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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Usually it's Alex Smith. But that wasn't the case yesterday.
When he doesn't press, the defense loads the box and stuffs the run game.
When he goes into a conservative shell, he pump fakes to his first reads instead of getting rid of the ball, so he holds onto the ball longer than he needs to. It also helped that Reid was more creative with the playcalling, so he needs to be aggressive too. I don't know why we waited so long in the season to start showing jet sweeps and options, which keep the defense on their feet.
It's amazing how much better the OL looks when Alex plays aggressive football.
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Mostly disagree. Change the name to Andy, and I would. At the very least, the lack of aggression is more like a 70/30 ratio on HC and QB.
Most of what Smith does is by design.. from Reid. You can tell that Andy draws up lots of screens and designs to get the ball to just one target. You can tell that Andy doesn't want to risk Smith taking many hits.
First intended target is open at all, Smith will go to him... and he frequently does. Say that this first target is Hill on an 8 yard curl. Remotely open, and Smith hits him. He doesn't wait to see if Kelce.. the next option.. is getting open on a flag route. Why? because pass rush.. and he won't abandon the 8 yard gain just on the chance that maybe the next option might get open.. and maybe he'll have time to get it there. Smith is not a risk taker.. and only becomes one when it becomes more clearly necessary.
Yesterday was both HC and QB recognizing that the ATL offense might slaughter on the scoreboard.. and along with that, understanding that ATL was weaker in the secondary.
AMEN for that, because the ATL defense was shutting down the KC run game. What little Ware got was nearly all on his own toughness and ability.
Now, we see if Andy goes back to small ball... actually, maybe not this week.. as OAK has similar strengths and weaknesses as ATL. 70/30 ratio, imho.