I think we can all agree the offense has not been up to par this season.
At this point, there's only so much we can do about it. Our best WR got injured and is missing the season, our best RB is out until December, our LT situation is messy and our stud TE is looking his age.
So, is this who we are now? Is 30 points a game a distant memory?
What can be done?
(Andy Reid is lurking in this thread, so make sure you're on your best behavior.) [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Funny what happens when you see the All-22. I agree with Nate Taylor’s report from the team about Mahomes INT being Steele’s fault.
He doesn’t properly ID the rusher (55) and only looks to his right. That blitzer got to Mahomes immediately and forced him to speed up his throw which is probably why he didn’t see Simmons there. Steele should have ID’d him and blocked him.
This is what happens when you lose vets like Pacheco. Probably why they brought in Kareem. This is a rookie mistake that cost us.
Your all pro GOAT QB is just gonna have to play better. We did this same shit last year, then got to the playoffs and he locked in and we played better.
In the end, he makes the $ he makes, we're just gonna need him to play like he's capable of. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch:
Please, please, PLEASE can we stop pushing this narrative that Hollywood Brown was the key cog that's totally dismantled the game plan?
My God, he had, what, a week total in actual contact practices before fucking his shoulder on the first snap in preseason?
If the plan to attack down field has been abandoned because a broke dick one year flyer got predictably injured, the plan fucking sucked to start.
You spend an entire offseason building your offensive gameplan and identity around the roster you expect to have.
Hell, I still think that's what messed up the offense in 2022 when Hardman broke and we'd planned on him being the Z. I think it happened again in 2023 with Toney being a space cadet.
Looks to have perhaps happened again here.
Now if you want to say "Hey, maybe next year the Chiefs should build a more flexible gameplan that can transition to a Plan B better in the event a potential starter goes down early..." I'll listen.
But I absolutely believe that's what's happened those years based on the reports we've heard from various sources through camp and the early parts of those seasons.
3 years in a row they've blown the tires in various ways on their projected Z receiver before week 2/3 of the season. That's worth giving at least a passing nod to.
In 2022 they did a really nice job finding a new identity on the fly. In 2023 they picked up Hardman, shifted gears a bit and eventually got to where they wanted to be by the post-season.
We'll see what 2024 holds. But it's gonna be a transition just as it was the last 2 seasons. It's not an excuse for them to continue to flail about - it's simply an explanation as to why they might have early in the season. [Reply]
Looks like another mistake by Steele. Why is he running straight into that log jam? The play is literally pulling for you to go left and you run into where all the bodies are? Follow the blockers to open space dude.
Originally Posted by O.city:
Your all pro GOAT QB is just gonna have to play better. We did this same shit last year, then got to the playoffs and he locked in and we played better.
In the end, he makes the $ he makes, we're just gonna need him to play like he's capable of.
It was weird how the offense suddenly looked way better when the QB got better last season.
I was assured that was impossible.
The good news is that we appear to have at least reached the 'acceptance' phase fairly early on this season.
Last season we were fighting this fight until about the Christmas Day game before people finally said "Man, do you think maybe Pat isn't playing terribly well?" [Reply]