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Originally Posted by Detoxing
If you watched the Seahawks game the Chargers were in complete control. That's a situation where the final score doesn't represent the game as a whole. Their kicker left 5-6 points on the field from a missed FG, two missed XP's and their lack of faith in him caused them to go for 2 which they failed on.
And the Titans game was in London, so not exactly a "home game".
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I didn't watch the Seahawks game and your point regarding London is a fair one.
But at home in London is a far cry from on the road at Arrowhead, no? It's less about the defense being charged up than it is the offenses's ability to operate/audible easily. That's just a damn hard thing in KC.
So what's your metric there? Are you of the mind we throw that game out as well? If so, then you're really punting on games against NE, Pitt, STL, SD and NO. Maybe Carolina as well. I think at some point you have to see improvement against elite offenses.
Yards mean dick, but if the Chiefs can play the 1st half against the Patriots the way they played the 2nd (forcing the Patriots to kick 4 FGs) they'll win a shitload of games. Stiffening in the red zone against premier offenses is a reasonable ask. That would bring a 40+ point game down into the high 20s/low 30s and represent improvement.
You're in the realm of firmly mediocre at that point. But if an offense does to the Chiefs what the Patriots did in that first half, well that's just a bad damn defense right there.