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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I keep asking myself where the real weaknesses are.
WR - obviously. But shit man, Rice and Kelce are two premier pass-catchers at this point. That's as many as most teams have (though admittedly, not as many as Buffalo). For all the talk about Miami's explosive offense, that's what THEY had - Waddle and Hill. Can you name Miami's 3rd leading receiver? Some guy named Durham Smythe - I shit you not.
2 isn't ideal, but it WILL do the job. And I think Hardman is still someone teams have to account for. I think we're okay there. Not spectacular, but okay.
And that's the ONLY area where there are real issues. The defense, top to bottom and left to right, is solid as a rock. Not a single obvious flaw. They can do anything and they're coached by a guy who seems to be in complete control of his instrument and has been all year.
The OL is good. Nobody is ever happy with the OL here in KC because we saw the mountaintop in the DV years. No, the OL isn't THAT good - but I think we probably have the best offensive line left in the playoffs at this point. We have two above average pass blocking OTs and a very versatile and capable interior line. Should we be running the ball through the C gap a lot? No, no we should not. But that's not our style anyway.
I don't see an achilles heel here. I don't see anything that can be exploited. It's just a deep, well coached, very experienced football team.
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The Achilles heel is self inflicted mistakes. You can point to almost all our losses this year and there's either a critical penalty, drop, or turnover (or a combination) that led to us losing a close game.
I just hope we continue to avoid them, or keep them to a minimum. And that part I think is just luck, hope the football gods are on your side.