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B_Ambuehl · 01-18-2019, 08:58 AM

Belichik will try to take away Mahomes scrambling to his right. Instead of rushing to the QB he'll have the rusher on that side take away the outside scramble. He actually did it in the first game and had some success with it.

They play more straight up man coverage than any team in the NFL. Defensively, he usually places Gilmore on one receiver with no help then Jackson on another receiver with safety help. In the first game he had McCourty on Kelce quite a bit which is a decent matchup for N.E. Anytime Chung was on Kelce he got destroyed. Chung is done. He couldn't even stay with Gates last week. Anyhow, I think their best bet is try to single up Watkins with Gilmore, put Jackson on Hill with safety help to that side, then put McCourty on Kelce. Their problem is they play so much man coverage it's so easy to pre-determine where to go with the ball. And when you have a QB that can move and have an offensive playcaller whose main offseason hobby involves creating new misdirection schemes and plays to destroy man coverage it's not a good schematic matchup for them. The teams that had some success slowing the Chiefs offense down all play cover 3 or are zone blitz heavy (Arizona, Baltimore, Seattle, S.D.). Reid and Mahomes have routinely destroyed man coverage all season.

On the other side of the ball the magic recipe for destroying N.E. is throw for 300 yards and sack Brady 3 times. Any team that has done that has dominated them over the years. The Chiefs inherently have a scheme that causes them problems because they play man and rush the passer. What Vrabel did to them the chiefs are capable of. Get physical at the line of scrimmage and play the underneath crossing stuff tight, play the backs tight, and force the ball down the field to slapdicks like Hogan. The key is don't give them easy PI calls when Brady chunks it up down the field.

The Chiefs have lost every football game in which the opponent had the ball 33 minutes or more. Belichik is known to focus on that so expect it to be a major focus. K.C. must stop the run and put Brady in 3rd and 6+. They're going to try to hold the ball and dink and dunk their way down the field to win TOP.

01-18-2019, 08:58 AM	#102
B_Ambuehl Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Casino cash: $9805405	Belichik will try to take away Mahomes scrambling to his right. Instead of rushing to the QB he'll have the rusher on that side take away the outside scramble. He actually did it in the first game and had some success with it. They play more straight up man coverage than any team in the NFL. Defensively, he usually places Gilmore on one receiver with no help then Jackson on another receiver with safety help. In the first game he had McCourty on Kelce quite a bit which is a decent matchup for N.E. Anytime Chung was on Kelce he got destroyed. Chung is done. He couldn't even stay with Gates last week. Anyhow, I think their best bet is try to single up Watkins with Gilmore, put Jackson on Hill with safety help to that side, then put McCourty on Kelce. Their problem is they play so much man coverage it's so easy to pre-determine where to go with the ball. And when you have a QB that can move and have an offensive playcaller whose main offseason hobby involves creating new misdirection schemes and plays to destroy man coverage it's not a good schematic matchup for them. The teams that had some success slowing the Chiefs offense down all play cover 3 or are zone blitz heavy (Arizona, Baltimore, Seattle, S.D.). Reid and Mahomes have routinely destroyed man coverage all season. On the other side of the ball the magic recipe for destroying N.E. is throw for 300 yards and sack Brady 3 times. Any team that has done that has dominated them over the years. The Chiefs inherently have a scheme that causes them problems because they play man and rush the passer. What Vrabel did to them the chiefs are capable of. Get physical at the line of scrimmage and play the underneath crossing stuff tight, play the backs tight, and force the ball down the field to slapdicks like Hogan. The key is don't give them easy PI calls when Brady chunks it up down the field. The Chiefs have lost every football game in which the opponent had the ball 33 minutes or more. Belichik is known to focus on that so expect it to be a major focus. K.C. must stop the run and put Brady in 3rd and 6+. They're going to try to hold the ball and dink and dunk their way down the field to win TOP.
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