Houston has the league's worst-ranked pass defense, allowing 329.6 yards per game. Meanwhile, the Texans have the fifth-ranked rush defense, having surrendered 79.6 yards per contest. If the Chiefs are as confident as they say in their quarterback, an obvious game plan is to attack Houston's deficient pass defense and rack up major yards and big points. But if the coaching staff is like many of us and isn't sure about Cassel's reliability as a passer, the Chiefs are more likely to stick with a game plan they've used well in the first fourth of the season: using their running backs and minimizing the team's reliance on the passing game -- which, by the way, is ranked 27th after averaging 158 yards in four games.
This is the way game plans work: If there's a clear weakness, the opponent attacks it. The only way it doesn't is if it just doesn't trust itself to properly go after that weakness.
The Chiefs can say what they want about Cassel and their confidence in him, for now and later. But if the game plan never lies, Kansas City will have to show its hand against the Texans.
