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One thing that has always been a pet peeve of mine is the thinking that teams can just double team player X, and player Y, etc. and be just fine. It doesn't work that way. You can only truly double team one guy.
If you play single high and roll a safety up to bracket Kelce, you're taking the odds that your corners can handle the sidelines to themselves. And maybe they can, that probably depends on the personnel. Unless the single high safety has elite range, teams are not counting on him to cover from sideline to sideline.
If you are playing two high, you will more than likely account for the deep parts of the field (though the Reek TD vs. Oakland and the famous wide open GIF vs. PIT came against two high shells). However, you are leaving Kelce to be covered by linebackers or slot CBs, and that typically hasn't worked well for defenses.
My point is, the situation isn't near as dire as some would make it seem. Did our offense get worse losing Maclin? Yes. But long term, this will benefit us most as we head into the Mahomes era, and hopefully see that Robinson, Conley, or Chesson have legit ability.
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