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Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar
Re-watched our offensive possessions in Cincinnati.
1st drive - Moved the ball relatively easily until a batted pass near the goal line. Settled for FG.
2nd - Sack on 2nd down. Nobody open on 3rd. Couldn't connect on a bomb.
3rd - Had to convert a 4th and 4 but scored a TD easily after.
4th - Several chunk plays followed by a TD.
5th - Multiple chunk plays. Defense tightened up near the goal line. Mahomes TD dive on 4th down.
6th - Moved the ball well until the Kelce fumble.
7th - Moving the ball until Mahomes was tripped up trying to run for the first on 3rd and short. Andy stupidly tries the FG
instead of trusting Mahomes to pick up 3 yards.
Only one punt. Two sacks. KC was able to get chunk plays fairly consistently, especially on the ground. Solid success in the screen game. Balanced attack overall.
I think Mahomes and Andy really know how to attack this defense now. They were a rare Kelce fumble and a batted pass from probably adding another 10-14 points. And they'd have likely kept the last drive alive had Andy not been a huge pussy and settled for the FG.
Also, Mahomes didn't do a whole lot of scrambling in this game. Mostly stayed in the pocket. Hopefully that will bode well for the rematch.
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That was my take, too. I was looking closely at the rewatch at how much was done outside structure, and it really wasn't much at all.
That gameplan they went to in the second half really had the offense humming along. If anything, I think the only tweak I see is to be more willing to run the ball in 3 and 4 yards to gain situations. If you're at 3rd and 3 in long FG range, handing it off to Pacheco is not a bad approach to take (and if you want to throw, subbing him in and seeing if the opponents go to a more run-focused look and adjusting to that works, too).