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I think he's the defensive version of Gabe Davis. He gets fans excited with flashes but ultimately the scheme is more responsible for success than the player. A wonderful #3 but a bit underwhelming as a starter. If we hand him the starting job next year I don't expect him to step up and replace Poyer's level of play. I would much rather just pay Poyer and know what I'm getting next year.

Let's hold our horses on Watson. He has been constantly dinged up sincd training camp, and even when playing he often gets up slowly after getting tackled. All the talent in the world means nothing if you can't withstand NFL hits. Pickens was known to be better than his draft position but he was coming off an ACL injury and had maturity issues at Georgia. If any team can handle a talented WR with maturity issues it's Pittsburgh. He went to the perfect spot.

Cole is washed. He took one snap for the Bucs where he tripped over his own feet on a screen pass, then promptly retired. When receivers start going downhill they slide right to the bottom. I would like to see more Shakir in the offense. Maybe he isn't performing well in practice or something but every time I watch him on the field he looks a lot more competent than McKenzie. There was one game where we made it a point to get him involved and since then he's been invisible. I don't get it.

Not only that but apparently Eric Wood and Chris Brown were calling him out on the pregame show yesterday and saying he is letting the team down. If they're saying that you know it's true.

The coaches losing us the Vikings game may very well keep us out of the #1 seed when all is said and done. Numerous mistakes from McDermott and Dorsey caused an easy victory to slip away from us. I'm glad they corrected those issues today, but if they ever want us to be the #1 seed they can't have those lapses in the first place. I actually can't remember the last time the Chiefs lost because of coaching malfeasance. They are super well prepared and motivated every single week every single season.

They're still very unlikely to win out. Even if they had a 90% chance of victory in each remaining game they would still be 52% likely to lose at least one. The problem is we are also unlikely to win out, so each chance at a loss where they manage to pull out a win diminishes our odds of ending up higher in the standings.

The worst part about the Chiefs is we've beat them in two consecutive regular seasons but we flubbed too many other games and lost control of our own destiny. It just feels like the Chiefs identify their problems really quickly and fix them fast, while it takes our coaches half a season before they make necessary changes. The Chiefs are down starting WRs so they find a way to run the ball and run the offense through the TEs, meanwhile it took us several games of offensive inepitude before we gave James Cook any kind of meaningful playing time. The Chiefs NEVER let victories slip away. If you beat them, you really beat them. It's been the difference between us and them the last two years.

I can't remember the last time a Chiefs TD required an exceptional play. It's just 5 yard dump offs to Kelce and he simply runs away from everyone.

Well at least it's just holding and not DPI. Pretty weak though considering some of the other plays they've let go.

Chiefs have gotten to the Pats dynasty level where they don't really have to beat their opponent, they just wait for the opponent to beat themselves. And somehow the opponent always happily obliges.

I'm starting MVS, same stat line. The Chiefs entire offense right now is their TEs.

Tough call. The Chiefs offense hasn't been that explosive so you'd like to trust your defense here, but you're also inches away from continuing a potentially back breaking drive. I lean conservative on most decisions but I can see both sides of this one.

The Chargers had a chance to take control of the game and instead came away with just 3 points on two drives.

The Chiefs are making stupid undisciplined mistakes.

LA has a chance to take total control of this game. Get at least 10 points before KC even touches the ball again.

If the Vikings/Cowboys game ends at the current score, the Vikings will be 8-2 with a negative point differential on the season. I wonder if that's ever happened before.

Allen hasn't been on the field for pregame warmups in the last two games, he is almost certainly getting shots right before the game. I think I heard him say postgame today that the sidearm throws still feel a little weird. It's like in 2020 his throws started looking off when he wore a shoulder harness for a few games. He's wearing a brace and getting numbing shots to the affected area. No doubt in my mind it's affecting him. While he recovers we need to lean into the run game and Allen just has to avoid turnovers

This. It is a totally valid way to win football games, in fact the Patriots built a dynasty on the idea. Take away the opponent's best player, slowly build a multiple possession lead, then just whittle away the time until the opponent has run out of chances. I was laughing at some of the live game thread comments about the Browns last TD drive, as if that drive mattered at all. Because we smartly took points at every opportunity and ran the clock down, the Browns last drive was effectively meaningless as long as we didn't give up a long TD. If we had played like that against the Vikings we would have won. Not every game has to be a pedal to the metal 30 point blowout. Nothing wrong with letting the game come to you.

I'm really concerned about Tre White. The defense cannot be championship caliber until we have him back. Clearly there is some kind of mental thing going on with him and the longer it goes on the more concerned I become that he will not be back on the field this year. December 1 against the Pats is the deadline I'm looking at. If he's still not back by then I think we have a big problem on our hands.

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I think opposing defenses have decided to cede our running game in favor of taking away our downfield passing. And if that's how it's gonna be we have to take advantage of those easy opportunities. The red zone offense is still a work in progress but I'll take long efficient drives that end in points.

It turns out you can score 30+ just by executing basic football and taking points when you have the chance. It doesn't require the QB to collect 96% of the offensive yards while doing back flips.

At this point it's on him. Either he wants to get on the field or he doesn't. I never thought we would be here with him but that's where we are.

If Tre White isn't back by the Pats game on December 1, I won't expect him back this year. And our secondary will continue to be a huge problem.

Nothing fancy about this win, we just executed fundamentals on offense and let the game come to us. This is exactly the kind of win we needed.