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Originally Posted by FAX
Some combination of 3 possible things were happening last Sunday.
Either the receivers were running soft routes, or Mahomes was "off", or the damn Lions defense was playing out of their minds.
I've reviewed the tape (scanned, actually ... not a true analysis) and I can't tell which is which.
All I know is that we should have run a lot more screens in that game. The man coverage combined with dropping a DE into coverage was a gift that we didn't accept. That's on Wally. If we had leaned on the screen game early and often, it would have put an end to that crap in a hurry.
FAX
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In the first half Andy Reid did very little to give the Lions pass rush a reason to slow down. He kept calling intermediate or deep routes, when it seemed like quick crosses and screens would perfectly take advantage of how aggressive the Lions were going after Mahomes.
If we had a few big gains on those plays, then anytime we lined up in a similar formation, the defense may have been a little more hesitant. I know thats just basic football stuff, and Andy usually does just that, but he didn't in the first half. It was frustrating watching Mahomes get hit so much.
However, I see why Detroit doesn't blitz very often, because they don't need to. I felt like that was the best defensive line we have played in a while. And our offensive line picked a bad time to have a bad game. There were a couple of times when they only rushed 3 but still got near Mahomes, forcing him to move or make a quick throw.
Watching the all-22, Detroit had some clever delayed blitzes. They ran one I loved, where they rushed 3, dropped a DE back in coverage, along with the linebackers, but after a pause the linebackers blitzed and that side of the line had already rotated because they initially didn't have anyone to block.
It didn't work, but that because of Mahomes. But it almost DID. And it was better designed and executed than anything our defense did all day, with the exception of that Honey Badger blitz that got home.
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