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Originally Posted by Chiefshrink
Our o-line needs to be more physical and they are not. We need another player or two to that are just NASTY and we don't have NASTY on either side of our trenches except for Jones and he disappears too much IMHO.
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I can see this point and wouldn’t mind getting more physical lineman. However, I still think the BIGGEST impact would come from better defense. Our offensive line looks much better when Smith is pushing the ball down the field and getting extra guys out of the box. I expect Mahomes to have a similar effect on defenses. I saw a stat in the Miami game that we are #1 in the NFL converting 3rd and 1 or less. That isn’t because of a physical line but Smith and Hunt with the RPO making it really hard to defend short yardage. There’s more than one way to convert short yardage situations and we are doing it our way and it’s working.
We do, however, need more nasty on defense. That will pay many dividends for us. More so than a marginal upgrade on the o line.