It's a thought, they're the only team I can remember in a LONG time if ever, that has two rookies starting at WR. That's a big piece of why Miller is such a big piece, the other two guys are still adjusting for a certain percentage of the game. I could definitely see that happening if he proves to be a problem.

On that note, if the game is in JaFat's chubby fingers, I feel good about where we're sitting....

Is there any chance they see what the Ravens did and come out slinging? We can only hope.
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I don't think one threat is bigger than the other if KC can't pressure the QB.

Or, he can just dump it to McFadden and see if KC's LBs can keep up.

Which brings us back to the 4-4

pull the strong safety and add another Dlineman on running downs to try and force the game in to Russell's hands ... err ... arm. :)

A few 3 and outs or a Russell interception, on 3rd and long, when the faiders are deep in their own territory could really get the game rolling in our favor.

Weren't we practicing a 5-3-3 or 5-2-4 or something in camp alot?

I couldn't disagree more, the Faiders clearly want to run the ball 1st and have made that their strength. Take away the run and the faiders lose.

I agree with this, but you have to take Miller out of the equation. If the Raiders don't have the run and he doesn't have his pacifier to turn to, he's gonna start slinging it to the WR's. Game, set, match, Chiefs.

That's what people said last week. Take away the run and make Flacco try to beat us. He's only a game manager...

I realize Russel isn't Flacco, but without pressure even Jamarcus is going to find open receivers.

We moved guys around alot but i don't want either of those setups.

5-3-3 allows too many huge runs if they break through the 5 Dlineman.

5-2-4 softens the middle of the field too much, which is where the faiders try and pound the ball.

4-4-3 lets you clog the line of scrimmage but still have a few linebacking corp to fill the holes and run sideline-to-sideline. The question is whether we can contain the deep passing game with only 3 in our secondary.

with 4 linebackers still in the game, we can still clog the short passing routes. we can still blitz as well... run blitz or pass blitz.

Our defensive strength is our corners, the faiders offensive weakness is at wide receiver. We need to try and make that work for us.

Fargas, Bush & McFadden are the strength of their offense by far. I like Laz's idea.