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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Dolphins fans are REALLY confident in their CB duo of Howard and Jones and their secondary overall.
Considering what the passing attacks of Buffalo, Seattle, and Arizona did to them, I don't quite get it...
Average performance from Allen, Wilson, and Murray was:
70% completions for 10.5 YPA, 341 yards, 2.7 TDs and 0.3 INTs
Those teams each put up 31 points. KC has a deeper/better group of playmakers and a better QB than each of those teams.
I expect KC to put up something like 38 points and 500 yards. Big day for Mahomes, especially early if the Dolphins try to leave Howard and Jones on islands against Hill and Watkins.
Having Watkins back is so big. If teams are employing the New England approach and doubling both Kelce and Hill, Watkins against single coverage (and, at best, CB #2) is the matchup KC can use to kill them.
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While I don't expect Miami to win. I feel the need to clear up some issues with your post. Early on in the season Howard was still working toward being 100% from his knee injury. He was on limited snaps the first week in NE. Jones went down the first few plays of the Buffalo game. Miami inserted 20 year old corner Noah who got his butt whooped bad. Kid just wasn't ready. Suffice to say Miami would have won that game if Jones hadn't gone down. Noah also gave up several critical plays against Seattle in what had been a tight game. Against the Cardinals they just couldn't stop Murray from escaping all the time (He literally ran for over 100 yards).
So basically you all haven't seen zero blitzing the way Miami does it combined with having 3 solid corners and 2 solid safeties (former corners). At the same time Miami is crap at handling mobile QB's. Get Mahomes on the move and he will run all day long.
It should be an interesting matchup as CB Nik Needham has been playing well lately. Giving them 3 good corners combined with a solid set of corners/safeties. Where K.C. should hit them is our LB's. They've been pretty terrible in coverage and in stopping the run. Also sticking with the run is the way to go as besides our LB's sucking in run support. So do our safeties beyond Brandon Jones as he's the only real safety out there. McCain and Rowe are former CB's who aren't that good at playing the run.