Chiefs A Levelheaded Review Wk18 - Page 5

DenverChief · 06:43 PM

1. DEFENSE - is the story of today. 6 sacks and 4 turnovers (2 on downs). Everyone is firing at the right time. Holding the Raiders to 13 points after they went off on the 49ers.

2. Kadarius Toney - just goes to show how speed kills in the the redzone. He and Hardman make a huge difference when the field is short. That will make our offense more explosive in the playoffs.

3. Field position and the punting game. What a phenomenal job by TT at pinning the Raiders deep on multiple drives (4 and 6 yard line) and giving the Defense plenty of field to work with. That is how you protect your defense. The only Raiders scores were when they started at the 25 after a kickoff.

4. Pacheco just keeps getting better 64 yards rushing and a TD today finishing the regular season with 830 yards and 5 TD's rushing. ROJO in relief looks amazing - glad we held him back for the end of the season. I think he will add another dimension to our running game.

5. The secondary is really gelling as well. Had a couple of dropped picks but more than made up for it with solid efforts like Reid with the awesome pass breakup vs Darren Waller in the 3rd Q.

6. Special teams (Punting and PR) seemed to have cleaned up their act. No bad mistakes and some great awareness to pin the Raiders deep in their own territory after booming kicks by TT.

7. Chris Jones and Mike Danna really made their presence felt today with 2.5 and 2 sacks respectively. Really letting it all hang out knowing the #1 seed was on the line. Really makes me happy that the Defense has really put it together at the right time.

8. The snow globe play was hilarious and it goes to show these guys are still having fun. That is incredibly important. I would rate this play (sans penalty) up there with the Rose Bowl play in the Super Bowl.

9. #1 Seed and Home Field Advantage*. We are truly blessed that every year the Road to the Super Bowl runs thru Arrowhead. The Arrowhead invitational sounds much better than the AFC Championship

10. Happy New Year and Go Chiefs!

1COOLDOG · 01-08-2023, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by njchiefs

I can’t tell you how many times I read, “That’s why everyone hates the Chiefs” in response to the Snowglobe play. It is soooo good to be hated

That huddle break is the 4.0 version of the one performed by the Mean Machine in "The Longest Yard" (original version starring Burt Reynolds).

DenverChief · 01-08-2023, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by 1COOLDOG

That huddle break is the 4.0 version of the one performed by the Mean Machine in "The Longest Yard" (original version starring Burt Reynolds).

I was waiting for Mahomes to throw a dart or two and an officials groin this season

Clyde Frog · 01-08-2023, 11:56 AM

Great recap DC. You may have left it out for completely obvious reasons but McKinnon’s role in this offense is becoming borderline irreplaceable. He’s like a Kelce #2 the way he can find the tiniest holes in the defense and “sit down” in them to become a viable option for Patrick. All the guy does is get first downs and score.

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chiefzilla1501 · 01-08-2023, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 1COOLDOG

That huddle break is the 4.0 version of the one performed by the Mean Machine in "The Longest Yard" (original version starring Burt Reynolds).

People are so stupid. They think they were doing it just for shits and giggles? They did it because it gives the defense no time to prepare for the wildcat. We can easily run this same play with kelce or mahomes under center and it’d still be effective

stumppy · 01-08-2023, 02:50 PM

Nice review DC. I'll agree that the defense looked good yesterday but considering who they were playing ...well....it might have boosted my confidence in them a bit.
I see the playoffs being a boat race for points with our fingers crossed the defense tries to hang on by a thread.

Hayneplane · 01-08-2023, 04:27 PM

Saw a stat during the game that we have the worst red zone D in the entire league. I don’t have the stats to back up my hypothesis but I think a big part of this is how much opposition teams feel the pressure to keep up with our power scoring offense and thus we have to defend a lot more 4 down situations where, if they were playing other teams, they would usually go for the chip shot field goal and settle for 3.

Megatron96 · 01-08-2023, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Hayneplane

Saw a stat during the game that we have the worst red zone D in the entire league. I don’t have the stats to back up my hypothesis but I think a big part of this is how much opposition teams feel the pressure to keep up with our power scoring offense and thus we have to defend a lot more 4 down situations where, if they were playing other teams, they would usually go for the chip shot field goal and settle for 3.

Another big piece is that our LBs don't cover well to begin with, and our safety play has been bad as well for most of the season. Miscommunication has been leading to blown assignments and relatively easy scores for the opposition for most of the year.

DenverChief · 01-08-2023, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Hayneplane

Saw a stat during the game that we have the worst red zone D in the entire league. I don’t have the stats to back up my hypothesis but I think a big part of this is how much opposition teams feel the pressure to keep up with our power scoring offense and thus we have to defend a lot more 4 down situations where, if they were playing other teams, they would usually go for the chip shot field goal and settle for 3.

