Chargers open 6 pt favorites - Chiefs Pre-Game discusssion

[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

Hey anyone got a email for Angle the Chiefs fan that had a crush on Crow and I think met one of our mods?

[Bolt-O]

The Film Don't Lie: Chiefs
October, 7, 2014

By Adam Teicher | ESPN.com

A weekly look at what the Kansas City Chiefs must fix:

The Chiefs were disappointed they had only 50 offensive plays in Sunday's 22-17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, but there's a way they can almost guarantee they'll have more snaps in their next game, on Oct. 19 against the San Diego Chargers.

The Chiefs need to run the ball more frequently. They tried only 19 rushing plays, a number far too low given the facts the Chiefs led for much of the game and they were gaining yardage at a nice clip when they gave the ball to Jamaal Charles. He had 80 yards on his 15 carries, or 5.3 yards per carry.

The running game was working in San Francisco, so this was a self-inflicted wound. The running game will work more often than not when the Chiefs are committed to making it work with Charles and Knile Davis.

They could have extended more drives by going to Charles or Davis on third-and-short or medium-yardage situations. But against the 49ers, the Chiefs had seven third-down plays where they needed four or fewer yards to convert.

The Chiefs passed every time. The Chiefs threw an incomplete pass on third-and-1 in the fourth quarter when the situation begged for them to hand the ball to Charles or Davis.

Coach Andy Reid said he now regrets not going to Charles on that play. It's too late to help them in San Francisco -- but it won't be the next time.

[Bolt-O]

[Boltx]

A lot of those defensive stats, especially on 3rd downs, don't look so great for us.

[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

Someone is going to have statgasm!

[Sec-E4]

What those stats don't show, is that our opponents have had the ball a lot less.....I'd like to see the T.o.p for both teams
Their missing some important #'s on that list

Those stats could be deceiving

[thelightningwill]

Andy Reid has been a coach longer than I've been fat. If dude is still calling passes on running downs, I doubt that article is going to change his style.

[Sec-E4]

His ability to call time outs at the right time is on a Chris Webber level

[Panama]

I guess they felt Yards Per Play is so important that they had to list it twice.

But what I don't get is if the team gives up 5.39 yards per play, why don't opponents just run a play every play? I mean, clearly we can't defend plays. If opponents would just commit to a 60-40 ratio of plays to non-plays, they would easily win, because we would be giving up a first down every 2 plays. It's mind-boggling that the teams don't see this.

Actually, the truly mind-blowing thing is that we're not the worst but 15th. There are 17 other teams that give up even more than 5.39 yards per play. The fact that there are punters in the game punting punts is unquestionably proof that coaches are choosing not to run plays. Strange...

[sandiego17]

Panama, panama, panama...5.39 Yards per play > 4.7 Yards Per Carry. Running obviously lowers the per play average and therefore coaches should pass every play. Simple. Don't think for a second Andy Reid doesn't understand this. He also understands he has a huge ass and knows how to use it.

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[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

Y'all are going to give some poor child a statgasm!

[Mister Hoarse]

Dont be a play hatah