That last attempt at a drive was a sheer abomination, one of the worst things I've seen in 40 years of Chiefs football. Even if all those one-yard passes were successful, it would've taken a nine-minute drive to score. And they weren't even successful.
But it's so hard to diagnose the problem. Is it ....
...an acknowledgement that the line is so bad that a 15-yard pass is impossible to pull off?
...Alex Smith being so conservative that he is incapable of looking downfield?
...Andy Reid having a system that simply doesn't include passing more than 5 yards downfield?
I could add a fourth theory about having bad wide receivers, but on that last drive the receivers were never even considered. So that can't be the actual problem.
I know it'll be fun to say, "All of the above", but seriously, one of the above has to be driving the problem. Which is it?
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