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Yeah, but I'm doubtful about their passing attack because of the Martyball style. The ONE thing Marty doesn't get about offense is sometimes the running game needs to come after the passing game. There are teams (such as Denver) that can snuff out your running game, and against those teams you have to be able to spread the field laterally and vertically with passing threats. I don't think Marty quite gets that. Even when he DOES resort to the pass, there's a fear-of-failure factor that makes it nigh impossible for his teams to live by the pass when necessary.
Of course, the way the Chiefs have been playing pass defense, even a Marty-coached team can do some serious damage in the air. I'd sure like to see the focus of the defense be to prevent completions with pressure on the backfield and physical play at the line, rather than to prevent the score after the completion. I see little difference between a 20-yard pass play off a 5-yard completion and a 20-yard pass play in the air, other than that the second kind of completion is a lot harder to make and is a lot riskier. I want the KC D to force the opposition into high-risk plays.
It's certainly clear that this soft, 2-deep stuff isn't preventing scoring by the opposition. The worst case scenario with a more aggressive style of D would be quick scores by the opposition, rather than long, grinding scoring drives, such as we've been seeing lately. Robinson didn't have any qualms about stacking-up and blitzing against Marty when Robinson was in Denver and Marty was in KC. I hope he gets after Brees in San Diego.
How does Martyball work? See the game SD played against New England. When Marty can dominate the LOS, he's unstoppable. How does it NOT work? See the game SD played against Denver. Take away the run and even when Marty decides to go to the air, the whole offense is timid and afraid of making mistakes, because (IMO) of the 'just don't screw it up' philosophy Marty has and which (IMO) permeates his teams (at least on offense).
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