Yeah the line was horrendous, but the refs put this game out of reach

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I think the Bucs also did a far better job at adjusting and slowing down the pass rush with their dump-offs to Gronk and committing to the run... Simms reviewed that and said they were still getting into that offense in week 12, but it's what has protected Brady the past several weeks. After the 2nd or 3rd one of those screens, I figured things would open up for them.

And it's exactly the kind of stuff the Chiefs desperately needed in their game plan, and we all thought they were holding back for a game like this... shovel passes to Kelce, committing to CEH, etc; and I think Simms touched on it, too, that maybe Reid was just too afraid of the offensive line to even do those things.

As far as officiating, I think the Bills/Chiefs shenanigans would be a good excuse for the NFL to crackdown on some of that stuff, but that obviously wouldn't include completely phantom defensive holds and DPIs.

Yep, the total and complete lack of razzle dazzle had me perplexed at first... then I remembered that we had 5 Louie Andersons along the O line

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Yep, the total and complete lack of razzle dazzle had me perplexed at first... then I remembered that we had 5 Louie Andersons along the O line

Holy shit. 5 Louie Andersons.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Yep, the total and complete lack of razzle dazzle had me perplexed at first... then I remembered that we had 5 Louie Andersons along the O line

Sure, and as pointed out, they had a couple of screens blown up, too... and I get that it simply may not have mattered.

There were no great options and also several drops that of course can't be blamed on play calling. Convert a few of those and there's less room for the what-ifs.

The options are to continue to try shoving that square peg into the round hole with downfield passing.... and if there's one person who can do it, of course it's Mahomes..... or change it up and the worst that happens is you still end up with 9 points at the end of the game.

And we're very used to this offense scoring ~30 points/game no matter what and making relatively low percentage plays look easy... so, the one time in a year and a half that doesn't happen in a meaningful game, the knee-jerk is to say they should have done it completely differently.