Did Romeo almost cost the Chiefs that game?

But I believe they mixed it up more on MNF than they have been. I think there are issues with Dorsey and Jackson getting consistent pressure.

I’m OK with zone, as long as it starts with contact at the line. SMACK that guy. Do everything short of holding to hinder him getting into his route, and use inside/outside leverage to give the helper(s) behind you an edge.

Gordon’s this year’s Shaun Smith. A decent player with good history with Crennel.

I’m not saying send Tamba and Justin EVERY down, but often enough that it’s firmly planted in the opponents’ minds. And I’d rather see them HITTING the TE in front of them, even if it slows their progress to the QB. Just slow the TE down in getting into his route.

As bad of a game as McNeill had been having at LT, on 3rd and 18 you can bet your ass I’d have an overload blitz coming on that side and force Phyllis to get the ball out before anyone’s route can take them to the 1st down marker, and leave the impetus on the secondary to tackle them before the chains.

to get pressure, first and foremost.

But it might just be missing another pass rusher, so they can run the zones they want to run behind it. Personally, I don’t like ANY coverage scheme that lets receivers get into their routes untouched. Those are ALWAYS the guys targeted by opposing QBs, and you can talk all day about having/wanting better DBs.

Blah blah blah. If I understood better, maybe I’d give an explanation about needing to keep adjusting, to keep SD in check, once they figured out what KC was doing. But to MY eye, it seemed like the aggressive scheme was working and why change to something soft?

And diissecting the D might be missing the point. They need to be more consistently productive on offense than they are. They need to play with more confidence on offense than they are. Trickeration is what you rely on when you suck. KC doesn’t suck, but they play like they’re afraid that they suck. Execution level is high enough, imo, for them to take what’s given, mixing run and pass out of a fairly small set of formations, rather than getting so complicated with shifting and personnel changes that their OWN guys are confused.

I’d love to see ‘em run and throw out of the ’I’ all day long, myself. Great power running formation. Great pass pro formation. Mix in the occasional screens and check-downs to the backs, but more because of how the play unfolds than programming it all pre-snap. I think their confusion, at times, says that they’re somewhat over-coached and there’s not enough authority being given to the players. If they need to simplify things a little bit to give the players ownership, then that’s what they should do. There’s still PLENTY of uncertainty for defenses to worry about, if you can run and pass well out of the same formation(s).

I think, right now, they’re a team that still needs to throw to be able to run. Not so much because they’re a poor running team, but because opponents are still disrespectful of the pass.

Put Jalil in the bastard’s face, with Flowers back to read and react. But you’re conceding an unnecessary advantage by failing to get your hands on receivers at the line. Have Jon McGraw deliver the wood at the line. I don’t care. He’s physical enough to disrupt the route. Team concept-wise, have the deep ’back know exactly how the re-direct is intended. After the re-direct, the up-back can either trail or (my preference) attack upfield.