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Here is hoping you watch a completely different team come out and crush it in the second half.

Pete Sweeney @pgsween Taylor Heinicke had not one, but two options 3-4 yards ahead of the last Chiefs defender on the touchdown.

Ricky Seals-Jones, who couldn't get on the field last season with the Chiefs, scores on a 39-yard touchdown recepti…

The Chiefs have 13 turnovers in 5 1/2 games. The 1s had 15 last season in 15 games.

Hardman nice return

Seth Keysor @RealMNchiefsfan Hill is a great, great receiver, but he has like 7-8 drops this year at least

Hardman!

LB Nick Bolton going under the blue medical tent for an examination, appears an issue with his left hand. Nick Bolton sprinted out of the blue medical tent & has his helmet back on.

Ok You Win. Thanks for the discussion and for sharing those better insight blogs etc.

Enjoy. I think KC wins on the last drive.

Because Thats What He Does LOL

Everyone anticipates the defense needing to be completely overhauled this offseason regardless of what happens from now on, but are people forgetting this defense was just rebuilt two years ago? Something tells me the general manager didn’t do his job the first time if we’re having this same conversation two years later. The Chiefs have a chance to rebound and get on the right track this weekend at Washington, but if the score is even remotely close or god forbid the Chiefs lose, heads may have to roll.

I’ve seen a lot of people say “How dare you question Veach after he took this team to back-to-back Super Bowls and three straight AFC Championship games!?”. The goal is to create longevity and maximize your Super Bowl window. So far, Veach has failed at that. Yes, the Super Bowl was great but it took three straight historical comebacks to even make that happen and I think we can all agree that if the Chiefs only have the 2019 Super Bowl to show for in this next five-year stretch, it’s a failure. One of the biggest reasons the fanbase is upset with the front office is because of that 32nd ranked defense. There’s no excuse for it. Whether it’s talent or coaching or even a combination of the two, Brett Veach is going to end up taking heat either way. He failed to bring in the proper pieces. Letting Melvin Ingram go to the Steelers for dirt cheap and then turning around and signing Alex Okafor the next day was a complete whiff. Bringing back Dan Sorenson and then neglecting the free-agent safety market when the team knew Juan Thronhill wasn’t ready is malpractice. Moving the team’s best defensive lineman to a different position that ultimately made him worse was also a travesty.

Let’s go over some of Veach’s most notable moves and draft picks since he’s been here. Drafting Breeland Speaks with the first pick in 2018 Trading for Frank Clark and paying him $100 million Drafting Mecole Hardman with the first pick in 2019 Drafting Clyde Edwards-Helaire with the first pick in 2020 Signing Anthony Hitchens for 4 years, $45 million How many of those moves would you legitimately say you’re happy with and wouldn’t change? To me, they’re all misses. Maybe some will argue in favor of Clyde Edwards-Helaire or Mecole Hardman, but this team signed Josh Gordon for a reason and Edwards-Helaire is an average running back. Point blank. His best games are against bottom five rushing defenses. Those are the facts. Again, your hit rate has to be higher. I understand Veach has had some success with later-round picks but you’re going to need more than the occasional hit on a 4th or 5th rounder. At some point, bad moves catch up to a team and that’s exactly what’s happened to the Chiefs.

I Have made this point. Agree about 85% with this article. Per Addict Article. The Kansas City Chiefs were likely viewed as one of the best situations in the NFL ever since Patrick Mahomes had his coming-out party in 2018. With a future hall of fame quarterback on his rookie deal, a good, young nucleus that featured Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce, and a lot of money to spend, any general manager would love to take over that situation. General manager Brett Veach had exactly that to work with when he took over the role from former GM John Dorsey. Veach was able to take what John Dorsey built through mainly the draft and put the finishing touches on the roster for them to complete a Super Bowl run. However, if we’re being completely honest, John Dorsey mixed the batter, he baked the cake, he put the icing on, and designed the top. Veach just put the candles on it. That’s the Chiefs Super Bowl team in a nutshell. Yes, Brett Veach “rebuilt” the defense leading into the team’s 2019 Super Bowl-winning season, which we’ll get back to in a little bit, but the main parts were already in place. We need to have a conversation about Brett Veach We can give credit to Brett Veach for rebuilding the offensive line, but it almost seems like he focused too much on the offensive line and ignored other positions in the process. The second biggest reason the Chiefs lost the Super Bowl last season was because of the defense. The defensive line couldn’t get any pressure and the secondary didn’t have many answers for Mike Evans and the Buccaneers either. What did they do to improve either of those spots? WR2? The team tried to sell us on Mecole Hardman taking the next step but we’ve seen enough. Essentially, the team patched up one hole, but they didn’t notice the other 5 holes in the boat that opened up while they were busy working on the first one. So, at what point do we start to have a serious conversation about Brett Veach and his roster-building tactics? https://arrowheadaddict.com/2021/10/16/kc-chiefs-super-bowl-shine-starting-come-off-brett-veach/

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Nnadi: In his first three years in the NFL, Pro Football Focus gave him the following ratings in run defense: So far, in 2021, Nnadi's run defense rating is down 30 points from last year to 51.1. What's worse is that Nnadi's numbers are not an outlier on the Chiefs' defense. According to PFF, Nnadi is toward the top of Kansas City's run defense rankings in 2021. To highlight how bad the Chiefs run defense has been this year, I'll put it this way— there is not a single defensive lineman or linebacker on the Chiefs who has played more than 10 snaps this year that has a run defense rating over 60. The closest is Willie Gay Jr. at 58.2, and he has only played 25 snaps so far this year. Unsurprisingly, the three worst run defenders on the Chiefs are: Now, PFF's ratings are not the end-all, be-all to football analysis. But they are a good overall indicator of performance on the field, and when an entire defense scores as poorly as the Chiefs have, it's a problem

In his first three years in the NFL, Pro Football Focus gave him the following ratings in run defense: So far, in 2021, Nnadi's run defense rating is down 30 points from last year to 51.1. What's worse is that Nnadi's numbers are not an outlier on the Chiefs' defense. According to PFF, Nnadi is toward the top of Kansas City's run defense rankings in 2021. To highlight how bad the Chiefs run defense has been this year, I'll put it this way— there is not a single defensive lineman or linebacker on the Chiefs who has played more than 10 snaps this year that has a run defense rating over 60. The closest is Willie Gay Jr. at 58.2, and he has only played 25 snaps so far this year. Unsurprisingly, the three worst run defenders on the Chiefs are: Now, PFF's ratings are not the end-all, be-all to football analysis. But they are a good overall indicator of performance on the field, and when an entire defense scores as poorly as the Chiefs have, it's a problem

Hardman so far is equaling Watkins Production and adding to rushing. He has also been open short and Mahomes has thrown somewhere else. Receiving 5 games 22 199 Rush 3- 27 Watkins all of 2020 Receiving 10 games 37 421

I dont think they need to do that. I see teams winning every week with their #1 tackle out. Brown is certainly good enough to do the job. I just dont like seeing Mahomes overthinking every part of the position. Let him loose.

Im no expert. Thus my avatar. Seems to me this offense was unstoppable with the MVP Mahomes.

Just need a couple of stops each game & less turnovers. KC WINS!

Win and all is good. Keep losing and not so good.

One game is not worth over focusing on. Had Fisher & Schwartz played it would have looked different.

Its individual and team. Not everyone responds the same. Franchise is a class act. Franchise does not determine every members response.