Why do teams in 2 or 1 minute drill suddenly slow down the tempo when they get into FG range. I've seen this a few times now this season. Teams have the defence struggling and then stop trying to move the ball.
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NFL 2024 Season
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TheBigIguana
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Eh we’re two years removed from the Vikings being 13-4 and average at absolute best. The Chiefs aren’t a million miles from that, but obviously we aren’t in a vacuum and you’re allowed to believe in them more based on the prior years.
Acrobat
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They will get to the Super Bowl, it’s all rigged and fixed so they three-peat. The biggest problem they will have to cover it up is the fact they will probably be facing the Lions, who are infinitely better than them. The refs will have to make more blatant officiating errors than usual in a Chiefs game to ensure they win.
TheBigIguana
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In this case it was because the coach didn’t know how to handle the last 15 seconds with no timeouts
Kev The Rat
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Well yes to your final point. I remember losing to the Raiders on Xmas day last year to drop to 9-6 and I doubted we even make the playoffs, and look what happened.
Toffe3m4n
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Exactly. Had they saved at least one timeout then that botched snap doesn't happen.
Lapeno77
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It's not rigged, it's just poor.
None of these current teams would be above .500 10 years ago.
Being successful in this league is nothing more than being the best of a bad bunch. In years to come, this era isn't going to bother looked on fondly.
TheBigIguana
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People have way too much nostalgia sometimes.
I get that in the mid-2010s QBs were throwing for way more yardage but that was because the defensive play was very low quality and slow to adapt. I also get that there are slogs (even today was a little) more than there used to be in that period but it is because defenses are playing well now and forcing good offenses, which there still are plenty of, to be even better to beat.
For me the 54-51 Chiefs Rams game was entertaining as a one off and was also terrible football.
Rook
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Chiefs prob deserve to be 9-3 but they have an uncanny knack of dragging better teams into playing their style of ugly football. That style also makes them look bad against terrible teams but they still manage.
The Steelers are really good at this as well, the difference is the QBs.
The Steelers are really good at this as well, the difference is the QBs.
Woolverhampton_Blue
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You said to me that regular season was a warm up for the Chiefs, and so far it looks accurate. They’re grinding results out without pulling up any trees.
Woolverhampton_Blue
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Kev The Rat
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I've watched a few of these 'nail biters' on highlights this morning, and contrary to what people are saying these games are actually close because the Chiefs are shooting themselves in the foot/letting the opponent back into it. Case in point yesterday when we were cruising at 16-3 up headed into the 4th and suddenly the knife is removed from the jugular and the Raiders flip the script.
Against the Panthers we had a 20-9 lead at HT, then relaxed too much and allowed Young to drag them back into it.
Against the Bucs, we allow Mayfield to tie the game with a TD drive in one minute at the end of the game.
The Ravens in week 1 - in command, and then we let Lamar mount a last gasp drive which fell short.
Bascially, I think the team has a tendancy to take its foot off the gas when in comfortable positions, and that is what makes these games end up closer than they should.
However, Going back to the playoffs last year they've won 12 one score games in a row. Assuming a 50% chance of victory in each one, that's a 1 in 4,096 chance if it's based on 'pure luck'. And it isn't just the dregs of the league they're doing this to. In that time they've done it to the Bills, the Ravens (twice), the 49ers, the Bengals, the Broncos, Chargers... The result is the result. Chiefs find a way to win these games no matter the quality of their opponent.
Against the Panthers we had a 20-9 lead at HT, then relaxed too much and allowed Young to drag them back into it.
Against the Bucs, we allow Mayfield to tie the game with a TD drive in one minute at the end of the game.
The Ravens in week 1 - in command, and then we let Lamar mount a last gasp drive which fell short.
Bascially, I think the team has a tendancy to take its foot off the gas when in comfortable positions, and that is what makes these games end up closer than they should.
However, Going back to the playoffs last year they've won 12 one score games in a row. Assuming a 50% chance of victory in each one, that's a 1 in 4,096 chance if it's based on 'pure luck'. And it isn't just the dregs of the league they're doing this to. In that time they've done it to the Bills, the Ravens (twice), the 49ers, the Bengals, the Broncos, Chargers... The result is the result. Chiefs find a way to win these games no matter the quality of their opponent.
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Toffe3m4n
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Shouldn't the 'top' teams be avoiding this though? I think that's the point being made.
Whilst the adage that 'champions find a way to win' is somewhat true, I don't think you can argue that KC have looked pretty average at times this season against very average/poor sides.
I still can't believe they beat Denver the other week with that hugely fortunate block on the last FG attempt at the death..
Kev The Rat
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Denver are clearly decent, they are in no way poor and NFL games are often tight in general.
The only thing I will accept is that the Chiefs arent putting teams away as easily as they could.
Green Bay have won a game this season on a last second blocked FG, not a murmur about it, its been forgotten about.
Detroit have 4 - yes 4 - games that they won in the last few seconds this season - does anyone go on about those, and where their season would be had they not pulled through?