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Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief
Sneed and McDuffie say hello...
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I think showing blitz is smart, but blitzing him may not be. If he gets under or around your blitzer, you're in trouble. That leaves a lot of green in front of him and you're now 2 guys short in covering the space.
Now that all said, blitz numbers against other teams don't translate as well against the Chiefs as people think because our coverage stuff is pretty damn unique.
Not necessarily in the "Man, our coverage is so much better than theirs" sense (though as a general rule it is). But rather in a "Holy hell, these guys are absolutely beating the shit out of us as we try to get off the line" sense.
It's HARD to beat a blitz when your guys can't get into their routes. McDuffie is sticky in the slot so that's a tough hot read, especially when he's such a sure tackler. And Sneed...well that dude just spends entire games physically assaulting whatever poor bastard he's lined up against. If this were in Arrowhead, OBJ would absolutely end up with a personal foul call against him at some point for shoving Sneed after a play. In Baltimore he may be able to keep it under control. Watson and Williams are plenty physical in their own right.
But beating a blitz is about having a guy short you can hit quickly. Likely is talented as hell - but does he know the offense well enough to be the hot? Does it matter if he does and Gay is healthy? Can the Baltimore WRs get off the jam well enough to give Lamar someone to throw to anyway?
The Chiefs blitz is a slightly different animal because of how physical their corners are at the line. I almost wonder if the better answer isn't to drop back deep (like Mahomes will do sometimes) and huck a YOLO ball out there in the hopes that Flowers or OBJ won the battle at the line, can win on a shot play and now you force the DBs to be a little less aggressive.
Then again, I'm not sure 'less aggressive' is a club that Playoff Spags has in his bag. Dude's a lunatic in the post-season.