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The Chiefs under Andy Reid have always struggled to move the ball and register points against Mike Tomlin’s Steelers defense and will most likely have to overcome those demons to stand a chance this Sunday.I went down to the Laboratory to break down what the Steelers defense did in their Week 1 match-up with the Cleveland Browns and what the Chiefs can do to topple that barricade. The Steelers defenseThe Pittsburgh Steelers have finished up their transition away from former defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau’s zone-blitz scheme and run the much more Mike Tomlin influenced Cover 2. The staple of the Steelers Cover 2 is the shell on the back end, especially the two safeties and not the type of coverage being played underneath of that shell. They will mix in Cover 2 Man, Cover 2 Zone, and even some Quarters coverage from the same split Safety shell to help cause confusion for the opposing quarterback. The Steelers entered the 2017 season with the plan to slow down the New England Patriots and Tom Brady so the transition to less zone blitz and scheme closer to man coverage was a must in their eyes.This doesn’t mean it’s the only coverage the Steelers will run, unlike the Chargers last week who were set on running almost exclusively Cover 3. The Steelers will mix up their entire coverage both shells and underneath. They will line up with a single deep safety, but as the ball is snapped, have a box safety or slot defensive back drop back into the opposite deep half of the field. Other times the Steelers will remain with the single deep safety and run Cover 3. Then, out of left field, they will load up the line of scrimmage with flashbacks to the older LeBeau-led defenses and bring heat from various angles while dropping into zone behind it. The Steelers remain a 3-4 defense that heavily relies on their defensive line to stop the run as well as provide a pass rush. Cameron Heyward, Stephon Tuitt, and Javon Hargrave are all very good two-way players allowing freedom for TJ Watt or Bud Dupree to drop into coverage, which they are competent in compared to other 3-4 OLBs. Off the line of scrimmage, the Steelers start to decline in terms of ability of their defensive players as their inside linebackers are below average and slow and the secondary behind that is extremely inconsistent. How to attack the SteelersAttack the deep zone holesThe past matchups between the Chiefs’ offense and Steelers’ defense has gone the same every time; The Chiefs try to establish the run and dink and dunk their way down the field while the Steelers squat on underneath routes daring to be challenged over the top. The Cover 2 shell makes that concept more appealing from the Steelers’ perspective as there should be help deep on either side but doesn’t come without big, vertical holes to attack for the offense. The late rotation into a two-deep safety look appears to have thrown off Tyrod Taylor, resulting in him holding the ball through the throwing window. Focus on the far slot wide receiver, who runs a dig route right into the hold of the deep help coverage. The deep safety to the far side of the field has to respect that either wide receiver could go deep and therefore can’t break on the initial dig route leaving a window for the quarterback. This particular snap is man coverage underneath this coverage shell but with two-deep, five-under zone coverage (Cover 2 Zone) the same hole in the middle of the field is going to open for deep digs, seams and post routes. Another two deep shell, but this time, we have the rest of the Steelers playing more of a match zone. Despite the second safety playing deep starting the snap near the line of scrimmage and picking up the seam route early in the route, there is no help in the middle of the field giving the wide receiver all of the leverage as he makes his inside break on the route. Being able to punish this deep middle zone as well as corner routes as equal depth to the sideline will be important for the Chiefs. Getting the Steelers to back off the flat zones, as seen in both of these plays http://www.authenticskansascitychiefs.com/cheap-ron-parker-jersey , by taking shots downfield will set the Chiefs offense up for the slants and quick screens that appear to be a major part of their offense this year. Additionally, the Steelers’ new decision to play more man coverage has left average corners in single coverage far more often than years past. With the receiving options the Chiefs currently have, I’m not sure that the Chiefs will see as much man coverage as the Browns did, but in an instance that the Steelers are caught doing so, shots like this will have to