(01-16-2023, 10:30 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(01-16-2023, 02:27 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Lots of good storylines this week:

• Doug Pederson vs his mentor Andy Reid - Reid has won both prior matchups - does student become master? 
  
• Kelce vs Jenkins/Herndon/Jags LBs  - be afraid
  
• Mahomes (do I need to elaborate?)
  
• Chris Jones vs Fortner, Shatley and a banged up Scherff - again - be concerned here and other chefs' DL guys rush well too
  
• Jags scrap patrol defense - can this scrappy unit find away to force turnovers like they did in weeks 14-18?
  
• Jags run game - would be nice to establish it early - chew clock - and take advantage of a team giving up 4.4 per carry early in case we must resort to more passing in a comeback effort later
  
• Jags pass game - TL will be under pressure quickly most drop backs. Gotta ID the right guy quickly and get the ball out. They don't have the horses in secondary to cover all of our weapons, but they will pressure the QB. Should hit the short and intermediate stuff on second downs where they struggle this year in order to move chains. 
  

1.  We MUST find a way to get Chris Jones blocked.  He was a one man wrecking crew the last game we played, and was a big reason we couldn't take advantage of the opportunities presented in that game.

2.  Offensively, I'm also concerned they could take a page out of the Chargers approach and call for very tight coverage, cheating on the underneath crossing routes.  I would hope we attack deep sometimes early in the first quarter to keep them out of that.

3.  Our defense seems to have stabilized since that game.Darious Williams seems to have setttled in outside at starting CB.  Walker seems to be improving.  So does Lloyd, as he's started/gotten more PT early the last two weeks.  We also seems to have gotten a better pass rush as the season has worn on.  Hopefully all of this continues this coming Saturday.  We've got to clow them down.

1.  Agree completely.  Jones is capable of blowing up the offense and creating game changing plays.

2.  I'm curious to see how the refs call it this game.  Will they let the defense get there a step early on nearly every play like last week?  Or will they actually call the early hits when they happen?

3.  As much as we appeared to stay in that game last time, the Chiefs looked like they could do whatever they needed to do on offense.  If they needed more points, I didn't see anything that would have prevented them from scoring more.  That said, our defense has definitely gotten to another level, at least in the play making department.  Hopefully they can make Mahomes uncomfortable enough on occasion to force a couple of mistakes that we can take advantage of.

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