Jets vs. Chiefs: Kansas City Could Keep Things Simple on Offense

by John B on Dec 8, 2011 10:35 AM EST

If Tyler Palko is the quarterback for the Chiefs, the Jets might be looking at preparing for a simple playbook on Sunday. The Chiefs ran the ball 53% of the time last week against Chicago. Against the Bears, Kansas City threw the ball less than ten yards on over three quarters of passing attempts. Many of these came without many reads. There were a lot of hitches, screens, and rollouts.

This is with good reason. Palko seemed to get flustered whenever faced with pressure and made some very inaccurate throws. The Bears are not really a team that throws a lot of exotic looks at a quarterback. They rely a lot on their defensive line and play a lot of zone. This is not the kind of scheme a team needs to protect a quarterback from.

The Chiefs were intent to play ball control and let their defense win the game against a struggling Bears offense with a spotty quarterback. We will likely see a similar approach this week.

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Three Keys to Beating The Chiefs:

Offense: RUN the ball well. (Give Sanchez a break in this game.)
Defense: A little MAYHEM might go a long way. (One thing leads to another, then turnovers!)
Special Teams: Win the FIELD POSITION battle. (Get some guys on KR/PR that can make plays without taking unnecessary risks.)

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by MachlinT on Dec 8, 2011 11:23 AM EST reply actions

On offense though Sanchez may not have the shoulder the load, I could still see him having a big game, maybe not in yards, but as far as TDs. He’s been quite reliable in the redzone. I could see Plax and Tone showing up big there.

On defense I could see a pick six happening. We haven’t had one in a while.

by Melrenee on Dec 8, 2011 11:48 AM EST up reply actions

Typically

what happens is our offense will not score on the first drive. When\if we score it is on drives in close succession of each other. Then as the story above said we have to rely on the defense to hold off the opponent’s offense. They are usually able to do this till around the end of the 3rd to the early fourth quarter when they’ve been on the field so much they are exhausted. However, one of the things Haley insists on is endurance and cardio fitness. So even though the defense might slow down they’re still in better shape fitness wise than say your avverage unit.

by Fidelis86 on Dec 8, 2011 11:36 AM EST reply actions