The Kansas City Chiefs’ offensive offense

Third, Alex Smith needs to take charge of this offense. During their comeback Smith seemed to be in complete control. He was a leader, decisive, and pushed the ball down the field. He wasn’t reckless or careless with the football, but he didn’t play it safe either. That’s the Smith we need all the time. No quarterback is perfect.

Everybody has bad throws, bad reads, and even bad games. Smith has shown the ability to be a winning quarterback he just seems too content to be the game manager. That works if your defense is elite and you are consistently running the ball. The Chiefs don’t appear to be that team right now so he has to do more. I believe Alex Smith can do it, that’s what makes games like Sunday so frustrating.

Fourth (and finally), the Chiefs have to clean up the sloppiness. The penalties and turnovers on Sunday were just as (if not more) frustrating then the poor execution by the players and the play calling by the staff. The fumbles and penalties were not about a great Houston defense, they were mental mistakes by KC and they probably cost the Chiefs a win on Sunday.

You can blame that on the players since they made the mental mistakes or you can blame it on the coaching staff for not having their team mentally prepared, I don’t think it matters. The Chiefs played sloppy football and both players and coaches had better do whatever it takes to fix it or this season could slip away before they know it.