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Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger
The teams I mentioned were statistically two of the best running teams In the league were they not? And didn't they dominate TIME OF POSSESSION? And you think that's a bad thing for this offense? 
Ever heard of the word DIVERSITY? if not I'd urge you to look it up. |
The teams you mentioned were among the most
likely teams in the league to run the football. They were not the teams in the league that ran it
best. The Chiefs were actually one of the 5 most efficient rushing teams in the league. The Seahawks were ranked behind them and the Ravens were actually considered a below average rushing team in terms of efficiency and to even get there they had to expose their QB to a slew of hits. They aren't even remotely comparable to whatever point it is you're trying to make.
The Chiefs can presently run the ball BETTER than both the Ravens and Seahawks and it's not even particularly close. They simply elected to run the ball less often because they have a better QB and a smarter coaching staff than both of those squads.
The irony of you citing variety and then using 2 of the least flexible teams in football to make your point shouldn't be lost on you.
Neither of the teams you're referencing are teams that are better at running the football than the Chiefs. Neither of them have a better runningback than the Chiefs. They're just teams that are more committed to running than the Chiefs. As a consequence their offenses were significantly worse as was their record.
Trying to dumb down this offense to fit some 'blueprint' established by the Ravens and Seahawks is the height of stupidity.