Charles will easily do better then LJ. It will be pretty hard to do any worse then he did.

Until Kolby is ready to go! Let’s see what the kids got!

This season is over in terms of wins mattering. It should be about getting the kids experience for next year. Time for the old vets to sit and mentor!

It has been suggested that KC works out some of the unsigned Veteran FA RBs that are out there on the market.

I personally dont see the advanages of this when our season is pretty much over, but for arguments sake who would be our best options?
Warrick Dunn
Shaun Alexander

is an unknown commodity.

Charles and Savage can do the job until two things happen.

The line is sorted out and the Chiefs draft better blockers in April.

The old New England regime rarely used a feature back, I expect more of that in KC.

He is a north south runner. He is not a shifty back so the offense wil be predicated on him punching the ball down defenses throats. With our weak ass line and LJ having lost a step we won’t be effective.

If LJ has 2.7 yards a carry how bad would any replacement be? If who ever replaces him fumbled maybe but there won’t be much lost IF they run the replacement RB runs up the middle as they did LJ 99.99% of the time. I have a idea how about running him outside one or twice a game. Haley knew the collapsing line would get in his way as they were shoved backwards at him at the speed of light. They should spend the off week showing everyone including RB’s and TE’s how to block. These DB’s and TE’s don’t have to drive the blocks into the ground just a bump would do wonders. After the Chiefs game it is almost like I just watched a high school game after seeing other NFL games.

because teams have so many men at the LOS that if they try to run outside too much they are going to get hit for losses. Teams aren’t afraid of the Chiefs beating them deep 1 because of a lack of speed receivers and 2 because they know they can run through out O line like an open door.

So teams put guys right up at the line and they jus twait to see what the CHiefs are going to do. Is it a pass? Blitz. Is it a run? Stuff it. No problem.

The Chiefs have to run the ball sometimes and would rather not do it for a loss. Also LJ is a down hill runner. Running him sideways is a bad idea.

I agree it wasn’t working but I can totally see why they were doing it. This is the same reason Haley is running so many screens. he is trying to beat these over aggressive defenses.

The Chiefs have also tried a couple of pitches and those did not work out well.

I think Charles and Savage have a better shot running in any direction because they are simply faster and shiftier than LJ. If they can squirt through holes LJ can’t and get behind these defenses teams are going to have to back up off our shit.

Our screens don’t work because our receiver blocking is terrible. We need one of these guys liek Charles or Savage to make some big lays for us to give the offense some room.

the minus plays! :)

I love hearing Todd talk about the minus plays. It’s so true.

Does anyone remember the Bills running game back in the day? They had a small offensive line built for pass protection and they ran the ball in a creative, unique fashion.

The Chiefs need to come up with a more creative way to get Charles and Savage to the line quickly, to counter or do whip plays off tackle. Use more motion, two tight end sets, CREATIVE.

Figure out the stats of yards gained/lost when we used a fullback in an I formation vs using Larry in Singleback?

I dont think we have run very many plays out of the I, but Id be curious to see if it had been more successful this season.

sorry…couldnt resist

JC, Smith, and Savage….well i would honestly think that we should put Javarris in there. Especially on short yardage situations. I don’t think anybody besides Javarris could pound it in there and get that TD or 1st down.

However, now’s the time to be running them and seeing how they perform. They can certainly do as well or better than Diaper Larry has.