(01-16-2023, 05:46 PM)scottyg Wrote:

(01-16-2023, 03:57 PM)scottyg Wrote: Make sure the Chiefs don't have our playbook - or someone reading Doug's lips.  Really felt like the Chargers knew what we were running for a while in the first half.

Blitz Mahomes and he shreds you.  Don't blitz and he picks you apart...  I dunno.  Bend-don't-break, keep everything in front of you and don't allow any big plays?  Make them earn every yard?  Then it's possibly death by a thousand paper cuts - maybe he's not as good as Brady playing that way?
Offensively, start cleaner at least.  We can score on these guys, but Jones is capable of blowing up the pocket from the inside at any time against anybody...  Run the ball and throw short, high-percentage pass plays on early downs, and try to limit obvious long-yardage passing situations where they can pin their ears back.  Take a shot over the top on occasion.  If there is anything this team has taught us, it's that they can compete and have a chance against anybody.

Better not let these guys get a big lead on you though.

Sounds like I may need to rethink that...  After some reading, it appears the Chargers were jumping all the short routes and we didn't start coming back until we started going over the top.  So, Eff it - bombs away on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd down all night!