10% of the sacks is more than fair and the rest are a fair representation of the continuing up and down erratic protection issues.

It being erratic definitely leaves the lingering question in Smith's head of will I get decent protection this week? It's not an excuse, because he still has to step up and perform better, including watching the film and correcting his footwork and positioning when releasing the ball. But, it's not an imagined case of there being a chronic issue of protection breaking down on a reoccurring basis, and sporadically more than it should be in year 4.

Lack of consistency has definitely gotten in his head, and he or the staff need to do a better job of mentally preparing better. See a sports psychologist, I don't know? They're not paying me to so it's not my job.

I read this just after I farted and laughed for a bit

:cuss: Kelce wide open. Alex just has to stop and chuck it.

This reminds me of Alex early last season. He needs to pull his head out of his butt.

Maclin > than D Jax is debatable. I'd say about even. Kelce > than their TEs for sure.

Conley, I think can be better than Cooper. We just have had much chance to see as of yet because of mediocre to bad QB play. The one glaring difference is that out Oline is not playing very well. Alex has played poorly but some of that is due to the poor play at Oline. And no, I'm not an Alex apologist by any means. I just tell it like I see it.

Yeah, and not just the Pitt game. In almost every must run situation (2nd and 10 ex), he goes to the bubble right away if he gets a 3x2 look. They could have 6 in the box and he will still throw the bubble.