Why Do You Like This Draft!

[Shake n Blake]

(05-05-2022, 01:13 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Saw Bucky Brooks talking about our draft and he made a great point.

Bengals had a lot of success dropping 7 or even 8 in zone coverage and just rushing 3 or 4, but Brooks said the Bengals don't want to be forced to play that way. And if they want to blitz more and play more "pressure" defense that usually means playing more man-to-man coverage. So the Bengals had to bring in more cover guys. That way they can mix it up.

I know a lot of fans don't want to admit it, but the Chiefs second half meltdown in the playoffs had a lot more to do with Mahommes playing poorly than our amazing defensive scheme. I saw Kurt Warner break down the film and there were open receivers and running lanes that Mahommes just ignored or failed to see. Our defense played great that second half. I don't want to take away all the credit they deserve, but I guarantee we won't be able to shut down Mahommes with that simple of a scheme next time.

What are you talking about? We shut KC and Mahomes down in the 2nd half of BOTH games. In the first one, they scored 28 in the first half and 3 in the second half. I can't find Mahome's 2nd half stats for that one, but I'm sure they weren't good.

We were a 2nd half team all year long. Turns out halftime adjustments aren't journalistic jargon after all. Mahomes missed throws because he wasn't comfortable with what we threw at him.