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Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19
Glad you’re on to give some feedback here — I mentioned earlier that it seems SF likes to keep Ford on the sideline until they’re in true passing situations. But with KC, that’s every single down.
Do you think he’s going to play full time this game? And if so, how do you see that helping or hurting your defense?
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I don't think Ford will play full time because they'll want to keep him fresh. We try to rotate quite a bit so guys can go hard.
Ford hasn't been a liability against the run.
There were a couple games where power runs up the gut hurt our wide 9 alignment because the DTs were getting double-teamed, and a LB might not have been gap-sound.
That's been cleaned up, and our run defense has been pretty solid since the middle of the season.
Mahomes's mobility can tire out the rush, though. That's what happened in the second Seattle game. Wilson just kept extending plays, and by the second half of the 4th quarter, we were cooked.
Although Ford, Tart, and Kwon didn't play in that game.