Julio Hopkins

I don't disagree with that, but the receiving group being weak has played a part. Josh was throwing to Trent Sherfield and Deonte Harty in the Chiefs divisional round game. Not to mention Latavius Murray who might as well be a receiver due to Joe Brady. Looking at the groups, I'm not shocked that the offense couldn't get it done the last two years when the defense finally made a stop.

Who cares? Let him run routes on third down because he is a legitimate receiving threat.

It's a statistic that ignores the fact that Josh Allen is one of the hardest QBs to sack in league history.

I'm really interested in the plan at corner. At the moment, they aren't capable of stopping most receiving corps.

Hendrickson was mostly a bench guy before his final season on New Orleans, he had 1,549 snaps his first four years. Rousseau has been a starter the past three with 2,671 total snaps since being drafted. I'm not sure if that's a good comparison.

At some point the players on the field have to step up. I'm not excusing the coaching staff but offenses are going to show you new stuff. There's only so much you can prepare for pre-snap. Torrence said something similar on the blitz call on the last offensive play. I just don't think that's a good excuse. It really just explains why this team struggles with the Chiefs in the postseason vs the regular season.

I think the philosophy change started with Ken Dorsey balancing the offense. After 2023, they ended the season with a high amount of turnovers. So they overcorrected into the ball control time of possession offense. Diggs' usage changed after Brady became the OC. His playing time went way down, they started preaching blocking for the receivers. See Davis getting a game ball without making a catch in the Jets game. Diggs being upset about his targets was caused directly by the drop in playing time after Brady became the OC. The big bodied receiver change started with Brady. MVS wasn't a serious signing. Amari Cooper is absolutely that type of receiver though, he's about the same size as Davis. Cooper was only running routes in 50 to 60% of his snaps after trading for him. Samuel is a good point, I honestly forgot about him. Maybe they envisioned him as the deep threat last year and he didn't pan out. That said, they didn't use him. I shouldn't have added Kincaid, regardless of who the OC was they needed replace Cole Beasley. He wasn't a good example. I think the desired personnel changed when Brady became the OC. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not advocating for the shot play Ken Dorsey style offense. I just don't want the offense to hold itself back because McDermott is terrified of his defense playing.

That's a personnel decision they made when changing the offense to its current system. They traded Diggs who was unhappy with what Brady was implementing. They gave an extension to Knox then drafted Kincaid. Drafting Cook and Davis. Drafting Coleman and adding a crop of big bodied blocking receivers. I don't think they stumbled into the season without a group of receivers who can stretch the field and create separation. I think it was a conscious decision to build the offense this way.

I'm fine with a balanced attack, I was advocating for the change before they added Kincaid. I don't think they created a balanced offense, they created an offense mainly driven by the run. The last two seasons it was a ball control offense that couldn't push the ball downfield when needed. In important moments they weren't able to move the ball well because it was too one dimensional.

I wouldn't agree that the Chiefs defense has been pretty good throughout their run. They've been significantly better the last two years, but overall they were the team's weakness.

"Opponents scored an average of 33.2 points in Buffalo’s five playoff losses over that span." That is such a crazy stat with a defensive minded head coach that: Hired his own general manager and prioritizes the defense first in the offseason. Changed the offensive philosophy to a ball control time of possession offense to keep his defense off the field. Hired an in-house staff member to replace himself as the defensive coordinator. That ain't it.

Conservatives: "Who?"

Funnily enough, I think Worthy would have been the perfect addition to this offense. They wouldn't have needed him to run complex routes. They need speed and the ability to stretch the field. It's a skillset they desperately needed when they got Diggs, same now. We'll see what happens with Coleman, it's too early to give up on him. That said, I think we can guess what his ceiling will be. I'm guessing Gabe Davis level player, hopefully he'll end up closer to a Courtland Sutton type. Honestly, I think my biggest fear is that they drafted him solely because of this blocking bull####.

This is an insult to Chan Gailey. There is absolutely no chance Schottenheimer ends up with 34 wins as a head coach.

Same with the Rams game this year, the corners looked completely outmatched. Forget covering Nacua or Kupp, Benford couldn't cover Atwell.