Could the sausage be a competent goalline back?
 

In no way am I giving up on CEH after one week in the same role, but just throwing out food for thought (pun intended). A lot of teams use a lot of different backs in a lot of different ways. For teams that don't have a bruiser or a pounder, could the sausage fill that role and be a TD machine at the goalline?

I'm also not as smart as our coaches and don't pretend that I am qualified to suggest I know better than them how to get the most out of our players, or utilize them in the best ways to win. Again, I'm just asking a question specific to the sausage in general.

I prefer the jet sweeps near the goal line with Tyreek/Hardman.

Also it pads Mahomes’ stats since those count as TD passes.

CEH will be fine. McCullough and Bieniemy said he didn't always follow what was given to him on those plays, which would indicate that it's a coaching thing, not an ability thing. We all know Clyde is super coachable, so we'll be alright. Darrell Williams also has a good track record at short yardage carries. I believe he's never failed to convert for first downs when we've given him the ball on 3rd and 4th and short.

If we go to Sherman once in awhile, it will surprise teams, but he shouldn't be our version of the Fridge. That's not really who he is. The Packers years ago tried that with their FB John Kuhn, and it almost never worked. I was pretty shocked they kept coming back to him again and again to be honest.

Short answer, HELL YES!! I'm not saying he should get the ball at the 5, but 1st and goal at the 1 or 2, why not? We need to quit trying to outsmart the other team every time and just punish them instead.

I agree right behind that left side

I mean not saying the guy couldnt score at all, but hes got 25 career carries, lets just let the professional ball carriers do the thing.

Better as a lead blocker for Williams.

No. He's not worth anything more than an occasional surprise FB dive down there.

I don't think he's explosive enough for a critical situation. Best used as a surprise attack.

I prefer my fullbacks to catch 30 yard wheel routes against divisional opponents.

He looked good in Denver a few yrs ago ,pats 1st start?

I'd rather we just throw a deep fade to him at the goal line

Take a look at the video highlights I posted from last weeks game.

Tyreek could have walked into the end zone had Mahomes tossed it to him. :hmmm:

https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=333563

Maybe.

Reid needs to (and will) open up the playbook more in those situations when it matters. Put the ball in Mahomes’s hands with options. He’ll get a TD with three attempts within the 10 almost every time.

He can be our Peyton Hillis.

Sherman should never touch the ball unless it is a play where he is the last option. I guess you could do the fake toss fullback trap once a game to keep the defense honest but it seems like in the NFL he is just going to get stacked up after he runs right into the guards ass.

It’s one game. Not sure I’d change a damn thing at this point. He’s our guy. Let’s keep giving him the rock.

There was a game a couple years ago where he was the main back, and he looked great.

They always seem to work too.

That's still one of my favorite Mahomes plays ever. Certainly not his most impressive, but it was just the timing of it all. Week 1, his second career start. He's already looked great in the game, and if Chiefs fans couldn't get a bigger boner, they just did when the goddamn fullback caught that long wheel route and rumbled into the end zone like Jerry freakin Rice.

If I recall correctly, due to a 1-week suspension for Demetrius Harris, Sherman was basically the #2 TE that game, and the fact that Mahomes got even him involved with a score was jaw dropping and amazing

Also, I think people are overrating size and muscle bulk in these kinds of situations.

Sherman is built like a tank, yes, but that doesn't mean he would run like one. You're far better off giving the ball to RB who can churn his legs and better identify where the weakest point in the line is. Sherman doesn't have that experience as a ballcarrier.

He's big and strong? Cool story bro. Guess what? So are all the massive elephants lined up on the defensive line. If you need to break/wiggle out of a tackle, Sherman isn't the guy to get that done. Odds are he's not going to overpower that many fat guys and get across the line, particularly if the DL gets any kind of pushback or penetration. Then we're REALLY screwed.

The moment I knew we had an elite qb. It blew my mind he threw that pass to that guy and it was feathered in perfectly. Just a beautiful play.

As much patience and change-of-motion as CEH demonstrates already, he'll be a beast in the red zone sooner rather than later.

CEH will be fine, you don’t have to pound it over center each attempt.

They need to develop Chris Jones or Mike Pennell to blow the Goal Line. They can also be a good decoy to toss to Hardman/Hill/ Watkins on a sweep.

You fake a handoff to Jones and you're gonna see 14 defenders trying to plug the goal line.

Sherm probably will score a couple times this season, and likely at least once from the GL, but running the ball is not really his strength.

Perfect route, perfect pass, perfect play. That shot at :30 -

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I love how all the other running backs sprint down to the end zone to show Sherman some love

In those situations we were already going to win. No need to get fancy, everyone knew he was running right up the gut. A sweep or screen probably would have scored but we were running clock and didn't need to show any cards.

Keep ****ing Doubting The Sausage :)

Literally none of this is correct.

I agree. Substitute Jones and Pennel for Sasquatch and the Abominable Snowman and he may be on to something.

They could literally just interdimensionally teleport to the end zone.

Absolutely. I wish Reid would stop playing ‘hide the sausage’ and just unleash him.

Just often enough that the defense has to watch for it, maybe 5 carries a season.

I would not see the Sausage as a lone back but the up back in a FB/RB alignment and him getting the ball for a carry.

With the football placed perfectly in the right location that my fullback does not break stride.

It was the Pittsburgh game for me. We couldn't win there to save our lives for so many years, and then here comes this kid that goes in there and throws 6TDs effortlessly and just blew their freaking doors off. I said to myself then..."holy shit...we're going to win a Superbowl with this guy"

OK . I suck. But it was a thought.

I've long said he's criminally underused in the offense, but that doesn't necessarily mean I want him being our primary goal line guy

That sorta thing works best in limited doses

But to have him in there blocking more often, and catching a few more passes... absolutely

Why? CEH runs best out of a single back set. If your fullback is catching passes, one of our other real weapons is catching fewer.

How does a greater workload for his slow ass improve things?

Does Sherman play on special teams? Not sure why the Chiefs keep him around if he’s not used much anymore?

Yes, he still play special teams.

Remember when dipshit KCJohnny thought Kris Wilson should be our starting running back?

Dude, don’t worry about it. This place has always been harsh.


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Or we could just bring back Dontari Poe for goal line situations? :hmmm:

I’m telling you. Nnadi is that guy. I’d love to see him run hungry pig.

LMAO I'd forgotten about that

Sign Jon Baldwin and convert him to running back!!!

JB4RB!!!!!

Sausage ran at least a dozen straight goal line plays during the open Saturday practice at Arrowhead. Scored every time.

Yeah he can definitely get it done, we all remember him being the bell cow vs Denver and doing quite well... but going to that well too often at the goal line or in short yardage isn't a good idea IMO

Once teams start keying on him, the effectiveness will wane