Originally Posted by Megatron96
I don't have a problem with RBs scoring receiving TDs. Hell, I'd rather they score more rushing TDs, anyone that's read some of my posts in a GDT knows that. Every skill position should score some.
The WRs, though, should be the primary scorers, since they obviously are the most athletic, talented, and fastest position group on any team. And I find it concerning when they struggle to score, especially for long periods in a season.
And it wasn't about opposing defenses playing 2-high shells/3-down DLs all the time. I'm sorry but that's just not the case.
Teams began playing a lot more man vs. KC in the latter half of 2022. I don't know if it was most, but many teams didn't play that 2-high shell vs. KC in 2022. Brett Kollman made that observation, as did Chris Simms, among others. They were able to stifle the Chiefs receivers by playing more conventional press/man coverages.
And they did.
For the three-game stretch, from Week 11 to Week 13 (LAC/LAR/CIN), the Chiefs WR room scored exactly ZERO TDs.
The rest of the season went like this for our WRs:
@DEN: 1 TD
@HOU: 1
SEA: 1
DEN: 0
LVR: 0 (statistically the worst passing defense in the league over the last 16 years)
8 weeks, 3 TDs.
And no, it didn't get a lot better in the playoffs. 1 vs. JAX, 1 vs. CIN, 2 vs. PHI.
So while I agree that the plan usually is to pivot to you RBs/TEs when your WRs are struggling in a game here and there, it's probably not Andy's plan for the WRs to consistently struggle to score for more than half a season. Or, to post multiple streaks of games in a season where they can't find the EZ at all.
I mean, there's just no buttering that up to make that look good.
When you have the best offensive mind designing and calling the plays for the best QB to ever live, the WRs, if they were at least better than DRob/Pringle, should've scored more than 3 times in 2 months against some of the league's worst/most dinged up defenses.
And I haven't even mentioned the lack of yards or the 1st down stats from our WRs over that stretch. Again, not inspiring.
So yeah, I, and many others it seems, would like to have a little more juice in the WR room. You know, just in case Travis and McKinnon don't have another career year receiving/scoring. Or even just a WR that can reliably move the chains OTHER than Travis? You know, another guy that Pat can depend on for more than a play or two, or a game or two? Just saying, it would be nice . . .
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