Nobody got cooked.

The Chiefs dominated.
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The middle of the field was where the Texans attacked us. The LB’s ain’t covering shit and the safeties were always a hair too slow.
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They were exploiting it for a lot of yards but very few points.

The only concern from the last few games has been the third down efficiency. If the Chiefs can turn the screws on that part of their game they will give up 10 points. Rewatching the last game we would have won if the turnovers don’t happen so play clean on offense and tighten up the third down defense and we win a game that looks like last year’s playoff game.
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Bryan Cook looks rough out there. Reid has been iffy as well. Need them to up their games. Reid is a free agent too, I’d rather keep him though than Cook. Hicks should be the other
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We don't have a true coverage safety on the roster. If we do, it's probably Conner (who we prefer to see fail as a slot corner).

Cook, Reid and Hicks are all effectively the same player. There are variations on the theme but all three of them are more akin to conventional strong safeties.

I really wish we'd have tried to find a true single-high sort of player over the last couple years. We can make this work, but it's not a weakness we can just close off, IMO.

We simply lack the personnel to effectively shut down the middle of the field. The 'backers aren't good enough in space and the safeties have coverage limitations. It's going to continue to be a problem because we just don't have the athleticism to ensure that it isn't.
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I wasn't being negative at all.

I was wondering where the 245+ yards came from if Trent and Watson locked down.

Who was it they targeted? Was it cook?
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This is why I preferred Kerby Joseph to Cook in that draft. Took him awhile but he's now an elite FS, while Cook is....not. We really, really need that type of player. But it's like a DE with speed, does Spags care for it?
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Cook sure did give up an awful lot of catches, man
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I'll betcha Veach was super pissed he was unable to pick up Mike Edwards off of waivers when he got cut twice earlier this season.
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the secret sauce

Jaylen Watson was on the field for 30 coverage snaps last night. He allowed two catches for nine yards.

— Matt McMullen (@KCChiefs_Matt) January 27, 2025

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Watson! Yeaaaaaas
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He’s such a fucking dawg. It’s incredible. From flipping burgers at Wendy’s, to getting taken in the 7th as a throwaway pick to locking down receivers against elite teams in Championship Games.

I hope him and McDuffie are ready for the Super Bowl because they’ll be inportant in clamping AJ Brown and Devonta Smith.
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I think the return of Brown and Jaylen and the addition of DHOP/Hunt is what put us over the top.
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This is why I'm always polite to the people behind the counter. You never know where they're headed in life.
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