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Defense has to play aggressive, they are letting the offense attack them

How was that not a roughing the passer call?

If they get a field goal and take some more time off the clock it likely is a tie game going into the second half...

Despite that negative one yard run he made a bad read on he has been playing well. Honestly he has been pretty good all year

I have no clue how Winters is playing over him. He seemed to be doing about as well as he was last season. About average to above average guard play. Winters seems poor

Assuming that if they were here they would be making plays isn't accurate either. They got paid and would likely be fairly average players.

Shaq and Phillips aren't doing that well in their new homes. In fact their replacements are two of the better players on the D-line.

I have never seen a defense be so bad on third downs. Frustrating, I know KC is going to put up points but you have to get 3 instead of 7 a few times.

That was a legit call

He was that one big attention getter that the offense needed. The defense might need that type of pass rusher.

I think so but you never know. The Chiefs OC didn't get a job last year and he guided Mahomes to an MVP and AFCCG in 2018 and a Super Bowl in 2019.

You know the offense was going to have put up points. I would consider holding Mahomes and the offense to under 24 a great game. The defense just needs a stop here to reestablish its self.

2nd and 7 just run in with Singletary or Moss there. No need to do a designed run there for Josh.

Went too cute there should have run it with Singletary there

That's exactly that type of "hard earned yard" that Moss was brought in to get.

This defense was going to give up points, that's just a fact when playing the Chiefs. The offense was always just going to have score 30 to have a chance. The defense just needs to avoid giving up a huge spot.

Right call to pick up that flag

Solid return by Roberts there, helps to shift the field position a bit

Defense looking solid on that first drive there.

Not a bad idea to get him some snaps.

I have never met anyone who has liked Joe Buck

Murphy and Henry being out won't hurt. Neither have been very impactful this season. I think the D-line rotation needs to be shortened to 6-7 players as opposed to 8-9. Jefferson, Oliver and Butler should get the playing time at DT whereas Addision, Hughes, and either AJ or Johnson should get the rotation at DE. While I like the idea of a wave of players to keep things fresh maybe the rotation is just too much and players aren't getting into a groove. Even at 6-7 players rotating in the D-line should still play fresh. Edumonds the back half of last season was playing at a Pro-Bowl level. The D-line has had a combination of bad luck (Star opting out and AJ not having a proper off-season) and bad timing (Henry not recovering from his injury and Hughes hitting and age wall) hell the players Beane brought into replace Lawson and Phillips have been solid (Jefferson and Addison) so the issue is more so with the players that were already on the roster.

I don't think Phillips and Lawson would be performing better than Jefferson and Addison who are performing solidly. So to think if you had both Lawson and Phillips the team would have a much better D-line is flawed. The players that replaced them are doing about as well as they would be doing. Do you think the difference between Lawson/J.Phillips and Jefferson/Addison is what is causing the D-line issues? Hughes getting older, H.Phillips not looking good, Star being out, and AJ not having an impact all still would be issues even if Lawson and Phillips were here instead of Jefferson/Addison.

Neither are doing that great on either team they are on. Phillips has two sacks but he has graded out poorly and Cardinals fans have basically stated that he has only had one good game and been mostly invisible. Shaq has been OK for the Fins but not that dynamic and might be hurt (I know he missed one game for them.) Honestly Addision and Jefferson have been pretty decent and two of the better D-line players this season. Overall it is more so on Hughes getting older seemingly, Henry being off, Star being missed and AJ not having as big of an impact as he could are all more the culprit.

Honestly the players they brought in to replace Jordan and Shaq aren't the issue (Addision and Jefferson) and Shaq and Jordan aren't having great seasons in their new teams either. The issue is age is catching up to Hughes, Henry hasn't been good (seems to me like he hasn't recovered from his injury), Butler has stunk and Ed Oliver hasn't taken that next step up just yet. It's more so on the existing players than on the guys that replaced Shaq and Jordan Phillips in my opinion.