be challenged. Identifying blitzes and hot readsThe Steelers will still be mixing in some zone blitzes trying to overload the young quarterback in Patrick Mahomes. To back this attack off, the Chiefs will need Mahomes to be able to set the protection accordingly pre-snap and then locate the proper hot read post-snap. It’s the exact formula the Patriots have used for years to beat up the Steelers, shorter passes with plenty of room for YAC.Taylor was unable to identify, post-snap, which players were blitzing and which were dropping into coverage which left him looking outside for the easy one-on-one matchup rather than locking on the player running to the open space. The protection call was spot on, even if the RB got blown up, allowing time for the throw, but the read still has to be made. If the Chiefs want to avoid being put in holes or turnover-worthy plays, they will have to be more successful when opportunities like this present themselves than Cleveland was. Run outside the tackle boxThe ILB play of the Steelers, which is more often one ILB and one bigger safety, makes the Steelers susceptible to runs that can get to the outside away from their stud defensive line. Even when a more athletic safety is inserted into the lineup, the Steelers still struggle to properly fit runs outside of their EDGE players when they lose contain. Utilizing heavier packages, 21 and 12 personnel, to force Pittsburgh into their heavy defense will put slower athletes on the field allowing horizontal runs to be successful as long as the defensive line can be controlled up front.Most weeks, the topic of running the ball for the Chiefs will to be more versatile and utilize more power schemes to keep teams from slanting into their outside zone runs but not this week. The Steelers can be beaten by runs to the outside in which their less than stellar athletes at inside linebacker are asked to get into space and run. Cleveland’s best success, with their running backs, came when running on plays that they sealed the edge or got the Steeler outside linebackers pushed upfield and there was no pursuit behind them.The bottom lineThis is a huge litmus test for the Chiefs, as it’s going to signal a changing of the guard or the same old Chiefs offense. With the Chiefs defense potentially on its heels after an up and down Week 1, the offense must carry the team more than ever. Coming out against Pittsburgh and dominating the game on that side of the ball would go a long way in easing the nervousness in Kansas City.In order to do that, the Chiefs should fall back on their bread and butter in the run game with a heavy dose of outside-zone runs. Forcing the Steelers to play in space from larger packages could spell more disaster for a defense trying to get faster. Early in the game, the Chiefs should see a fair amount of zone blitz looks from the Steelers and will need to be able to identify them and hit the proper hot route. As the Steelers are forced to transition to more to their Cover 2 shells, the squat heavy approach used in past years needs to be punished early and reminding that Mahomes is not Alex Smith. Outside of raking in multiple playoff wins in a single playoff run Youth Chris Jones Jersey , beating the Pittsburgh Steelers means more to the Chiefs and their fans than anything else this year. Beyond getting over the obvious hump of the Steelers, this game also represents a true playoff team for the Chiefs to challenge against with this new look roster.The Re-Up: The 2018 season already reminds me of a movie; no, a Netflix series It’s our Monday morning column, The Re-Up. In this column, I’ll write about some deeper thought I had about the last game and finish with some fun stuff to ponder at the article’s end. Check out last week’s column here.Photo by David Eulitt/Getty ImagesIf you can manage it, travel back in time with me for a second. We don’t have to go too far back—only a month. Let’s imagine it’s August 25, 2018. It is about 4 p.m. Arrowhead Time, and the Chicago Bears, led by an old friend in Chase Daniel, have just made the Chiefs pass defense look silly in the team’s final dress rehearsal prior to the 2018 regular season. Other than The Throw, the Chiefs offense, well, the Chiefs offense looks—average. David Amerson is still a member of the Chiefs and the organization has these daunting first six weeks of the season ahead:Week 1: the AFC West favorite Las Vegas-Los Angeles Chargers at Soccer Central USAWeek 2: the unbeatable Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz FieldWeek 3: the undefeated Jimmy G and the San Francisco 49ers back at homeWeek 4: Monday Night Football vs. a tough Denver Broncos defense on the roadWeek 5: Oh, and speaking of