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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
I was curious about that motion stat. So many of chiefs stats are skewed badly by our disastrous first half of the season on defense. I wonder how that's looked since we've improved. Bill Barnwell also has a really comprehensive look at the 49ers. He talked about how our DL rotations could be tricky. It was easy to swap Pennel and Chris jones based on which rb was in the game. We can't do that vs the 49ers.
I was also looking at the history of spags vs Kyle Shanahan. It's really bad. But interestingly enough, I don't think he's ever faced Shanahan with good personnel. Shanahan has always faced a spags defense that's been ranked toward the bottom.
Our defense is starting to make me a little nervous. But as Ray Lewis said and I buy this, landlord is a big time x factor. He points out that when garopolo throws he very often goes to the middle of the field. Because it's super safe. That's the type of qb Mathieu can play head games with.
I think our D will have tough sledding. But they'll do just enough to help our offense win.
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The best way to view it is think about all the injuries for the KC offense this season. Think about how bad the defense was in the 2018 season. Imagine the 2018 defense mixed with the injured offense this year. Would the team have made the playoffs in this scenario? The defense stepped up pretty big down the later stretch of this season and they're a big part of why the team made it to a Super Bowl. A win would be amazing, but just getting there was already a hell of a season.