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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
There is always a dance between us dictating where the offense wants to go and also taking what the defense gives us. The defense wants to take something away, we’ll target something else. If that something else don’t stick, then we get stuck. The hope is at some point there are too many things to focus on that the offense can pick their poison.
And we haven’t been there yet consistently which is why we’ve had our share of struggles past the initial script. I don’t think we drew up plays for Justin Watson but the eagles funneled plays to him by taking everything else away. Against the raiders on the other hand the chiefs were very intentionally funneling plays to the big 3. And the raiders didn’t adapt much so we kept attacking with that formula.
Did we unlock something by finding new ways to get Pacheco and rice involved in the passing game that allows us now to pick our poison? I don’t know but I hope so. I also imagine most other teams will go back to bracketing kelce, keeping everything in front of them versus the run and with physical man coverage. Things Vegas didn’t really emphasize. So we will see where that takes us.
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There's nothing at all new about Pacheco's passing game usage other than we threw him the ball. That outlet pass to the back in the flat is a staple of Andy Reid's offense since there's been such a thing, and it's almost always there. Bryan Westbrook made a career of it. It's been there all season long, we just weren't taking it.
If you've got two safeties deep against 3 WR's (or 2 TE's) and/or one deep and you're doubling Kelce, that pass to the back in the flat should be easy money. Sometimes you need to take the easy money, and that will open up other opportunities later.