I think some of it has been offensive turnovers that leave our D with a short field to defend.

Halfcan · 01-08-2023, 08:48 PM

When this team does not turn the ball over or make Special Teams gaffs- they are very tough to beat.

chiefzilla1501 · 01-08-2023, 09:22 PM

On the snow globe play, seems like we could use this again several times right? It seems like a really tough play to defend. Just like the rose bowl right parade formation it gives the defense no time to prepare and we can line up in all kinds of crazy formations coming out of it.

Of course we shouldn’t overdo it but we’ve gotten a LOT of play on that underhanded shovel pass in spot situations

Megatron96 · 01-08-2023, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

On the snow globe play, seems like we could use this again several times right? It seems like a really tough play to defend. Just like the rose bowl right parade formation it gives the defense no time to prepare and we can line up in all kinds of crazy formations coming out of it.

Of course we shouldn’t overdo it but we’ve gotten a LOT of play on that underhanded shovel pass in spot situations

You could probably run at least 5 different plays from that one formation. But you could also change the formation, the players, positions . . . probably hundreds of permutations.

Should've been more precise and said at least 5 concepts. And some variations probably wouldn't be feasible for whatever reasons. Realistically, Andy probably has about 6 plays designed around this idea.

scho63 · 01-09-2023, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Cave Johnson

From some fat, self congratulatory, Debbie Downer whore****er, probs.

Skyy God · 01-09-2023, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by scho63

https://youtu.be/lGI7VmsTle4

01-07-2023, 06:38 PM
DenverChief Pedantic Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Rocky Ford Casino cash: $3072617	A Levelheaded Review Wk18 1. DEFENSE - is the story of today. 6 sacks and 4 turnovers (2 on downs). Everyone is firing at the right time. Holding the Raiders to 13 points after they went off on the 49ers. 2. Kadarius Toney - just goes to show how speed kills in the the redzone. He and Hardman make a huge difference when the field is short. That will make our offense more explosive in the playoffs. 3. Field position and the punting game. What a phenomenal job by TT at pinning the Raiders deep on multiple drives (4 and 6 yard line) and giving the Defense plenty of field to work with. That is how you protect your defense. The only Raiders scores were when they started at the 25 after a kickoff. 4. Pacheco just keeps getting better 64 yards rushing and a TD today finishing the regular season with 830 yards and 5 TD's rushing. ROJO in relief looks amazing - glad we held him back for the end of the season. I think he will add another dimension to our running game. 5. The secondary is really gelling as well. Had a couple of dropped picks but more than made up for it with solid efforts like Reid with the awesome pass breakup vs Darren Waller in the 3rd Q. 6. Special teams (Punting and PR) seemed to have cleaned up their act. No bad mistakes and some great awareness to pin the Raiders deep in their own territory after booming kicks by TT. 7. Chris Jones and Mike Danna really made their presence felt today with 2.5 and 2 sacks respectively. Really letting it all hang out knowing the #1 seed was on the line. Really makes me happy that the Defense has really put it together at the right time. 8. The snow globe play was hilarious and it goes to show these guys are still having fun. That is incredibly important. I would rate this play (sans penalty) up there with the Rose Bowl play in the Super Bowl. 9. #1 Seed and Home Field Advantage. We are truly blessed that every year the Road to the Super Bowl runs thru Arrowhead. The Arrowhead invitational sounds much better than the AFC Championship 10. Happy New Year and Go Chiefs! Last edited by DenverChief; 01-07-2023 at 06:43 PM..*
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Clyde Frog Tre Right, Three Jet Chip Wasp Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Land of the Tech Bro Casino cash: $2722474	Great recap DC. You may have left it out for completely obvious reasons but McKinnon’s role in this offense is becoming borderline irreplaceable. He’s like a Kelce #2 the way he can find the tiniest holes in the defense and “sit down” in them to become a viable option for Patrick. All the guy does is get first downs and score. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Hayneplane Starter Join Date: May 2020 Casino cash: $1790400	Saw a stat during the game that we have the worst red zone D in the entire league. I don’t have the stats to back up my hypothesis but I think a big part of this is how much opposition teams feel the pressure to keep up with our power scoring offense and thus we have to defend a lot more 4 down situations where, if they were playing other teams, they would usually go for the chip shot field goal and settle for 3.
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chiefzilla1501 In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2008 Casino cash: $-1735503	On the snow globe play, seems like we could use this again several times right? It seems like a really tough play to defend. Just like the rose bowl right parade formation it gives the defense no time to prepare and we can line up in all kinds of crazy formations coming out of it. Of course we shouldn’t overdo it but we’ve gotten a LOT of play on that underhanded shovel pass in spot situations
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