Each week, I’ll be breaking down the Patriots numbers in certain key areas of interest and tracking them to see how they progress in these areas over the course of the season. Offense – Areas of Emphasis Keeping Brady upright: 2 sacks in 25 dropbacks – 8.0% sack rate. League average: 5.2 % sack rate…
Through the first two weeks of the 2014 season the Kansas City ground game struggled. Chiefs running backs combined for just 3.3 yards per carry, a far cry from the 4.7 average they produced in 2013. Their odds of improving looked bleak heading into Week 3 against a stout Miami defense that stifled the Patriots’…
The Chiefs were one of the worst teams in football in 2012, finishing at the bottom of the NFL with both a 2-14 record and a -214 point differential. The offense in particular struggled, finishing dead last in scoring and next-to-last in Football Outsiders’ DVOA. Predictably, this led to a full house-cleaning. General manager Scott…
New England travels to Kansas City for their first nationally-televised game of the season. Following losses against Tennessee and Denver, the Chiefs rebounded with a 34-15 win last Sunday in Miami. Defensive coordinator Bob Sutton leads a fast, attacking unit with tremendous talent in the front seven. Kansas City uses a 3-4 as their base…
We have already covered what to expect when New England runs against Kansas City. Here, we will look at the Patriots passing game against the Chiefs’ pass defense. The Chiefs run a base 3-4 defense and utilize a variety of sub packages depending on the down-and-distance and/or the offensive personnel grouping. Against the pass, Kansas…
The Kansas City Chiefs host the New England Patriots on Monday Night Football in a Week 4 matchup. Kansas City got off to a slow start this season, dropping their first two games to Tennessee and Denver before beating Miami 34-15 last Sunday. The Chiefs run a base 3-4 defense and utilize a variety of…