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Originally Posted by O.city
I mean think this out.
With teams rushing 4 last year, the Chiefs still had to chip with a RB or keep a TE in to contain it and still couldn't from time to time. So the Chiefs had to use 5 to block 4.
Then teams can drop 7. Well the Chiefs have 5 guys out in route combinations. That allows you to double Kelce and Hill and play straight up everywhere else if you want.
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It's not that simple though.
Take the Patriots for example. They weren't just rushing 3 and dropping 8 all the time. They mixed it up quite a bit.
Teams are becoming more successful at predicting what the Chiefs wanted to run and when.
Whenever the Chiefs wanted to run, it felt like the Pats were ready for it. When we had to throw, the Pats would show run and then drop 8 into coverage.
It was the Patriots who created this blueprint. The rest of the league just tried copying it with varying degrees of success.