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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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1) Feel like the non-Chiefs fan is just a little late to the party when it comes to recognizing how good Rice is now. Come Sunday night, good chance everyone's eyes are opened to the reality that the Chiefs do have enough weapons to get by now.
Yeah, everyone can watch last week's game and see Rice is good. But those who have watched every snap this year recognize the massive difference that's shown these past two games. The light bulb is on. They don't
have to manufacture touches anymore. Credit to the kid for still putting up some impressive numbers even with almost all manufactured touches in games early on, but now he is a fully integrated target who appears on the same page as Mahomes from snap to whistle.
2) I've always been amazed at how the OL seems to play its best during the playoffs since '18. I'm sure you could attribute it to many things - Mahomes stepping his game up and having excellent pocket presence, the cold weather, expanding the playbook, etc. But it needs to continue, that's for sure.