ChiefsPlanet - Chiefs Patrick Mahomes & the Chiefs: New Greatest Show on Turf

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This Kansas City unit is a different sort of proposition. None of the team’s pass catchers rely on savvy; they’re each of capable of besting a defender by virtue of physical gifts alone. And collectively, they’re too much for any defense to handle. In Sunday’s game, Reid deployed a heavy number of empty sets, even as the Chiefs held onto a lead in the second half. By putting all of that speed on the field at once, a mismatch of some kind is all but guaranteed. As corners worry about Hill or Watkins challenging them over the top, timing throws on stops, comebacks, and back-shoulder fades open up. Terrified safeties converging on Kelce in the middle of the field leave the post route—like the one deployed on Conley’s touchdown—open for the taking. In this offense, there’s always an available option; it’s just a matter of whether the quarterback can find it.

It’s so true. They’re a different animal.