I think we can all agree that our offense has been "off" all season, minus the Bears and Chargers games. Mahomes hasn't looked himself by and large, and that could well be because of the talent around him, but watching the plays unfold just makes me wonder why some of the plays are being called in the first place.
Today was an abomination on many fronts with the offense but it sure looked a good deal like an Alex Smith game plan, minus Mahomes' patented making something out of nothing scramble drill passes. The run plays were predictable and getting nothing, but they kept forcing them. We threw the ball laterally as much as horizontally (seemingly), and the plays themselves just look, well, off.
Is it Nagy, is it Mahomes, is it the talent outside of Mahomes and Kelce, or is it a combination of all that? Or was this game just an outlier and our annual piss down our legs game as has been suggested, and I'm just OMG-ing for no good reason?
Something FEELS different than in the past so far this season. I would love to put my finger on what it is, precisely. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
I think it's rather obvious that Reid/Nagy are trying to gameplan around the lack of talent at receiver we apparently have at the moment. The problem becomes when you're calling plays along the lines of a one read option for a generational QB to execute and his guys can't hold up their end of the bargain, you get what we got yesterday.
I'm willing to write the entire experience off to Mahomes being sick, our receivers having a total shit day, and the Broncos absolutely having enough of losing to us (their defense has not played like that all season until yesterday). But, changes need to be made THIS week regarding play calls and personnel groupings. I think that's stating the obvious right now.
Nagy wasn't the OT's letting Denver's DEs look like probowlers....
Nagy wasn't dropping passes that hit him in the hands....
Nagy wasn't playing QB sick, and making more bad decisions this year....likely due to both of the above statements.
Nagy wasn't the defense giving up 12 minute drives and committing penalties when they DID make a stop. [Reply]
Why the fuck did Pacheco only get 8 fucking carries when he was avg 5 ypc. Ridiculous fucking shit like usual. We gotta stop passing it so fucking much. We had 41 passes called to only 13 runs. That is fucking ridiculous. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Iowanian:
I don't love the playcalling this year BUT....
Nagy wasn't the OT's letting Denver's DEs look like probowlers....
Nagy wasn't dropping passes that hit him in the hands....
Nagy wasn't playing QB sick, and making more bad decisions this year....likely due to both of the above statements.
Nagy wasn't the defense giving up 12 minute drives and committing penalties when they DID make a stop.
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Why the fuck did Pacheco only get 8 fucking carries when he was avg 5 ypc. Ridiculous fucking shit like usual. We gotta stop passing it so fucking much. We had 41 passes called to only 13 runs. That is fucking ridiculous.
I could be wrong however, most of his yards were on a couple of long runs. Most of what I saw was 1 or 2 yard gains on first down. Many times, the DL had great penetration and the plays went nowhere. I think he's good once he hits the hole however his vision doesn't seem great. What I would expect from a 7th round pick. [Reply]
Looking at the game yesterday, a game in which the Chiefs scored 9 measely points, Andy was shown on TV a few times glued in, holding his chart plays. The guy is clearly in command. Nagy is playing Bienemy's role but the offense runs through Andy. [Reply]
I think the offense looks totally different in Miami and after the bye week.
The first half of the season was figuring out who could do what on offense.
Targets should be going almost exclusively to Kelce, Rice, Watson and Hardman going forward, with Pacheco, McKinnon and Gray cleaning up the checkdowns. Hardman is a damn nice 4th option. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Indian Chief:
This feels similar to the discussion on Bieniemy we kept having. What is he responsible for? Is he calling the plays? Is Reid overruling him?
Everything I’ve read from Bienemy is Andy always call the plays, the OC decides the players for the play. [Reply]