Game ball Berry, but....

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Sandy Cheeks

must be. something's clearly not working up front.

Usually it's Alex Smith. But that wasn't the case yesterday.

When he doesn't press, the defense loads the box and stuffs the run game.
When he goes into a conservative shell, he pump fakes to his first reads instead of getting rid of the ball, so he holds onto the ball longer than he needs to. It also helped that Reid was more creative with the playcalling, so he needs to be aggressive too. I don't know why we waited so long in the season to start showing jet sweeps and options, which keep the defense on their feet.

It's amazing how much better the OL looks when Alex plays aggressive football.