Kansas City Chiefs: Wasting offensive firepower

The Kansas City Chiefs offense has been a major disappointment thus far in 2016. There really isn’t any other spin that you can put on it. Yes, there have been issues with the defense and special teams at times too, but overall it has been the offense that has been the biggest liability through the first four games.

Of the 16 quarters that the Chiefs have played this season they only played well on offense in one of them. That ratio is not going to cut it for any team, let alone one with major playoff aspirations. Usually when you see this kind of pitiful offensive production in the NFL it is because the team lacks true talent and playmakers on offense. While you could have made that argument in past seasons in Kansas City, I do not believe that to be true now. KC’s offensive futility is not about a shortage of offensive weapons, but the inability to utilize them.

Before we even get to what is causing this lack of offensive production, let’s make sure everyone understands just how awful the offensive production has been. If you take away the fourth quarter against the Chargers and the defensive and special teams touchdowns against the Jets you are left with just 46 points scored by the offense in 15 quarters of play. That is an absolutely pathetic 3.07 points per quarter by the offense.

It doesn’t take a math wiz to figure out that over an entire game that only gives you about 12 points. An offense that has Jeremy Maclin, Travis Kelce, Chris Conley, Tyreek Hill, Spencer Ware, and now Jamaal Charles should be putting up significantly more than that.