Chiefs Film Room: The offense showed its true colors
By Tarek Mavani
Play #7
The Chargers once again go single-high safety but decide to drop the two MLBs into zone coverage over the middle and only rush the LOLB. The unfortunate ROLB drew the Sisyphean task of covering Kelce one-on-one on the outside.
Once again, the pressure gets through the Chiefs line all too quickly, with the LG the culprit this time. With pressure coming right up the middle, Smith never drops his eyes and delivers a ball that only his receiver can catch, or will fall incomplete. These are the kind of throws Smith started making last year – giving his guy’s a shot to make a play when they didn’t have much separation. And when the guy you’re giving a chance to make a play is Kelce, one tends to feel pretty good about their chances.
I said it earlier and I’ll say it again, when your key players are making clutch plays like this in key moments of the game, you’re a team to be reckoned with.
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