We hopefully established something resembling momentum today. We will need that going into Arrowhead, where I am certain their fans will break whatever noise record they held before. I think the 1st qtr is going to be key. I see a lot of read option in that 1st qtr for us, but certainly Andy predicts that, too. I am more concerned about out O in this one than our D. Defensing KC isn't rocket science. Their O is rather base...but they play it with discipline (and very well). That will be key for our D as well...playing disciplined football, staying true to our assignments and lanes while watching for the occasional deep shot, more designed to keep us honest than anything else.
Bevell will obviously want to run the ball early and often but can't risk early 3 and outs. We don't want to have to be playing come back in Arrowhead, so he will have to have some rather vanilla, high percentage stuff prepared and he and Pete are the masters of that. ; ) I think this week we should get Richardson some of the plays previously designed for Harvin. I know we hate the bubbles and jet sweeps, but with good timing and blocking, they can still be utilized and shouldn't be eliminated from our playbook. I think it's plays like those that will help to take the fans out of the game so we can then open the playbook a bit more.
I think this is the most telling and important game of the schedule thus far this year.
