Thread: Chiefs Posnanski:Croyle is too fragile to be the Chiefs’ answer at quarterback
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Old 09-08-2008, 03:28 PM   #138
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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2 View Post
People don't want to hear it, but part of the problem is the drafting. You've got to to balance best player available with position of need. KC doesn't need to be 5 HB deep and someone like Morgan isn't doing much good on the bench. A few more picks mid draft on the OL would have helped a lot.
You raise a very good point, Mr. Chiefnj2. Clearly, we're top heavy at RB (pretty deep there, as well). But, I think some of that is, frankly, accidental. I'm not sure Herm's staff knew how well some of these guys would ultimately perform. Now we have so many good ones, Herm can't leave them home.

When it comes to the draft, I'm more of a BPA person. I'm sure that Herm and his band of morons are making the best decisions they can in terms of personnel and, so far, I can't argue with Herm's drafts. The jury is well out on most of these guys. Still, the OL is a good example of the flaws in our current approach.

It's pretty logical. Without a good OL, you can't do much on offense. If you can't do much on offense, the young skill players will not progress (or as quickly). If the young skill players do not progress, we suck much longer than is necessary. Not only that, you can get your young skill players killed.

But, if you OL sucks and you're stuck with it, the last thing you want to do is tell the enemy defense what you're going to do before you do it. Or, simply run the same play over and over so the enemy can get plenty of practice banging your head into the turf.

I'm not convinced that Herm is "all that" when it comes to the draft and player development. He may be, and we'll all find out eventually. In the meantime, he isn't doing himself or his players any favors with his offensive philosophy.

It's puzzling, frankly. I've been doing some research on the T2 or C2 defense. It was originally designed to counter the West Coast offense and actually came from the old Steeler defensive scheme. The basic (and I emphasize for Mr. Zouk the term, "basic") idea is to keep the play in front of you, force the enemy offense to dink and dunk their way down field via long drives, and get them to either turn the ball over (the C2 is also about hard hitting CBs and lots of good QB pressure from the DL), or make a mistake and punt.

Interestingly, that is exactly Herm's proven, demonstrable, offensive philosophy. So, we have a guy who believes fully in the C2 defense, but plays offense in the exact, same way he thinks provides the defense with the overall advantage. Odd.

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