🏈 5 Ways the Offense Can Improve & The Top 5 Plays from the Defense - 11/16/23

What’s up Chiefs fans,

Today, we have a look at the Chiefs offense, NFL news, a Throwback Thursday, and more!

Go Chiefs!

— Ryan Backs, Luke Gromer

Chiefs News

5 Ways the Offense Could Improve

Seth Keysor of The Chief in the North Newsletter broke down 5 ways the Chiefs offense can improve after the bye week.

The Chiefs offense hasn’t been as dominant this season as we’re used to seeing in the Patrick Mahomes era.

Five ways to improve the offense:

1. Get the playmakers the ball: Rashee Rice and Kadarius Toney need more touches.

2. Stop musical chairs with the WRs: Tighten up the snap numbers and roles for receivers to improve their performance.

3. More 12 personnel and Noah Gray involvement: The Chiefs are more efficient in 12 personnel (1 RB, 2 TE, 2 WR) than 11 or 13 personnel. Specifically, Noah Gray needs to be more involved.

4. More under-center and power looks for Isiah Pacheco: More straightforward north/south runs instead of sideline-to-sideline plays.

5. Attack down the field more frequently: There is a growing willingness among opposing defenses to challenge the Chiefs with single high safety looks, indicating a reduced fear of the deep ball. Take more shots downfield with receivers like Rashee Rice and Kadarius Toney to restore the fear factor and open up the field for other offensive options.

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Around the NFL

The Latest

Finally, a Thursday Night Football game that is worth watching that doesn’t involve the Chiefs. It’s about time!

• 🏈 Who: Bengals (5-4) @ Ravens (7-3)

• 📆 When: 7:15 pm CDT

• 📍 Where: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD

• 📺 Watch: Prime Video

• 📔 Line: BAL -3.5

• QB Justin Fields (CHI) will start on Sunday for the Bears

• QB Tommy DeVito (NYG) will start Sunday vs Washington

• ESPN's Dan Orlovsky says he heard that Bill Belichick will take over as HC/GM for a different NFL team next year. Some people are saying it could be the Chargers.

• Sam Howell (WAS) is the only QB in NFL history with over 2,900 passing yards, over 200 rushing yards, and a 65% completion % through a player's first 11 career games

• QB Deshaun Watson (CLE) suffered a season-ending shoulder injury

• OG Halapoulivaati Vaitai (DET) is likely out for the rest of the season with a back injury

• TE Pat Freiermuth (PIT) is returning to practice but remains on injured reserve

Chiefs History

Throwback Thursday

Travis Kelce won People’s Sexiest Athlete of 2023.

Throwback to when former Chiefs QB Elvis Grbac won the award 25 years ago.

Elvis may have been sexy, but he wasn’t so hot as the Chiefs QB.

In his 4 years as the Chiefs QB, Gerbac went 26-21 as the starter and 0-1 in the playoffs with a 14-10 loss to John Elway and the Broncos in the 1997 division round.

Fantasy Football

Fantasy Trade Deadline: Buy or Sell

• Buy – Patrick Mahomes (KC)

• Buy – Joshua Dobbs (MIN)

• Sell – Tua Tagovailoa (MIA)

• Sell – Trevor Lawrence (JAX)

• Buy – Austin Ekeler (LAC)

• Buy – Jerick McKinnon (KC)

• Sell – Saquon Barkley (NYG)

• Sell – James Cook (BUF)

• Buy – Brandin Cooks (DAL)

• Buy – Demario Douglas (NE)

• Sell – Terry McLaurin (WAS)

• Sell – Elijah Moore (CLE)

• Buy – Mark Andrews (BAL)

• Buy – Trey McBride (ARI)

• Sell – Dallas Goedert (PHI)

• Sell – Dalton Schultz (HOU)

Source: FantasyPros.com

Chiefs, NFL, and More

Worth the Click

• 🥳 Two tickets to the Bengals vs Chiefs game on New Year’s Eve are up for grabs! Enter to win on Facebook or Instagram

• 📺 The Chiefs defense has been stellar. Watch their top 5 plays of the season so far. #1 won’t surprise you but is worth rewatching

• 🔎 Tom Pelissero lists the top young coaching candidates in the NFL

• 🥶 DK Metcalf (SEA) was struggling against the cold on Sunday

• 🥊 Patrick Queen (BAL) confirmed that he got into a fight with Joe Burrow when they were at LSU

• 🎉 Skyy Moore Signed Jersey: Yes, we know he’s a giant disappointment this season, but if you get 3 referrals to this newsletter, you’ll be entered to win the signed jersey at the end of the season! Share your unique referral link below.

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