Kansas City Chiefs offense is peaking at the right time

1. Get the ball into the hands of the playmakers

After the loss to the Titans I wrote (or ranted) about how KC’s biggest problem was not utilizing their best weapons, particularly Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill. While Kelce may not have had a big day against the Chargers, it wasn’t really needed and overall KC has done a MUCH better job of utilizing their best players the past two weeks.

The triple threat of Travis Kelce, Jeremy Maclin, and Tyreek Hill give the Chiefs enough offensive firepower to threaten even the elite defenses of the NFL. While you don’t want to ignore an open target just to force the ball to these three, too often earlier in the season the Chiefs seemed to be giving guys like Albert Wilson and Demetrius Harris as many designed targets as they did their far superior teammates.

Look, kudos to Albert Wilson on his big play this week, but that doesn’t mean the Chiefs should game plan an equal amount of touches for him as Tyreek Hill. Harris has had a couple of key plays this season but the plan should be to get Kelce the ball early and often and Harris is a fallback option if the defense takes Kelce away. I also feel its safe to say that the Chiefs are now clearly a passing team. While I wasn’t sure I could get behind that even just six weeks ago, I think its clearly who they are now.

Spencer Ware and Charcandrick West can give the Chiefs enough balance in the run game to compliment the trio of elite weapons in the pass game but I don’t feel confident that the Chiefs can put the game on Ware and West’s shoulders and ride them to victory. The Chiefs now pass to open up the run game as opposed to the other way around. So yes, the Chiefs need enough touches for the running backs to keep the defense honest, but the number one goal has to be to utilize the abilities of Kelce, Maclin, and Hill. They are the guys that make this offense explosive and hard to handle.