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Originally Posted by htismaqe
The Steelers came out in 2-deep shells and couldn't get the stops in the 2nd quarter. They went back to their base defense more in the 3rd and started giving those single high looks.
It's pretty simple - now that the Chiefs have learned some discipline and patience in the offense, opposing defenses have to choose between running out of time to catch up vs. letting the Chiefs score deep. Either way, the Chiefs are going to score and sitting back in cover 2 and letting the Chiefs control the clock, and the game, just isn't working anymore.
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Jerrick McKinnon made a big difference against those 2-high looks. He has the explosion necessary to find space before the safeties can crash. Additionally, the screen game just worked significantly better with him in.
He's the Cover 2 killer we've been looking for in a lot of ways. They can't just keep those safeties deep if he's a threat to make a guy miss and take it 25 yards on a simple swing pass.
At the very least he presents a credible threat that will keep them honest.