Chiefs vs Chargers: Making sense of the madness!

The pass rush is also a concern. There was no outside rush at all early and only a little during the late comeback. Dee Ford has to be a more consistent factor in the pass rush and Frank Zombo needs to be off the field on passing downs in favor of Dadi Nicolas. I get that Nicolas is unproven and a rookie, but Zombo is a proven non factor in the pass rush. Let him play in the base defense but get the rookie in there on passing downs. Either that or we have to hope that Hali is able to do more as he gets back into full conditioning.

The corner play was actually about what I thought it would be. Marcus Peters had a bad day and I think we’ll see better from him overall but the rest is probably about right for KC’s young corners. If the Chiefs want better results in pass defense its going to be because they stopped the run better, forced longer third downs, and got more pressure on the quarterback. If they do that then the corner play we saw today should be adequate.

On offense the only real concern I have is the interior offensive line in pass protection. The Chargers had guys in Alex Smith’s face consistently and it was mostly off of basic stunts that the Chiefs failed to pick up. I’m on record as being concerned about Parker Ehinger’s strength, but it was more a matter of communication and recognition in this game and that was supposed to be what KC was going to be better at with this same unit working together all preseason. I have hope that this can be improved as the year goes on. If not, get Jah Reid out there ASAP.

So that was my concerns with what went wrong early in the game. Now let’s talk about what went right in KC’s comeback.

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