Saccopoo |
02-01-2011 04:20 PM |
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
(Post 7398228)
While Albert and Richardson were far from perfect this past season, you know as well as anyone that the interior of the Chiefs offensive line was the real culprit in their failures to convert on third down and in short yardage situations.
Also, as much as I hope the Chiefs upgrade their center and right guard positions (with Asamoah, at least IMO, being an upgrade over Lilja), the Chiefs had the #1 rushing attack in the NFL and that line protected a mediocre QB with questionable decision making, yet threw for 27 TD's and 7 INT's.
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I've said it before - the numbers are skewed. Look at the stats on the teams we faced this season. Horrible defensive lines that weren't very good against the run or rushing the quarterback. The ones that were were the ones that gave us the most problems.
In addition, the Chiefs, ran the ball more times than any other team in 2010, were also 29th in pass attempts, but yet were middle of the pack in terms of sacks allowed (20th) and quarterback hits (15th). That's shitty pass protection, especially considering that they focused on getting the ball out of Cassel's hands much faster this season and were constantly throwing quick screens, dumpoffs, etc., as well as running the ball nearly 100 attempts more than they passed the ball (556 rushes versus 475 pass attempts). That's shitty pass protection, period.
The 2011 schedule will not be as forgiving or complimentary to our offensive tackles as the 2010 schedule was. (And none of our tackles were very good last season.)
You don't think the tackles need upgrading? Fine. Tell me what you think after a season that is going to include Jared Allen, Julius Peppers, Kyle VanDenBosch, Clay Matthews, James Harrison, Dwight Freeney, Ndamukong Suh, Elvis Dumervil, and co. (And that also includes four games against the Raiders and Chargers, who were tied for second in the leagues in sacks last season.)
It's going to be a night and day difference from what we saw in 2010 versus 2011.
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Again, I hope the Chiefs upgrade the interior but they have far greater needs than offensive tackles.
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I hope for your sake and everyone else's who thinks that there are more pressing needs than upgrading our offensive tackles, that Richardson and Albert are as good as you think that they are. They will certainly need to be to give the Chiefs a chance next season.
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