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Originally Posted by O.city
When the interior of your OL is just getting demolished, man, I don't know what else you can do. Brady, Manning, Brees have all looked extremely mortal when their guards and centers are getting destroyed.
You've just gotta fix that.
Now, the issue with the thing yesterday, was that once you got to 23-7 against that current Pats setup, you just go into dink and dunk mode (especially with your QB hurting) and try to make the Pats go long fields to score. You can't have a blocked punt and a fumble.
That's the issues yesterday. Kelce needs to figure out that running backwards to the sideline shit isn't gonna work, catch it and get north and south and get on the ground. Go max protect and don't get a ****ing punt blocked.
The Chiefs offense and special teams did everything they could to give that one up.
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Kelce is maybe running into the football mortality problems that McCoy is.
4 year ago Kelce can probably get that ball, get around a defender and drag another one forward for another 4-5 yards. He can do the kind of thing that Kittle did yesterday.
But this Kelce is a technician as much as anything. He's a brilliant route-runner who knows where he needs to be and can use his size to make things happen. He's NOT an explosive athlete at this point, especially not at this point of the season (12 games on his legs and cold weather).
He kinda needs to understand that a little bit more. McCoy gets into trouble because he tries to do things he used to be able to do and his body betrays him. Well that Kelce play was a lot like that - Trav, buddy, you're not gonna be able to do what you were trying to do there anymore man. Get your first down, hammer the guy in front of you and see if you can't push forward for another yard or two.