I don't know the names of all of the schemes that the Chiefs play in the run game however it seems, to me, that when a yard or two is needed, the Chiefs struggle to just line up and get it done. Some play that takes a long time develop occurs and the Chiefs lose yardage and have to punt.

Everything worked against the Cardinals and the Chargers appeared to know what was coming at them. Is it the personnel, the coaching or a combination of both?

Well at least we are not running the Twilight Zone.

recency bias

michael burton was undefeated converting short yardage

fans still remember a couple years ago, before trey and creed, when we couldn't run power for shit

What don't you understand about DJ's comment below ??? I as well, really thought losing Hill might be a blessing in disguise to make defenses even more frustrated in 'pick your poison'. But it hasn't happened yet and why Schuster and Scantling are quiet to this point. BUT it is still early and chemistry is still being built SOOOO I will be patient for now. However, IF by 2/3rds of the way through the season these guys are still quiet and our run game rarely runs interior and is mediocre once again, I assure you we will NOT beat Buffalo. Great point DJ!!

I just have nothing to add to this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Some added context to this:<br>When the Chiefs run OZ/RPO concept from shotgun the RB&#39;s shoulders turn to the sideline, CEH has never been a start-and-stop player and by the time he can get to the backside, there&#39;s nothing he can do. He couldn&#39;t see the lane until it was too late <a href="https://t.co/aDAkTkmFFW">https://t.co/aDAkTkmFFW</a> <a href="https://t.co/bDCFKpl76N">pic.twitter.com/bDCFKpl76N</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Harms�� (@InHarmsWay19) <a href="https://twitter.com/InHarmsWay19/status/1574406472712310786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This is not a team that's going to excel by continuing with the RPO/OZ concepts. They need to build a new plane while they're flying it here. This just isn't working.

Yep. That's a tough one. IMO, may as well see what Pacheco has on some drives.

I was hoping Ealy would be our "quick guy in small spaces" guy, but obviously that isn't the case. Hell, I might IR McKinnon or CEH for a bit and see if I can find anything on the street.

I don't understand why we are so married to it. I wish Andy would explain it to us but we'll never get it out of him.

Many people, including myself, have been begging the Chiefs to run a power or gap scheme since last year.

I'm not going to claim I'm smarter than Reid or EB but I feel the Gap/Power scheme fits this line, running back room and offense much better than this outside zone scheme. It would also speed up the defense requiring them to commit earlier.

OBJ, Thuney, Creed all come from and played at a very high level with a gap/power scheme. Trey Smith has the body, strength and mind to dominate as well.

I don't know who's to blame but the running game is absolutely not this group of coaches finest hour. By this point they really should have worked out the players they have, what they can and can't do, and what defences are anticipating, and somewhat work around that. None of that seems to be happening.

pacheco will house this

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">the Falcons were shredding the Browns on the ground with mostly zone run concepts.<br><br>but check out this change-up they used. The formation and initial sell seems like a Lead Outside Zone run concept, but the Falcons pull Center Drew Dalman for a Windback run play and a big gain. <a href="https://t.co/uNxLEi03CT">pic.twitter.com/uNxLEi03CT</a></p>&mdash; Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nate_Tice/status/1577023327448678400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Definitely noticed more gap looks this week. And honestly, I think the willingness to utilize them made the zone stuff more effective.

They did pretty well against what WAS a top-10 rushing defense.

Yep, night and day from the Colts game. I dunno, better play calling, better execution, everything was just...good

Doing pretty well, just more busy than I'd like to be.

And yes, I did mean to use cutblock. Tequila affects my brain more than whisky it seems.

[QUOTE=DJ's left nut;16482589]I sent out the Sorter signal; he saw I started a thread and thought "Holy crap, I'll bet this is AWESOME..."

Yeah, I presumed he meant the cut-block rules. Good in theory but most DBs aren't willing to risk taking on blocks like that currently.

Regarding your last large paragraph, Andy has always favored ZB because of the big payoffs it used to yield via cutback + the advantages of boot action for PA.

Then you have the cross screen game that they were wicked with in Philly because of people overflowing to the zone run side.