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Originally Posted by OKchiefs
Aaron Donald led the NFL with 98 total pressures and TJ Watt was second with 75, per PFF. That's roughly 6 a game for AD and 5 a game for Watt. You don't see how 10+ pressures in a game is excessive? There have been plenty of dominant pass rushers in the Super Bowl, nobody in recent memory has put up the same amount as Bosa and Barrett.
Again, I'm not bitching. I'm asking, if a dominant DE is capable of playing out of their minds even when going up against a pro bowl left tackle in Fisher, why are we not doing more to help the OL? We went without a touchdown against Tampa. Our offense was held in check for 3 quarters against SF. The KC offense clearly hasn't been nearly as explosive in the Super Bowl outside of the 4th qtr last year.
I don't recall the exact stat, but something was posted in regard to KC not giving extra help to the OL despite all the injuries. You really don't see something off about that? In 8 quarters of Super Bowl football we've seen maybe 1 quarter where the offense was dominant.
I can't emphasize enough, I'm not bitching. I'd sincerely like to know an answer as to what is different about our offensive performance between the Super Bowl and every other game where we do look dominant. Are our we just getting outcoached?
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I've said it before, but I'll say it again here since it's the answer to your question.
The answer to the question of "how do you beat the Chiefs" is this:
Pressure with 4, cover with 7. If you can get to Mahomes with 4 before his weapons can clear coverage, you can win.
We can't run the ball, so you don't have to respect that really. So if you have a dominant front 4, you can shut us down. Because our line sucks. Even with Fisher and Schwartz last year, it worked for 3 quarters until SF's line started to wear out.
We've got maybe 3 more seasons of peak Hill with peak Kelce and now CEH. We need to build a line good enough to keep defenses honest and Mahomes upright long enough to get it to them.