Shattering Myths: The Chiefs second half offensive failures

[crayzkirk]

One thing that wasn't mentioned about the Saints/Panthers game is how the Saints defense bent and didn't break for four field goals. If the Chiefs had bent instead of broken on any one of those second half drives, the Chiefs would have won. For some reason, this team seems to lose key players at the exact wrong time in games.

The Titans took out Kelce, doubled Hill and stacked the line to stop Hunt. I'm pretty sure that I've read on this board that the way to beat the Chiefs is to make Smith throw the difficult passes (mid-range). It appeared to me during the game that Alex gave up too early and left a couple of clean pockets in the second half. Where did that WTF attitude go?

I still don't understand why they don't run more play action or bring the sausage into the backfield and simply use him for a lead block on those short yardage plays. Teams stacking the box are taking a big risk because if a hole opens, the running back is gone.