How the Kansas City Chiefs BLEW IT Against the Chargers on the last play

[Iconic]

Spoiler!

The offensive look: The Chargers start in a 3×1 formation to the wide side of the field and motion Travis Benjamin (#12) across the formation to identify man vs. zone coverage. He identifies man, since the DB on Benjamin follows him across the formation. Philip Rivers knows he’s rolling right, and throwing to one of the receivers running the pick route combo (let’s call it a “rub” route since we’re talking offense here).

The Defensive Look: The Chiefs actually have a pretty god look pre-snap in our opinion. They have 5 men on the line of scrimmage (DT, 2 Des and 2 LBs) with 6 in coverage. They opt to play straight man coverage, but choose to bracket (double cover) antonio gates (#85). When Travis Benjamin motions across the formation, the DB covering him runs across the formation with him.

Where the KC Chiefs screwed up: The Chargers’ pick route concept is one of the most common goal line pass concepts in football – from youth football all the way to the NFL. Typically, when receivers are either in a bunch, or lined up close to eachother, the defense will make a “banjo” call in order to counter pick plays. Banjo is a call which tells 2 defensive backs to essentially play a man/zone combo coverage. The DB lined up inside (#23, Kendall Fuller) should cover the receiver who runs an inside route while the DB lined up outside (#22, Orlando Scandrick) should cover the receiver who runs an outside route. The banjo call clearly doesn’t get communicated very well, because Fuller played banjo (by covering the inside breaking route of #16, Tyrell Williams) while Scandrick played a true man coverage (by covering the man he was originally lined up across from, #16 Tyrell Williams).



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[displacedinMN]

maddest I have been at a loss for a long time.
time to move on

[Graystoke]

I don’t want to ever watch that shit again

[Spott]

No way am I watching that shit again. You could have just said that the entire secondary is completely reeruned.

[Sassy Squatch]

At least you spoiler tagged it.

[Iconic]

Quite worrisome. This should never have required any communication at all. How does a veteran not know immediately to play banjo in that situation?

I'm just shocked. It's like he just lost his brain for a moment.

[mlyonsd]

How could Berry miss his assignment that bad?

[dannybcaitlyn]

How many times did Peyton Manning pull this on this defense? Suttons a failure teacher/coach. Time to clean house on that whole side. Andy will just have to give his son Britt some other duties.

[Chief3188]

Originally Posted by mlyonsd

How could Berry miss his assignment that bad?

His spirit wasn’t feeling the coverage package

[Baby Lee]

.@Chargers v @chiefs comes down to one 2 point try. One mistake costs one team the game and possibly the division. #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/rjHQ41ANdV

— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) December 14, 2018

[rabblerouser]

Scabdick didn't read banjo, which was ****ing obvious - cross up to get the angle on a pick or cross.

I mean, Fuller read it right.

****, I READ IT RIGHT.

Does Scabdick fall asleep in meetings...or is he that ****ing stupid?

Maybe Bright Light Nights fry his ****ing brain.

(Punches air.)

[Blick]

Originally Posted by Iconic

Quite worrisome. This should never have required any communication at all. How does a veteran not know immediately to play banjo in that situation?

I'm just shocked. It's like he just lost his brain for a moment.

This.

For all the dumbasses who think Sutton's scheme is too complicated, banjo is a concept taught at the high school level. It's something that an NFL veteran should be able to do in his sleep. There's no "coaching up" needed. It's 100%, no excuses, on the players to communicate that and execute.

[Baby Lee]

Fuller as he peels off to the back of the EZ

[Chiefshrink]

IMHO I don't think there was a miscommunication at all. I think Scandrick's ego was shot and he just chose to play dumb and was going to guard Tyrell come hell or high water because Williams was ballin all night on him. You can see Fuller turn his head to him and communicate to Scandrick and it appeared that Fuller trusted Scandrick's response. Could there have been a legit miscommunication? Maybe but highly unlikely in that situation knowing the game is on the line where everyone must be accounted for before the snap.

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by Iconic

Quite worrisome. This should never have required any communication at all. How does a veteran not know immediately to play banjo in that situation?

I'm just shocked. It's like he just lost his brain for a moment.

Precisely and why I believe he threw in the towel and refused to get burned again by purposely taking the wrong man IMHO. His ego was shot and lost his confidence and didn't want anymore of Mike Williams. Fuller's reaction say's it all.