(10-12-2018, 07:53 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(10-12-2018, 07:48 PM)Eric1 Wrote: Yeldon can handle the load just fine.

The one thing we can't do is get behind on points and get forced to throw the football. We have to run the football, which will make it easier for our beat up OL. We cannot be throwing the football 35+ times.

Limiting the amount of throws will limit the impact of their front four.

That Cowboys Offense has been very bad. If Bortles doesn't go full derp mode again and give them the football over and over, I don't see how their Offense scores more than 10 points on our Defense. Their leading receiver doesn't even have 200 receiving yards on the season yet. Pretty sure they're the only team in the league that hasn't had a receiver get 100 yards in a game yet.

But that's the thing.  KC's defense isn't that good, and our OL got Bortles pressured to the point he went "full derp mode" against a not so good defense.

That sort of thing can stop us from gaining momentum, help Dallas create momentum, and stop us from getting it back or taking advantage of it assuming the D makes a play.

We could still win this game...but the state of the OL makes it much harder than it otherwise would be.

Chiefs' Defense isn't as bad as the numbers say. The numbers are skewed because their Offense has been putting up so many points, their Defense lets Opp Offenses rack up yards on them that look bad on paper, but don't have much impact on the out come of the actual game.

Us getting away from the run too early was the main cause of our issues vs the Chiefs. They went to the pass way too soon, when the Chiefs were showing that they couldn't really stop our running game. They have to mix up the run and pass to keep them honest obviously, but they really have to stop trying to get cute and out thinking themselves in obvious situations.

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