As if there was any other choice for the #1 NFL game of 2018-19. The Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams were set on a collision course for week 11 on Monday Night Football. Both teams entered this game at 9-1 and on top of their respective conferences. Originally a scheduled as a neutral…
The best playoff game of the 2018-19 NFL season was without a doubt the AFC Championship. The headlines wrote themselves. Tom Brady, the ageless wonder, playing for a championship at age 41 against the wonder kid and eventual league MVP Patrick Mahomes. A team gunning for their sixth Super Bowl title in 18 years against…
With only three days to go until the NFL Draft, the ITP Mock War Room Draft has a double feature for you, finishing with the Kansas City Chiefs. Kansas City finished at 11-5 on the season before losing to New England in a Divisional Round game. Matt Williamson of The Dynasty Blueprint Podcast heads up Kansas…
The NFL Playoffs continue with an AFC Divisional round matchup between the 5th-seeded Kansas City Chiefs visiting the 2nd-seeded New England Patriots. The ITP editors have collected our coverage of these two teams from the 2015 season. Kansas City Mark Schofield uses Travis Kelce’s week one performance against the Texans to demonstrate how the Houston defense is susceptible to…
Saturday playoff games are a treat, mostly because we at Inside The Pylon are not publishing the next day, and can just watch the games. When we do watch, we chat. And here, for your reading pleasure, our Kansas City Chiefs at Houston Texans Wild Card chat. Craig Craker: Marshawn Lynch was just ruled as OUT…
The NFL Playoffs kick off with an AFC Wild Card matchup between the 5th seeded Kansas City Chiefs visiting the 4th seeded Houston Texans. The ITP editors have put together our coverage of these two teams from the 2015 regular season. Mark Schofield uses Travis Kelce’s week one performance against the Texans to demonstrate how…
The Kansas City Chiefs snapped their five game losing streak with a 23-13 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers. Their offense rode a crucial fourth quarter drive to the win; Mark Schofield breaks done the three key plays from that drive. Twice before in the 2015 season, the Chiefs have enjoyed a lead late at…
Since 2008, former NFL scout Dan Shonka of ourlads.com has been capturing “ball velocity” of quarterbacks throwing at the NFL combine, and posting it online. Some in the media have taken notice of the results and drawn conclusions from the historical data. “There has never been a QB who threw less than 54 mph with…
It happens every winter. First, it comes, as Ned Stark warned us. Then, the questions are raised regarding the crop of quarterbacks: Can they make all the throws? Do they have enough velocity? Last year the 49 miles per hour number dogged Deshaun Watson through his draft day and into his rookie season (more on…
Every season there are good players who get overlooked or are undervalued across the NFL. As we approach the regular season, Brandon Thorn will look at players who are not getting the appropriate level of attention from big media – or even smaller entities – and put them under the microscope to evaluate their skills and…
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady notched his 22nd playoff victory, with a 27-20 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Divisional round. Mark Schofield shows how Brady sliced open the Chiefs defense using his eyes, and his talented teammates, to maximum effect. The Patriots entered Week 16 of the NFL season needing…
After demolishing the Houston Texans in the Wild Card round by a score of 30-0, the Kansas City Chiefs now move on to face the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium. Aidan Curran is scouting the Kansas City defense, looking at how they’ll handle the New England offense. With a beat-up offensive line, and various other nagging injuries…
The 11-5 Kansas City Chiefs headed to Houston to face a 9-7 Texans team that had emerged as the winner of the AFC South. While no doubt looking to make an early statement on the road, the Chiefs likely did not anticipate a return touchdown. Chuck Zodda takes to the film to show how the…
Few plays make more of a difference in winning and losing than a turnover resulting in a score: a strip-sack, a giveaway that shifts momentum, or a pick-six in overtime. Dave Archibald looks at a fourth-quarter interception by Kansas City in the Chiefs comeback win over the Oakland Raiders. After Week 6, the Chiefs were 1-5 and…
For every great return, there are many great blocks. Eleven players working together in orchestrated chaos, punt return blockers are only recognized when they get penalized for blocking in the back. Not on Chuck Zodda‘s watch. Here is how one extraordinary individual effort earned Kansas City Chiefs Josh Martin the coveted title of Special Teams…
The New England Patriots’ running game failed to establish itself against the Chiefs on Monday night. On a night where only three wide-receivers were in uniform, the coaching staff continued to rely on the pass. New England managed 75 yards rushing on 16 carries, a respectable 4.7-yard average. However, a number of these plays were…