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Originally Posted by keg in kc
There was plenty of praise to spread around in the first half and early third quarter when the defense was playing lights out and repeatedly putting the offense in favorable scoring situations. That lead was built on both sides of the ball. And then it was lost on both sides of the ball. The team as a whole did not do enough to win. One stop on defense. One sustained drive on offense. Either would have changed the outcome. Neither happened. Question degrees of blame however much you want, but everybody blew it.
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I disagree. The HUGE difference between the good Chiefs last year and the bad Chiefs is largely related to QB play.
The offense was converting close to 50% of their 3rd downs during their good streak. They were converting something like 30% when they were terrible. I can handle Smith's game management if he extends drives. In the first half of 2013 (despite the winning record) and in the beginning/end of 2014, he was outright terrible at this.