Sunday, February 02, 2020

Chiefs in the Super Bowl - At Halftime

I don't think I've ever blogged at halftime. But this is the Super Bowl. And because these silly halftime shows last forever, I can pound out a few thoughts.

It is 10-10, and the Chiefs are perfectly capable of getting the lead and pulling away. The Niners are very tough, but there are a lot of positives here.

Adjustment ideas.

Hand the ball to Damien Williams straight up the field. Go ahead and do some misdirection, but give the ball to Damien. The guy is a beast and several times he's seen seams and stayed up for extra yardage.

Stop the reverses. The Niners defense is too smart and fast for those. Again, matriculate the ball downfield straight upfield.

Use that to keep the Niners D-backs in their heels. They can be exploited. Please please please just let Mahomes step back and fire the ball down the field to his receivers. Also always have a receiver go underneath the coverage -- too often Andy sends everyone up field and all Mahomes has is dump-offs to his backs and that's been ineffective like crazy so far.

Just let Patrick and his exceptional receiving core do their job.

On defense we started the game too nervous about their downfield passing game. Please. We were way too soft up front. Good thing after a while they got more aggressive at the line and that helped a lot slow the Niners offense.

For as good as Daniel Sorensen has been, the Niners have totally exploited his weaknesses. This is why on defense it'll be tricky for us to rely totally on our D-backfield.

This is why our offense is our best defense. We're able to have nice long drives, and we can always get the big play to keep us right in it. I like that Andy was aggressive and made first downs on two different 4th-&-shorts.

Yet this is also why this one could come down to the last minute with whoever has the ball in a close one. The Chiefs can explode here, but will Andy's adjustments best Kyle's adjustments?

One more half of Chiefs Super Bowl excitement this go-round!
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