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Originally Posted by kccrow
The oddity is that, statistically, the Chiefs are better this year than last year. The eyeball test tends to show some areas that are of major concern that they didn't have last season though, and those can be detrimental in the playoffs.
The LT situation is horrendous and with Taylor already being mediocre on the right side and Smith playing uncharacteristically bad, that shapes up as a recipe for disaster. We already saw how that can play out by looking back to the TB SB. Now, we all hope Humphries is the answer but I'm reserved because he's never been great and he's coming back from a major injury. You just hope he can give you that floor Easy6 was talking about yesterday.
The pass rush is anemic. I haven't seen a pass rush this bad from a Spags defense in a while. Not being able to get to the QB is going to be a problem, especially if it forces exotic blitzes all of the time just to generate something. The best QBs will be there in the playoffs and they tend to feast off of blitzing.
The defensive backfield is a hot mess and really exposed. I think some of it is pass rush and some of it is they are just playing like ass. We can't bank on Watson coming back for the playoffs. Williams is starting to play better but it still feels like this unit is walking a fine line.
Then we get to the elephant in the room and that's how poorly Patrick has played at times. He's not seeing the field like he has in the past and he's sure as hell not taking the shots like he used to. The real question is to what extent the lack of quality OT play has damaged his psyche.
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Last year's offensive personnel was far worse. Rice was great as a rookie but he was very limited in his route tree. Then we had Sky Moore, Toney as the supposed guys to step up and MVS was awful.
It was so bad that Justin Watson was the featured WR in a key game against Philly.