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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
483 yards and 31 points is "a little better".
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Yah. I was in the middle of something when I wrote that. Sue me.
And I've never been that impressed with total yards as an indicator of anything in particular.
But I looked at yards/play (7.5), 3rd down efficiency (6/11), RZ efficiency (3/4), and concluded that the offense showed significant improvement over their season numbers in those stats.
However;
The Chiefs didn't rush the ball very well at all, but overall the offense statistically was more efficient, in spite of a poor showing on the ground.
It's also true that the Chiefs went 4 consecutive drives to start the 2nd half without scoring, in fact, they turned it over to start the half, then were forced to punt 3 times in a row.
And it wasn't for lack of trying either.
They tried to pass 11 times in their first 18 offensive snaps of the 2nd half, at least 6 times to a WR, and completed just one ball to a WR in the third quarter.
They also scored just one time in the 2nd half. And needed a huge return from Hardman to do it.
But, in spite of the obvious issues they had in the 2nd half, imo, the offense did show some improvement, specifically in the stat lines that I listed at the top of this post.
So while you might be jizzing unicorns and rainbows over the total yards stat, I'm looking a little deeper than that.