The Kansas City Chiefs losing strategy

The Chiefs simply don’t have enough play makers on their roster to ignore their two best. The only other player I would argue is worthy of being included with them is Jeremy Maclin. Maclin had a good game with six receptions for 82 yards. So let’s combine his numbers with Hill and Kelce’s to see the difference when KC gets the ball to their best players compared to when they do not.

On the ten plays where Maclin, Kelce, and Hill got the ball in their hands the Chiefs averaged 19.1 yards per play.

On the 47 plays where those three didn’t get the ball the Chiefs averaged 2.68 yards per play.

Now to be fair, a few of those 47 plays were incomplete passes that were intended for one of KC’s top playmakers. So let’s take incomplete passes out of the equation all together and see how those numbers look.

On the 33 plays where any other offensive player than Maclin, Kelce, or Hill got the ball in their hands the Chiefs averaged 3.9 yards per play.

So the Chiefs gave the ball to the players that were averaging 19.1 yards per play 10 times and gave the ball to the players that were averaging 3.9 yards per play 33 times.

That is why the Chiefs lost to the Tennessee Titans.