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Originally Posted by rabblerouser
(Post 13770039)
They were extremely ineffective in the 2nd half of the Tennessee game in the playoffs last year, yes?
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12 total carries, 11 carries for Hunt. We had the lead, but didn't give our RB or offensive line any chance whatsoever to get into a rhythm. We weren't playing the 85 Bears or 00 Ravens.
Hunt only had 5 carries in the second half. We were up 21-3 at half time, and without Kelce we continued to pass, stopping the clock on every incompletion.
Also, running plays give your defense longer periods of rest during the game.
And this can't be stated enough: Andy Reid has given up TWO 18 point second half leads in the playoffs resulting in losses each time. Both of those blown leads were as the Kansas City Chiefs head coach.
Since 1933 Reid has blown two 18 point second half leads in the playoffs, and the rest of the NFL only has 2 other blown 18 point leads in the playoffs, combined, since 1933.
There is not a single argument that can be made in favor of Reid's coaching decisions in those 2 games that led to the losses.
He is great at designing plays. He is great at scripting the first 15 plays of every game. But with all his offensive knowledge he isn't smart enough to do the one thing that every other winning playoff coach knows to do, and that's run clock with an 18 point second half lead unless your defense is great.
I love that he erased the Herm Edwards/Todd Haley/Romeo Crennel taste out of our mouths, but in the playoffs his brain shuts off. He does not coach winning game plans, and cannot manage the clock for [emoji90].
I want nothing more than to see Reid and Mahomes lift the Lamar Hunt, and Lombardi trophies, and I will forever be grateful that he brought us Mahomes. But he falls apart in the playoffs, like Bill Self does in Elite Eight games.
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