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03-14-2019, 03:15 PM | |
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Chiefs sign Alex Okafor [restructured]
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03-15-2019, 08:13 AM | #376 | |
'Tis my eye!
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The Chiefs were 31st in yards. Useless stat. They were 24th in points against. Definitely not 31st. They were 32nd in pass attempts and 31st in pass yards. This was that person's point. They gave up a ton of yards because they gave up a ton of attempts. But here's where things go south. They were 17th in rushing attempts but 27th in yards. Obviously, that's a quality issue rather than a quantity issue. And their poor run defense REALLY shows in the following: They were 30th in average time of drive, 32nd in plays per drive, 31st in yards per drive, and 28th in points per drive. In summary, the defense simply couldn't get off the field. Part of the reason they gave up so many yards is because they faced so many attempts. That is true. However, it is not completely true they faced so many attempts because of the offense. They faced so many attempts because they couldn't get off the field. |
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03-15-2019, 08:22 AM | #377 | |
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03-15-2019, 08:28 AM | #378 | |
In Search of a Life
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03-15-2019, 08:35 AM | #379 |
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That's my point. Keeping PMII off the field keeps the score lower and TOP becomes more important. My other point about pressure up the middle is that guys like Brady and Rivers don't like big uglies in their face.
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03-15-2019, 08:55 AM | #380 | |
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Houston hit the QB 12 times in 12 starts. If you’ve written the book on Speaks already, you are jumping the gun. |
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03-15-2019, 09:01 AM | #381 |
Hey Loochy, I'm hooome!
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03-15-2019, 09:12 AM | #382 | |
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03-15-2019, 09:23 AM | #383 | |
'Tis my eye!
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Justin Houston has never dropped into coverage more than 25% of the time under Bob Sutton. He took 719 snaps last year. If you used that as a conservative measure, he still rushed the passer on at least 540 snaps. Speaks played 492 snaps. |
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03-15-2019, 09:25 AM | #384 | |
Hey Loochy, I'm hooome!
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03-15-2019, 09:27 AM | #385 | |
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The sad thing is, the Chiefs pass defense was much better with him in pass coverage than with him rushing the passer in 2017. Scary. |
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03-15-2019, 10:44 AM | #386 | |
**** the Raiders
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Excellent post is excellent. |
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03-15-2019, 10:56 AM | #387 | |
Rufus Dawes Jr.
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I'm all onboard taking a giant wrecking ball to last year's defense and starting over. Its the smart thing to do. |
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03-15-2019, 11:28 AM | #388 |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
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I like this signing if for no other reason than improving the run defense.
I don’t expect the pass rush to be as productive, but long, run-based, clock-chewing drives are the No. 1 threat to the Chiefs offense. Those were relatively easy to achieve last year, and the Patriots and Ravens both exhibited that late in the year. A 43 under combined with adding Okafor and Speaks as starters on the edges will drastically improve the run D. Next area of improvement is to add playmaking in the secondary and add guys who can hone in on the short area of the field and improve performance against quick routes. I feel like they’re close on that... adding a Cb and a S who can play the deep middle are still key parts of that. |
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03-15-2019, 12:07 PM | #389 |
Fight, build, win!
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03-15-2019, 12:10 PM | #390 | |
Baby Cry Cry
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Obviously, plans in March change, just throwing it out there. |
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