Game Day Thread Chiefs @ Titans GDT

I'm happy we won but that was one of the worst defenses I seen in a while.

The game plan for them was also insane 9/10 man boxes with run blitzes to stop Henry was just crazy.

We could have score 60 if we want it to AJ was open on basically everyplay.

 

Well Downing and Tannehill kept running him into 11 man boxes in the 4th, it was ****ing stupid

 

I have no doubt that the Tanny Julio connection is coming. We’ve seen flashes of it but Julio still isn’t fully healthy. Once Julio is back to 100% and defenses are keying on AJ and Henry, we could see something truly special. The depth on this squad is even better than the 2019 squad.

I really didn’t see the blown coverages you did. I’ll have to watch again, but I don’t remember hearing Jackrabbits name much, which is a good thing.

 

Chiefs DL hasn't generated much pressure for the stars they have on it.

That said, the OL played amazing considering the injuries. Radunz gave up 1 bad pressure, but otherwise looked very good in limited action and was a mauler in the run game. Of course this was at G and not tackle, but I'll take it.

 

I'd argue that, outside a handful (alright, 2 or 3 handfuls) of busted coverages, the defense has played very well this year. Last year, we were last in 3rd down defense, 29th in points, and 24 in yards. This year, we are midpackish.

Against the Bills, we did a good job of recognizing Allen's weakness of going to his left and forced him that way. Against the Chiefs, we were thin at cornerback and you barely heard the cornerback names called. We forced everything to the middle of the field and let our LB's and safeties fly around and make plays.

Fans have unrealistic expectations for defense. In the game day thread for the Bills, a top 5 qb in Allen would throw to a top 5 wr in a perfectly executed play and people would complain about our cornerbacks and our scheme.

 

They had to sell out to stop him though, which opened up the passing game. And he still converted 6 1st downs on the ground.

 

Opposing DC's will continue to stack the box to stop Henry. We haven't been able to capitalize on that consistently this year, so it works for them more often than not. Titans will need to string together several games like this one to cause opponents to re-think that strategy. If "pick your poison" becomes a real thing, we can start thinking about playoff home field and #1 seed type of a season. Fun stuff. Still gotta prove it though. And still gotta get healthy on defense.

 

Top 5 Tackle Grades in the NFL through Wk 7:
1. Trent Williams
2. Tyron Smith
3. Jack Conklin
4. David Quessenberry
5. Donovan Smith

 

Top Safety Grades through Wk 7 (min 100 snaps):

1. Kevin Byard - 90.6
2. Amani Hooker - 90.4

 

Landry 8 QB pressures, 1 sack
Dupree 3 QB pressures, 2 sacks
Autry 6 QB pressures, 2 sacks
Simmons 5 QB pressures
Ola 3 QB pressures
Murch, Naquan 2 QB pressures each.
Wow!