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I don't really get your point. He rode Michel in the first half until the Chiefs started to use stouter fronts and made the run game less effective. Again, as long as Michel is (for whatever reason) not trusted in pass pro means he is mostly in on run downs. Sometimes Brady checks to a throw based on the favorable look they get because the other teams also know the Pats tendencies.
Once the Chiefs switched their defense up front we attacked them differently with more passes and some hurry up and that means less Michel.
Add in that people saw him leaving with a limp on his final snap and there you go.
Luuked - Go back and look at the play-by-play. I don't mean them taking Michel out on 3rd down for White. I mean them giving Michel 2-3 plays and then subbing in Burkhead despite there having been 7 plays in total. Then they went to Burkhead to start the 2nd series. Yes, they went back to Michel after several plays, but it still felt like they don't let Michel really built up a rhythm.
I didn't notice a huge change in the KC defensive front, other than bringing a LB down next to the DE, but I was at the bar and not able to pay a lot of attention to substitutions by KC.