No more excuses for the Kansas City Chiefs

For the last seven weeks the Kansas City Chiefs have made one excuse after another, with zero improvement week after week. The time for excuses is over.

The Kansas City Chiefs are acting like children in the sense that there is always an excuse without much validation to go with it. The timeline of the Chiefs failures is extraordinary. It’s quite baffling to see the Chiefs team that went into Foxboro and whipped the Patriots turn into the team that got beat by the lowly Bills and Giants.

It isn’t that the Chiefs are losing but how the Chiefs are losing. They completely wasted the easiest part of their schedule, coming off a bye week and facing two severely broken teams. To think that the Giants and Bills kept the Chiefs from scoring more than 20 points combined is hard to believe, yet it happened.

Local media around the Chiefs are pointing fingers all around, blaming the offensive line and the play calling. The defense is still getting blame, which is ludicrous since the last two weeks the defense has allowed nine and 16 points, respectfully.

Excuse 1. The O-Line

The offensive line wasn’t good during the five game stretch to begin the season either, they weren’t bad, but definitely not good. Alex Smith was getting pressured, running lanes were closing quickly, sacks were becoming a regular thing. Nothing has changed, the line is average. The Chiefs undoubtedly would be better with a more talented group, but the line is good enough to beat the Eagles and bad enough to lose to the Giants.

Excuse 2. The Defense

No pass rush and no quality pass coverage are definitely reasons to point a finger. However, the run defense seems to have toughened up a bit with Kevin Pierre-Louis and Reggie Ragland getting more playing time. As mentioned before, any team in the NFL would appreciate a defense that allows nine and 16 points in back to back games. The defense didn’t lose the last two ball games for Kansas City. The addition of Darrell Revis should help the secondary, but all problems for the Chiefs are on the offensive side of the ball.

Excuse 3. The Play calling

Zero completed passes of over 20 yards against the Bills is bad, zero attempts over twenty yards is worse. If Andy Reid likes to throw the ball so much, he isn’t doing it. It appeared that the play calling was watered down against Buffalo, perhaps as a gift to the struggling Alex Smith. The play calling has been predictable, as opposing defenses can tell you. Third down play calling especially needs an overhaul. This is the only excuse that pans out.

The reason for the Kansas City Chiefs struggles

Alex Smith is the main reason for the Chiefs struggles so far. Play calling has nothing to do with missed wide open receivers. The offensive line isn’t to blame for any of Smith’s interceptions and the defense has kept teams under control. It is the quarterbacks job to receive the call and then read the defense. Lately the defense must look like braille to Smith. He has been unable to make anything happen for weeks.

Remember, if Trevor Simian didn’t throw footballs for the Broncos, the Chiefs would be 5-6 right now. Would Smith still have your support with that record? Smith has missed wide open receivers in recent weeks, and can’t seem to throw further than five yards.

So no more excuses Kansas City. Why put Alex Smith on a pedestal because he had five MVP caliber games compared to the previous five seasons. What about the dismal play of Smith the last six games? If his stats don’t do it for you, then just watch him play. We always go back to the first five games like they are the gospel of Smith, and they simply are not.

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It’s time to make the change and give the keys to Patrick Mahomes. If you don’t agree, let’s talk after the Jets game.

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