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Joined April 2014
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Just announced by the NFL and the Buffalo Bills: There are no assigned seats today at Highmark Stadium. Just find a place to stand and it is yours.
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R Dave Cartwright retweeted
Notice no one's tried to answer in 18 hours because the "Andy Reid's magical system" is a mythical talking point. He was a Holmgren WCO disciple who went to Philly and leaned on an athletic QB to make things happen out of structure. He compensated for underwhelming WR play (outside of the TO year) by using the RBs and TEs more as receivers. He shunned runs for screens (generally not effective plays) and horizontal passes. He got away from power running on short-yardage situations. This is why his offenses in Philly and KC before Mahomes were generally average at best on 3rd down and in crunch time when you need a QB to drop back and make plays that quickly move the chains in succession. And more often than not, Jim Johnson's defense was the better unit on those PHI teams, and the offense put too much responsibility on the QB in the playoffs, so they didn't win anything. He adapted some later like more shotgun with Vick and RPOs/motion in the Mahomes era, but his offensive system has never been cutting edge innovative. Reid is more of an early adopter and optimizer of offensive schemes. Not an inventor or revolutionary of offense. And without Mahomes last year, his system averaged 12 yards per drive. He also hasn't found a better receiving back for Mahomes in a decade than Jerick McKinnon, so they don't even have a Brian Westbrook type to get offense that way if they're not going to get much from the WRs. It's not a coincidence that Reid is the guy who went a whole season (2014 Chiefs) running an offense that couldn't get a single TD catch by a WR. It's a bug that he treats as a feature. To this day. And it's not going to change until he retires.
Genuine question: Can anyone explain what makes this offensive scheme so sophisticated beyond RPOs, mesh concepts, zone runs, and option routes? Where’s the effective dropback passing game? The quick-game answers? The route combinations that consistently create separation? The adjustments when defenses take away your first read? Why does every receiver need a semester at Andy Reid University just to run a functional passing offense with Patrick Mahomes?
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R Dave Cartwright retweeted
Dude literally went to the hospital and came back to the game. My left tackle can’t even take a rep due to a sore back.
Christian Watson said he was coughing up blood and broke a rib, but everything else checked out fine at the hospital so he got the OK to play.
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R Dave Cartwright retweeted
pr is in the toilet so might as well announce the tyreek signing #chiefskingdom
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R Dave Cartwright retweeted
If you gave Andy Reid a gun with one bullet and put him in a room with Hitler and Stalin, he’d sign both of them and let Rashee Rice use the gun
#Chiefs HC Andy Reid faced five straight minutes of questions about Justin Tucker today, including what message his signing sends to female fans of the team. "He's done his suspension. Took care of his business there. I'll leave it at that." Full back-and-forth exchange below:
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R Dave Cartwright retweeted
Technically Brandon Aiyuk has a warrant out for his arrest so he’s a name to watch for the Chiefs WR room
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Justin Tucker vs Harrison Butker kicking competition
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Summarizing the Chiefs signing of Justin Tucker
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This decision to bring in Tucker is going to put a ton of heat on this organization and seems like one move they shouldn’t have made.
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Chiefs special teams unit
The #Chiefs' current special teams unit: • Kicker: Harrison Butker • Practice Squad Kicker: Justin Tucker • Punter: Matt Araiza • Long Snapper: James Winchester
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Fans: "Hey Brett, Pat has no nobody to block for him or catch his passes" Brett: "Here's a 36 year old kicker who hasn't played in 2 years and has essence of Harvey Weinstein"
The Chiefs are signing kicker Justin Tucker to the practice squad, a source tells The Star.
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Given the teams history with Tucker, that first practice should be…interesting.
♥️ - Butker no longer having any margin for error. 😠 - The inability to find one of 32 people on a planet of 8 billion with a strong leg who doesn't have a history of sexual misconduct allegations.
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Is it April 1st? Absolutely nobody wants this guy.
The Chiefs are signing kicker Justin Tucker to the practice squad, a source tells The Star.
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The Brewers man. What an absolute machine this postseason.
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R Dave Cartwright retweeted
Brett Veach has been the Chiefs GM for a decade. They have no OL depth, no WR talent at all, no pass rush, and their solution at CB depth was a guy the worst team in the NFL cut. Their 2 best offensive players and their best defensive player were drafted by his predecessor.
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R Dave Cartwright retweeted
When there is zero threat of a team going deep, this is what happens in the NFL. Thornton going down was the worst thing that could happen to the Chiefs
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At least Andy won’t have to answer questions about Josh Simmons this week.
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R Dave Cartwright retweeted
Cyrus Allen leads all Chiefs wide receivers in receiving yards. He has not caught a pass since the first drive.
Cyrus Allen is the Chiefs leading receiver in this game. Stop the count.
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R Dave Cartwright retweeted
This game feels like a call to action for the Chiefs.
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It’s just a game. But I’d like to kick Butker square in the nuts right now. It would make me feel better.
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