Preseason Chiefs vs Packers: Breaking Down Tight Ends and Fullback

by Bewsaf on Sep 2, 2011 9:08 AM CDT

Preseason Week #4

The Kansas City Chiefs lost to the Green Bay Packers 20-19 at Lambeau Field. However, the Chiefs defense looked good, the offense scored a few points, and the offensive line had the opportunity to knock of the last bits of rust from the off-season.

This week, we will cover the tight ends and fullback for Arrowhead Pride. We have broken down every play in the first 3 quarters and have the grades and notes for Pope, McClain, Moeaki, and others.

Let's take a look at those numbers...

	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100
Percent Scale

Please refer to the Chiefs Preseason: Breaking Down The O-Line Tape - Primer at the bottom of this article for any inquiries into the method used to grade the lineman.

Team Run Blocking		Power Blocking		Power Blocking Score		2nd Level Blocks
Did the lineman get the job done or not? These grades are good for understanding value for a team and not necessarily for comparing across teams. A game in the mid 80s to 90% is a decent score.		How often did the offensive lineman dominate the block or how often did he get dominated? These scores are good for comparing across teams and finding the most dominant lineman in the league.		Anything over zero is a good score. The more over zero the more the lineman dominated the defender. Each lineman is scored a minus for being dominated, a zero for a draw, or a plus for dominating the defender.		The number of success over failures for the lineman when blocking linebackers and safeties on the second level. The lineman must be athletic to accomplish a high second level score.

Run Blocking Grades

	Percent	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Power	2/Level	Pull
	Grade											Blocking	Blocking	Blocks
Pope	75%											-2	0	0
McClain	83%											+1	0	0
Moeaki	75%											0	0	0
Slate	50%											-1	0	0
Becht	75%											-1	0	0

Run Blocking Notes:

On a run play, Le'Ron McClain leads the play on a run and when he gets to the linebacker, who is waiting for a collision...McClain cuts him.
Le'Ron McClain is a good pick up for the Chiefs. He makes their run game better.
Leonard Pope grades out...ok, in the run blocking. He doesn't have a very good power blocking day, though.
Tony Moeaki has a better game this week. He still needs to grade out better than 75%...he didn't get pushed around like he did last week.
Cody Slate had a difficult time in the run game in the first three quarters. In the first two plays his defender made the tackle.
Anthony Becht did a decent job. Better than expected.

Team Pass Blocking		Passing Power Blocking		Pressures		Combo Help
Did the lineman get the job done or not? These grades are good for understanding value for a team and not necessarily for comparing across teams. A game in the 90% is a good score for pass blocking.		How often did the offensive lineman dominate the block or how often did he get dominated? Each lineman is scored a minus for being dominated, a zero for a draw, or a plus for dominating the block.		How often did the offensive lineman give up pressure on the quarterback? Every once and a while a lineman can do his job but give up pressure on the QB. This stat will help glean more info from the line grades.		How often did the offensive coordinator provide help for a tough defender or a struggling lineman. Yea, two lineman ended up with the same grade...but how much help did either of them get?

Pass Blocking Grades

Percent

100

Power

Pressures

Sacks

Combo

Grade

Blocking

Allowed

Help

Pope

71%

-2

McClain

N/A

N/A

Moeaki

95%

Slate

N/A

N/A

Becht

N/A

N/A

Pass Blocking Notes:

McClain, Slate, and Becht did not have any reps in pass protection when I was grading them.
Leonard Pope was off and on. He and Barry Richardson miscommunicated and let a defender split them on the way to the quarterback. Earlier in the game, Pope and Albert did the same thing.
The communication problems in pass protection have to be ironed out before the regular season gets under way.

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Thanks Bews

Checking out your OL break down later. Seems like the OL had an off night against the Packers back-ups. Hoping that the Packers waive So ’oto, that man was all over the field and giving our guys fits. We could use that guy!

by Chief_Elmo on Sep 2, 2011 9:00 AM CDT reply actions

Personally ...

I’m hoping they waive Green. After seeing him belly flop on Cassel last night, I’d take him over Toribio for our 3rd string NT.

by JacinB on Sep 2, 2011 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions

that's what I was thinking.............

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by LadyChief on Sep 2, 2011 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions

LOL its easy to look good

When no one blocks you at all

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by Big_Chief on Sep 2, 2011 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions

nice work..........

as always

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by LadyChief on Sep 2, 2011 9:40 AM CDT reply actions

hey

thanks LadyChief

Check out the O-Line stuff here on Arrowhead Pride for the regular season opener.

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by Bewsaf on Sep 2, 2011 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions

will do..

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by LadyChief on Sep 2, 2011 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions

Pope's blocking really stuck out like a sore thumb

He wouldn’t even block for receivers making receptions around him.

by Chief Willie Wildcat on Sep 2, 2011 9:41 AM CDT reply actions

He has had better games

That is for sure

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by Bewsaf on Sep 2, 2011 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions

Seeing that he was the common factor in two missed blocks makes me think he may’ve been the issue, not necessarily Richardson or Albert.

by JacinB on Sep 2, 2011 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions

Richardson

is always the issue. Gaither looked much better at RT then Barry did

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by Big_Chief on Sep 2, 2011 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions

Don't know a lot about the Bill's D this year

but I can’t help but feel that BRich is in for a long day against his former OC.

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by ChiefMedic on Sep 2, 2011 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions

A long day on the bench, it would seem.

would of ≠ would've

by hmills110 on Sep 3, 2011 2:45 AM CDT up reply actions

man im so

Glad we picked up mcclain because he makes those 3rd and shorts look so easy. good pickup!

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by kcchiefsfan515 on Sep 2, 2011 10:23 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

A few things I noticed.

1) It seems like whatever tackle Pope lines up next to, he somehow makes that player worse.
2) Becht to me looks like the anti-Pope and for a guy that’s had alot of time away from the game looked pretty solid last night.
3) Gaither struggled initially when he was thrown into the game(not coincidentally when Pope was lined up next to him) with his footwork but as the game went on he really looked strong in pass protection on the right side.

"Success is never ending, failure is never final."

by GenericBrand on Sep 2, 2011 12:08 PM CDT reply actions

That sounds about right

I have seen Pope have better days though. Let’s hope he turns it around and gets a fire under his butt.

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by Bewsaf on Sep 2, 2011 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Aww, no pass blocking for McCluster last night?

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by Brsrkr on Sep 2, 2011 12:46 PM CDT reply actions

I'm going to start doing all the backs

when the regular season starts.

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by Bewsaf on Sep 2, 2011 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Damn nice work, Bewsaf!

by Pacific Chief on Sep 2, 2011 1:06 PM CDT reply actions

Glad I could shed some light on the boys up front

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by Bewsaf on Sep 2, 2011 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions

looks like about what we knew and ecpected ... awesome as always and rec'd, Sir

and headed over to the other site, as everyone should :-)

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by upamtn on Sep 2, 2011 6:13 PM CDT reply actions

thx for the rec upamtn

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by Bewsaf on Sep 2, 2011 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Nice composition Bewsaf

It’s nice to have someone make all these pretty charts and the excellent notes.

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by KC Conundrum on Sep 2, 2011 6:48 PM CDT reply actions