Chiefs focused on Mahomes, McCaffrey, and Cunningham in RD1

[bigjosh]

Originally Posted by tk13

McNabb was solid. And I agree they passed downfield way more than we do... but part of that is just the QB. But Reid's offense has always been Reid's offense.

In this 2004 season everyone keeps discussing, they did have Terrell Owens and threw downfield as much as Reid ever has. They also targeted the running backs 148 times that year. By my rough count... the next year with TO they targeted the RBs 157 times. The first year without TO, they attempted 161 passes to the RBs.

Last year, the Chiefs targeted the RBs about 90 times. Now we've replaced some of those attempts by funneling them to Tyreek... but the basic idea is the same. Tons of short passes and getting guys in space.

in all fairness, the eagles had Brian Westbrook. Why wouldn't you feed him a ton of touches?

[tk13]

Originally Posted by bigjosh006

in all fairness, the eagles had Brian Westbrook. Why wouldn't you feed him a ton of touches?

Well heck yeah you would. It's by design. Just like our offense is now. Reid loves to get speed, stretch the field horizontally and get those guys in space. Do you really think Andy Reid would sit here for four years suffocating himself with an offense he didn't want? He could quit the Chiefs tomorrow and have 5 job offers by 9 o'clock.

I've said from day one people are going to blame Alex Smith for everything when it's Andy Reid calling the shots.