Going into a shell with a 7 or 10 point lead will be disaster unless the defense improves significantly. Part of the reason that the Chiefs running game was so successful the last many years is that the opposing defense always had to respect the pass. I definitely thought Saunders/Vermeil took that too far sometimes, but no way do I want to go back to the days of Martyball. Trying to always win by 3 leaves you too open to a single mistake.
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