What went wrong for Chiefs on Sunday night
Andy Reid and the Kansas City coaching staff deserves blame, too.
Head coaches across all sports have one major responsibility: put your players in the best possible position to have success. Reid did not do that on Sunday night.
Tamba Hali played only seven snaps in the loss. That is asinine to think about. One of the team’s best pass rushers was on the field for only seven plays.
Hali played 7 snaps last night, 5 fewer than Zombo. That's not enough; not even close. Third on team in sacks/qb hits in only 50% of snaps.
— RIP Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) January 16, 2017
Now take a look at Justin Houston’s role in pass coverage. (That sentence alone should make you wonder what the hell is going on.) To have Houston covering Antonio Brown on TWO of the most important plays in the game is a head-scratcher, to say the least. You have to wonder what Reid and Bob Sutton were thinking there.
It’s easy to be the “Monday morning coach,” but what is so confusing is how the Chiefs can have a 15-play script to start the game on offense that looks amazing, but the rest of the game just makes you sick to watch. Those who believe Reid should not be the Chiefs’ primary play caller had more fuel to add to their fire after Sunday night.
Linebacker Justin March-Lillard, activated off of IR before Christmas, played only one snap Sunday. The Steelers were killing the middle of the field; you’d have to think it wouldn’t have hurt to see what March-Lillard could do in there for you. To me, this is another example of Reid falling short with his lack of in-game adjustments.