They keep running those gimmick plays that go nowhere. Wasted snaps.

We have poor blocking and protection. Fix that and the run game as well as the passing game will be fine.

Yeah, I know.

Love Andy, but wish he would just RUN THE ****ING BALL.

Especially when your OT's suck ass, and you have TWO really good RB's.

If for nothing else, go run heavy so that when you DO pass the ball, you've slowed the pass rush down a little and play-action will work.

Avg Expected Points Per Drive
2018: 3.12
2019: 2.59
2020: 2.74
2021: 2.71
2022: 2.71
2023: 2.01
2024: 2.42

Percentage of Drives ending in a Score
2018: 52.6%
2019: 48.8%
2020: 47.9%
2021: 48.2%
2022: 46.4%
2023: 39.3%
2024: 46.6%

Red Zone Plays:
2018: 171 plays, 68 Ru Att, 16 TD's, 63/96 Comp/Att, 35 TD, 1 INT, 7 Sacks (29.8% of red zone plays ended in a TD)
2019: 138 plays, 67 Ru Att, 16 TD's, 33/67 Comp/Att, 11 TD, 1 INT, 4 Sacks (19.5% of red zone plays ended in a TD)
2020: 152 plays, 63 Ru Att, 10 TD's, 51/85 Comp/Att, 25 TD, 2 INT, 4 Sacks (23% of red zone plays ended in a TD)
2021: 187 plays, 79 Ru Att, 15 TD's, 62/101 Comp/Att, 26 TD, 3 INT, 7 Sacks (21.9% of red zone plays ended in a TD)
2022: 209 plays, 84 Ru Att, 16 TD's, 73/123 Comp/Att, 34 TD, 3 INT, 2 Sacks (23.9% of red zone plays ended in a TD)
2023: 171 plays, 72 Ru Att, 8 TD's, 58/94 Comp/Att, 25 TD, 2 INT, 5 Sacks, (19.2% of red zone plays ended in a TD)
2024: 144 plays, 64 Ru Att, 10 TD's, 49/75 Comp/Att, 15 TD, 2 INT, 5 Sacks (17.3% of red zone plays ended in a TD)

Could be. I have thought that maybe they keep running it just set up something different in the playoffs.

The offensive line didn't get any push at all. The running game was ass on Friday and that's why they abandoned it. Can't be in 3rd and 8 all the time.

Nagy/Reid play calling

Reid: We're getting a lot of pressure to run the ball in the red zone. Let's line up Kelce in the shotgun. Direct snap. He'll RPO to Worthy in motion right to left then pitch it to Mahomes who's standing to the right of Kelce, who will then hand it off to Hardman who comes from the left.

That should shut them up for a week.

Just to compare (Baltimore Ravens)

Avg Expected Points Per Drive
2018: 2.06
2019: 2.95
2020: 2.56
2021: 1.97
2022: 1.90
2023: 2.37
2024: 2.82

Percentage of Drives ending in a Score
2018: 40.7%
2019: 51.8%
2020: 45.3%
2021: 38.5%
2022: 38.9%
2023: 43.1%
2024: 47.7%

Red Zone Plays:
2018: 159 Plays, 91 Ru Att, 18 TD, 32/64 Comp/Att, 14 TD, 1 INT, 4 Sack (20.1%)
2019: 173 Plays, 104 Ru Att, 18 TD, 40/65 Comp/Att, 25 TD, 4 Sacks (24.8%)
2020: 156 Plays, 94 Ru Att, 19 TD, 39/59 Comp/Att, 19 TD, 3 Sacks (24.3%)
2021: 150 Plays, 67 Ru Att, 16 TD, 45/75 Comp/Att, 17 TD, 3 INT, 8 Sacks (22%)
2022: 168 Plays, 88 Ru Att, 12 TD, 36/76 Comp/Att, 15 TD, 2 INT, 4 Sacks (16%)
2023: 180 Plays, 107 Ru Att, 23 TD, 45/68 Comp/Att, 18 TD, 2 INT, 5 Sacks (22.7%)
2024: 107 Plays, 58 Ru Att, 14 TD, 33/48 Comp/Att, 22 TD, 1 Sack (33%)

I would agree most any week. But Friday we were running for 1.9yds/carry, so I can't blame Andy for trying to pivot.

Mahomes has missed a lot of wide open receivers for short and long TDs this season but I don’t blame him for most of it. I think playing without a LT really affects his timing a lot more than most realize or Mahomes will admit.

That’s pretty much what Andy said. But his short passing game didn’t seem to be there either.

Yeah. OTs and the IOL both were inconsistent, to say the least, which didn't help at all. JJSS seems to be invisible in the RZ, and most anywhere else for that matter. We need the OL to do better, and someone else besides Nuk has to step up a little.

I've been wondering if it's Nagy. Last year, the offense struggled all year. But after the Christmas Day loss, something changed. I'm thinking that Reid quietly took over the play calling at that point. But he let Nagy take it back for the regular season this year. Andy will take over again when it's playoff time and things will turn around again. Maybe. I don't know. Just seems to make sense to me.

Someone should let Andy know they discovered several different types of rushes, and that it's not against the rules to call something other than hb blast.