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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
And that completely ruins outside zone because now the FB isn't available to create the cutback lane. He has to maintain outside and the backside pursuit can finish the play.
Like I said, I think Chenal was our defensive MVP yesterday. And there's a ZERO percent chance I'd have said that in the 1st quarter of that game. It was such an "In Spags We Trust" moment that will be forgotten to time.
The decision to lean into a relatively inexperienced player like Chenal (essentially taking Tranquill out of the game) took massive stones and it just flat out worked. It was the right decision.
Spags deserves a shitload of credit for that.
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He did the same thing last year against the Eagles elite OL. I kept thinking Spags would use him like he did against the Dolphins and he did.
Man he really is a tank out there. You just aren't moving that guy and if he's got any momentum you're moving backwards.
You could tell the Chiefs knew when they would run by their formation and motions. On those plays Spags had Chenal ram into the G on the side there were trying to run to. He also had Sneed blitz to cut off the outside completely and force CMC back inside right where Bolton could tackle him due to Chenal destroying the blockers.
We just completely out worked those guys and figured them out after their trick TD