Two Chiefs starting OL out

[VrabelJr]

Morse missed week 17 and the WC. Tardiff played 25% snaps in the WC and then presumably got hurt.

I'm curious as to what Brady's numbers are when his opponents score 23 or more, just for comparison's sake

I imagine most QBs don't have a very good record when the the other team scores 23.

 

[Jetssuck]

I'm curious as to what Brady's numbers are when his opponents score 23 or more, just for comparison's sake

49-45. Patriots since 2001 are 51-50. 2-5 with Bledsoe and Cassel.

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[JJDChE]

I see what you're saying but I think a 45 game sample for Alex Smith and a 185 game sample for NE is pretty significant. It was my own take narrowing it down to their 11 game win streak. I was just curious to see if anyone had scored that much against them during it.

The sample size doesn't matter if you're using a nonsensical metric. It says more about the teams he's played on than Smith. Most of them were teams with a bad offense and a very good defense. This season the Chiefs are 9th in the league in scoring. It's pretty silly to say they can't win if you score more than 23 on them.

 

[dales804]

It's pretty silly to say they can't win if you score more than 23 on them.

Nobody said they can't win if that happens.

EDIT: I wasn't meaning to imply they cannot win (either team) if they don't score 23. Those numbers simply jumped out at me.

 

[edboc]

I would think their defensive game plan should be fairly straight forward. Stop the run on early downs, double Kelce, and put a spy on Smith so he doesn't scramble, and keep him in the pocket. If they can convert on 3rd down going to Edelman, White and Gronk with better efficiency than they have without Edelman, and not turn the ball over and don't do anything stupid on special teams, they should win the game. Hopefully Vollmer can play, and they limit offensive line penalties.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

49-45. Patriots since 2001 are 51-50. 2-5 with Bledsoe and Cassel.

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Damn that's pretty ****in good

 

[Jetssuck]

Damn that's pretty ****in good

It is. For comparison, the Colts record when allowing 23 or more points during the Manning years was 41-66.

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[shmessy]

I would think their defensive game plan should be fairly straight forward. Stop the run on early downs, double Kelce, and put a spy on Smith so he doesn't scramble, and keep him in the pocket. If they can convert on 3rd down going to Edelman, White and Gronk with better efficiency than they have without Edelman, and not turn the ball over and don't do anything stupid on special teams, they should win the game. Hopefully Vollmer can play, and they limit offensive line penalties.

I'm not too confident that we'll be seeing Vollmer.

David J. Chao, MD ?@ProFootballDoc 8h8 hours ago
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My take on @Patriots offensive injury effectiveness. #KCvsNE BRADY > @Edelman11 > @DannyAmendola > #Gronk > VOLLMER

 

[dannydyn]

Let me put a simple way: If we can't beat KC at HOME, we have no business advancing to the next level, let alone be in the SB. Should we win, our next 2 opponents are pretty much guaranteed to have equal or better defensive units to KC's (Denver, then SB against Seattle/Arizona/Carolina).

 

[dales804]

If we can't beat KC at HOME, we have no business advancing to the next level, let alone be in the SB.

Um, yea, that's how the playoffs work. If you lose, you don't get another chance.

 

[dannydyn]

Um, yea, that's how the playoffs work. If you lose, you don't get another chance.

That's not what I meant. Match ups do not always come out to be like that. Our next match up could have been the Steelers (except they are banged up and have no chance against the donkeys). In that case, the Steelers defense is inferior to that of the Chiefs. Right now, assuming Denver wins, that makes the Chiefs' defense the lowest common denominator on our way to to the SB. I don't count the Packers either - they have no shot against Arizona.