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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties
The Chiefs were 5-0 and averaging 26.4 PPG with Thuney at LT before the Super Bowl.
It is flawed logic to suggest they would have been better off by doing something else, when the only evidence for that was a rather disastrous performance against the Chargers with DJ Humphries at LT.
Again, the Texans were very stout up front and in the secondary and the line handled them well enough to beat them twice within a month.
Sometimes you just get got. When the '06 Chiefs went into Indianapolis no one could have predicted the NFL rushing champ would have been shut down. Was the coaching staff stupid for not going into that game trying to throw the ball all over the place with zombie Trent Green, a questionable pass blocking line and jack shit at receiver?
Nay. You dance with what brung you.
In this case Cinderella turned into a pumpkin too soon. The Chiefs coaching staff didn't fail, they were just down too many chess pieces against Gary Kasparov. It was a valiant effort to even get to the final.
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The logic is not flawed...The Texans are not stout up the middle. They only have good end rushers. Like JJ Watt said the Chiefs could compensate if one or the other element was the case, meaning if the team had good end rushers or good interior line play. The Eagles had both, and that's why there was a total collapse on the left side of KC's OL.
When you really think about it, you could see it coming. I know that I was very concerned about facing the Eagles front 4 with a make-shift left side of the OL, just like I was against Tampa Bay in the Super Bowl. Said so in numerous threads. The Chiefs should have been also. Maybe they really didnt have a better plan. Maybe the Tackles were really THAT bad so they had to stick with was not working. I still can't believe that's what they did. If I were getting my ass kicked that badly, I'd try anything. I think they should have also. Just my opinion.