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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
5-0 is great. It's much better than 0-5. It's much more fun. No one disputes that.
But there's an expiration date on winning games with the formula the Chiefs have been using. We all know this. We have seen it time and time again. The Chiefs offense - and Alex Smith's play - need to look much more like what they did in the second half against the Giants or on a few drives here and there than the aggregate, if you have any hopes for winning playoff games and having a shot.
I keep seeing people talk about how much our offense 'stays on the field' but considering that it has inherited the best starting field position in the NFL, on average, and still has punted more than all but two teams, I don't think the 'stays on the field' argument really holds water.
The offense has done a great job limited turnovers, but there is luck involved there, too (fumbles popping right back to KC - such as Knile Davis's kickoff return fumble, Alex Smith getting lucky on non-interceptions). Eventually, that luck will even out.
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No one disputes that the offense HAS to get better or it will cost us a game or to.But some are acting like it already has
This brand of offense to me feels different because of what happens late in games. Those were the games that we have lost so so often in the past. This year they are going down and winning the game. Years past they would have just gone 3 and out or a pick 6 would have been thrown.
It's like they flip some switch in the 4th and are a very different offense then what they were at the start of the day. They need to flip that switch earlier you can't always think that you will be in position to just flip it and win every 4th at some point it will cost you that I don't think anyone would argue.
The ball has been bouncing our way a lot and Smith has thrown some balls the could have and some that should have been picked. To say otherwise is being dishonest. But the good news is that luck has been on our side at a good time. When Alex is starting in the new offense with his new teammates and working out some bugs.