Kansas City Chiefs: No need to freak out?

The Kansas City Chiefs were the last unbeaten team in the NFL. Now winless in their last two games, fans are starting to freak out.

Calm yourselves. The Kansas City Chiefs are still a legit contender. Two straight losses that could have been wins. One loss at home to a team that always beats them, and a road loss at Oakland who never beats them.

So the Chiefs may not be the media darlings they were two weeks ago. That’s ok.

If someone told you eight weeks ago that the Chiefs would start the year at 5-2, I believe most fans would’ve said that would be swell.

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The Chiefs have given their fans a new hope and at the same time new concerns. It’s a shame they don’t have elite players at every position. It’s a shame they have mediocre players in the secondary.

Thank goodness the fans have Alex Smith, Kareem Hunt, and Tyreek Hill. Things are different in Kansas City. For years the Chiefs survived with their solid defensive play. Now that defense can’t keep teams from scoring.

In fact, if you were to lay a copy of last years offense on top of this years defense, the Kansas City Chiefs would be 1-6 at this point. Scary thoughts.

A football game is a series of events. In order to win, a team must at the least compete in these events. It’s like the Chiefs are only turning in a certain amount of homework.

Change it up Bob

I’m not jumping on the Bob Sutton hate wagon just yet, but if things don’t change soon, I may have one foot aboard.

This game is all about adjustments and adapting. Neither of those have happened as of yet. The Chiefs have a glaring weakness that has been attacked two weeks in a row.

Zero pass rush and zero pass coverage.

The combination of the two is a deadly poison when you are trying to win football games.

There isn’t a single NFL quarterback that shouldn’t be able to have their best game against the Chiefs. For example, Trevor Simian on Monday night.

The pass rush is an easier fix for Kansas City at this moment. Pass coverage could be the demise of the 2017 season.

When you have Justin Houston and Dee Ford with the big bodies up front something should be happening in the backfield from time to time. It is hard to chalk this up as a code blue right now, however the problem lies with what happens behind the front seven.

Blitz packages would be nice Bob, where are those? Remember the scenes of Daniel Sorenson diving over the defensive player trying to get to the quarterback?

It goes back to pee wee football schematics. If you can’t defend the pass, you have to try to disrupt the pass. The professional team that is the Chiefs have done neither.

Opposing teams have keyed in on these facts and it’s costing the Chief’s ball games.

The secondary

It’s hard to speak playoffs when you are this bad at a position. The hope lies with Sutton making the proper adjustments. The problem here is that the personnel doesn’t change.

Phillip Gaines gets beat as soon as the ball is snapped. Terrance Mitchell shows flashes of being decent, sometimes that flash is the receiver running by him.

Daniel Sorenson is a tough player, but his skill set isn’t what this team needs on every play. Ron Parker hasn’t done anything well and he hasn’t done anything terribly bad so far. Eric Murray is a third string talent.

Marcus Peters has his moments too, as if the crappy play is a contagious plague. At times he has looked just as bad as the others. At times he has shown he’s by far the best the Chiefs have.

Is it time to use Peters as a shadow? Terrance Mitchell is a mismatch against elite and good receivers. There is no way Big Ben would throw anywhere else but to Antonio Brown with Mitchell covering.

The secondary has to be played with during practice. Something has to be done.

It would please many if Justin Houston would stop going out into coverage too.

Do not worry

The Chiefs offense is real. Alex Smith is playing lights out. Kareem Hunt is the eventual Rookie of the Year. Tyreek Hill is a true number one receiver. Travis Kelce is either the best, or second best tight end in football.

The Chiefs will score points in abundance this year compared to recent years. These points should convert into wins throughout the season. The Chiefs are averaging just under 30 points per contest.

Worry

The defense is allowing 23 points per game. 28 in the last three games. 28 is a very close number to 29.6.

Football things happen in football. A missed field goal, botched snap, an untimely turnover can swing these numbers in opposite directions very quickly.

When your defense allows the yards the Kansas City Chiefs allow, and the points, every mistake the offense or special teams makes is untimely.

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Looking ahead, these Chiefs that were undefeated two weeks ago could finish 8-8 by the end of the season. That is a very real, very depressive thought to think as a Chiefs fan.

To waste an offensive season the Chiefs look to have, due to the defensive incompetence to play the game of football.

So go ahead and freak out, the ingredients are there. It isn’t time to fold, but the fear resonating through Chiefs Kingdom is relevant.

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