kccrow |
12-03-2024 07:25 AM |
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Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar
(Post 17838814)
People have blathered about KC looking beatable late in the year basically every season. Never more so than last year.
The year before, KC lost to Cincinnati on Dec 4 and the defense was awful. Literally didn't get a stop other than when Bengals players dropped a ball. The next week they needed a late pick to eek out a win vs Brett Rypien and the Broncos. The following week they needed OT to beat a terrible Houston team. And in the last home game, they barely got by Denver again.
The roster they're going to have this postseason is going to be far better than either of those rosters.
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The oddity is that, statistically, the Chiefs are better this year than last year. The eyeball test tends to show some areas that are of major concern that they didn't have last season though, and those can be detrimental in the playoffs.
The LT situation is horrendous and with Taylor already being mediocre on the right side and Smith playing uncharacteristically bad, that shapes up as a recipe for disaster. We already saw how that can play out by looking back to the TB SB. Now, we all hope Humphries is the answer but I'm reserved because he's never been great and he's coming back from a major injury. You just hope he can give you that floor Easy6 was talking about yesterday.
The pass rush is anemic. I haven't seen a pass rush this bad from a Spags defense in a while. Not being able to get to the QB is going to be a problem, especially if it forces exotic blitzes all of the time just to generate something. The best QBs will be there in the playoffs and they tend to feast off of blitzing.
The defensive backfield is a hot mess and really exposed. I think some of it is pass rush and some of it is they are just playing like ass. We can't bank on Watson coming back for the playoffs. Williams is starting to play better but it still feels like this unit is walking a fine line.
Then we get to the elephant in the room and that's how poorly Patrick has played at times. He's not seeing the field like he has in the past and he's sure as hell not taking the shots like he used to. The real question is to what extent the lack of quality OT play has damaged his psyche.
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