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Originally Posted by Iowanian
I'm scratching my head trying to figure out the scooby doo mystery running back the Chiefs are supposed to fear?
The 49ers run game is pretty good as a scheme, but it's not like they have a Dalvin Cook(who the Chiefs handled) or a Kamara/Barkley/CMC.
The Chiefs are in a similar predicament, the running game is essentially as good as it has to be to support the offense. Any given Sunday this season has been Williams or Williams or McCoy. None are great, but all have had a good day, catch the ball well enough out of the backfield to keep the defense honest and pass block.
Meck was right in his template smack, but it's a broken record from opposing fans. Go ahead and run for 150 yards and complete 8 passes against the Chiefs. Mahomes will throw for 375 and 4TDs while you're doing that.
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Had the Chiefs not just completely dismantled the Titans outside zone schemes I'd have been a little more concerned.
The issue is mostly that Breida and Mostert are genuine homerun hitters and for a running team to hang with the Chiefs, that's what they'll need. It isn't to say they WILL break a couple of 50+ yarders, but only to say that they CAN. And might.
But what made the performance against TN so impressive was that they just destroyed Henry at the LOS. They simply kept him from being able to find room to operate at all. There were no cutback lanes because the DL was incredible and simple held their ground. Those stretch zones that the 49ers like to run won't work if the DL plays like they did last week because Mostert/Breida can run sideways as long as they want - the lane isn't gonna just pop open for them. Especially not when the backside pressure guys like Pennel and Clark were getting was son dominant.
I'll just say what I said yesterday all over again - NOBODY will beat the Chiefs when they play like they played Sunday. They were simply outstanding in virtually every aspect. Breeland was lousy and the Titans made a nice special teams call to pick up a 1st and make the score slightly more respectable, but apart from that they flat got throttled despite playing a very good game.
I don't care about the 49ers at this point. I care about the focus of the Chiefs. If they play how they played against the Titans, they'll be SB champions - full stop.