8/5/2023 0 Comments Will jamaal charles play![]() the Raiders have to prove to me they're legit. The Chiefs won't be giving them the ball four times. The Raiders have won four games by 12 total points and have a ton of turnovers to help them. The Chiefs will be the best defense the Raiders have faced this year. Alex Smith kills the Raiders ( stats here). My homerism has me taking the Chiefs but I'll add a few non-homer reasons why. Who do you think wins this game and what makes the difference? I don't usually ask this question, but for some reason this week I'm legitimately interested. They won't win if they can't beat those teams in January.ĥ. They've always struggled against elite teams and elite quarterbacks. They're very good at beating the teams they should as their 5-1 record against Oakland the past three years shows. Admittedly that's gotten easier with the departure of Peyton Manning and what he did here the past few years but the Chiefs performance against the Steelers a couple weeks ago shows me that the Chiefs have a long way to go to beat the elite teams. It was always hoping that the Chiefs make the playoffs, have homefield advantage and draw a couple of weaker teams in the AFC. Probably about as confident as I've ever been. Now in their fourth season in Kansas City, how confident are you that Andy Reid and Alex Smith can take the Chiefs on a championship run? Plus, the Chiefs haven't been winning very often so the opposing offense isn't forced in many must-pass situations where the pass rushers can pin their ears back and go.Ĥ. The defensive line is solid but doesn't offer much in the pass rush (Chris Jones is a rookie who has that ability but has only played four career games). Frank Zombo offers nothing in the pass rush. ![]() Tamba Hali is on a pitch count and is older coming off knee surgery. Dee Ford starts but he only flashes every once in a while with little consistency. What's happening there and how much of a factor do you expect that to play in this game? There's only two teams in the NFL with fewer sacks than the Raiders (7.0) and the Chiefs (5.0) are one of them. That's a long way of answering that I'm not really sure who this team is yet either.ģ. This team is at its best when they're balanced, when they can run and the playaction works. Chiefs fans know that if Alex Smith is throwing that many times, they're probably in trouble. This makes the Chiefs one dimensional and it creates an environment where Alex Smith can throw it 40-plus times a game, which is outrageous. They were down against Houston in the first half. They got down big against San Diego and Pittsburgh very quickly. What sticks out to me the most is the slow starts. Are you having as difficult a time as me or is there some logical explanation? ![]() High scoring, come-from-behind win over the Chargers, low scoring loss to Texans, blowout win over Jets, blow out loss to Steelers. It's tough to get a read on this Chiefs team. Let's revisit this question in the next match-up because at this point I'm still doing some guessing on what the Chiefs will do.Ģ. The Chiefs are going to use both him and Ware with Ware more likely to be the lead back. Jamaal likely never goes back to being the 20-touch a game lead back he once was. His return is key in the big picture but again it's different with the emergence of Spencer Ware. Which is good news for Oakland, at least. I could see him playing something like 20 snaps and getting a few more touches but this won't be the Jamaal that you're used to seeing. He played 10 snaps and touched the ball twice along with one target. He will tell you that he is 100 percent healthy (actually he said 110 percent) and ready to go but with as cautious as the Chiefs have been - his first game back was Week 4 in Pittsburgh - I can't see him having a big role. The Chiefs have been extremely cautious with him. No I don't expect him to have a full load. Do you expect Jamaal Charles to get a full load this week? And if so, will he be the same player as before? How key is his return to the success of this Chiefs team? ![]()
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