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Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Hate
Nope, not mutually exclusive and you don't get to tap out on me that easy. If Reid is running 42% running plays and getting his usual management results, then his running backs, O-line, "creative plays", or a combination of all three suck ass.
OR, and this is far more likely, he doesn't know WHEN to run.
In any event, the "Arrowhead curse" is quite real and will be accepted as a legitimate excuse for losing if the Chiefs are forced to host another AFCCG.
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In the six seasons Andy Ried has been HC, we've had three 1,000+ yard season rushers.
2013: J. Charles 1,287 yards; team rushing for 2056 yards on the season.
2014: J. Charles 1,033 yards; 1918 yards
2015: Charles gets hurt, but the team rushes for 2,044 yards on the season
2016: Spencer Ware rushes for 921 yards; team rushes for 1,748 yards
2017: K. Hunt rushes for 1,327 yards; team rushes for 1,903 yards
2018: K. Hunt rushes for 827 yards in 112 games; team rushes for 1,855 yards
2019: team rushes for 1,569 yards.
So the Chiefs running game has been averaging right around 2,000 yards/season since Andy took over, except this year when our whole OL got hurt and so did our three starting RBs. Four if you count Spencer Ware.
This season the Chiefs running game was obviously stymied by injuries to the OL, including two games where at least 3 of our starters were injured. One game where 4 starters were injured. Pat was injured, and missed 2.75 games, and his mobility as well as running, overall help our running game.
Damien Williams began the season by running for less than 2 yards/carry, and he was supposed to be the primary back. Shady picked up the slack, but sprained his ankle in week 3, Darrel never got going.
Considering all the above-mentioned issues, it's kind of amazing that our running game still manged to average over 4 yards/carry through most of the year.
And sorry, but there's no curse. There's no witches, no voodoo, no monsters in your closet. All of those Chiefs teams that came before and lost in Arrowhead in the past lost because they either weren't good enough to win at the highest level, or an injury to a key player brought them down, or the team didn't come out ready to play. Not because of some magical spell.
But as long as you keep spouting that nonsense it just makes it that much easier to completely discount your opinion on anything to do with football, Andy Reid, or the price of tea in China.