defense, Jacksonville Jaguars at homeWeek 6: Sunday Night Football on the road in New England against the PatriotsMe (and probably many of you): “Sh-t. 3-3 would be great.”Well, it took three weeks for the Chiefs to clinch that record, and with their next three opponents combining for a 3-3 start, 6-0 doesn’t just seem plausible; it seems... likely?In a brand new day of Kansas City football, the Chiefs have opened up as four-point favorites heading into Denver next week. Jacksonville just lost 9-6 to the Tennessee Titans and the mighty New England Patriots are 1-2.Meanwhile, Patrick Mahomes has thrown an NFL-record 13 touchdowns through the first three weeks of the season and for all the worry of him not being able to take care of the football—he’s thrown no picks (by the way, Alex Smith has one, but I digress).So how did we get here, and why does it feel like a blur?When I first started writing today’s column, I was thinking a lot about how this whole thing feels like the beginning of a movie. But it really isn’t that—because a movie lasts two or three hours, and it’s over in a flash.What this feels like is the beginning of Mahomes, the Netflix series—and we are on episode two or three of season one in a series that is starting to feel like could run as long as The Simpsons.It isn't just that Mahomes is winning; it’s how he’s winning. He is in sync with one of the best play-callers in history in Andy Reid on an all-star team. And we’ve seen in the past that on a team of all-stars White Cameron Erving Jersey , those said stars could get restless. But that isn’t happening since everybody’s getting fed.“It speaks to the guys that we have,” Mahomes, who has thrown a touchdown pass to nine different receivers this season, said after the game. “There are guys on the practice squad that we have that can come up and play. Guys everywhere, we’re really deep at every single position. Knowing that I have those weapons whenever someone has to get a break, we say if you’re tired get a break, because I know that I can trust the next guy coming in that he’ll make a play.”And that isn’t just player-speak; it’s true.Mahomes is placing full trust in every single potential pass target—from Anthony Sherman to Demetrius Harris, both of whom, by the way, have touchdowns on the season.Sherman has two touchdowns with Mahomes in four games after a drought since October of 2014. Harris scored for the first time Sunday since opening night in New England last season.And that’s why it is no wonder there are exchanges like this:Even 23-year-old prodigies can use reassurance, and Sherman was there to tell him to just be himself. And right there was Harris to confirm. End scene.On the field, Mahomes made a play Sunday that I feel only Aaron Rodgers—and perhaps Russell Wilson—could have made, when he was pressured to his left, found a way to escape to his right and had the presence of mind to locate Chris Conley in the back of the end zone and throw on the run for the score.“That one where he rolled out and threw it. I taught him how to do that,” said Reid after the game, laughing. “Listen, the guys are making plays. They are doing a great job of that. For instance, that one that Patrick did. You can’t teach that. He’s seeing it down there, the guys are getting open, they are working to get open, which is important when you are in the red-zone. Those are small windows in there and he is able to see it and throw it.”Mahomes’ play on the field is shattering preconceived notions that have been instilled in me from watching and later covering football for the last 20 years. You shouldn’t be this sure the Chiefs are going to win with the defense this damn weak. But doesn’t it feel like if anyone is going to alter the clich茅, “defense wins championships,” it’s going to be Mahomes?The Chiefs have allowed 1,422 yards on defense this season, the worst in the league and more than 150 yards more than the next team in line, yet I am certain the Chiefs will have an opportunity to win the next three games and every game the rest of the season.This must be how Packers and Patriots fans and writers have felt for years. Players two to 53 on a roster matter little when your No. 1 is this good.And here’s a bonus: how good a person No. 1 happens to be.It became apparent Sunday that 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppoolo would likely be done for the season due to an ACL injury suffered against the Chiefs. Here is a candid video of Garoppolo being carted out of the stadium that was caught by a San Francisco columnist:See that nine-second mark?That’s Mahomes—the king of Kansas City and the savior of Chiefs football—going out of his way to wish Garoppolo well. Mahomes could act a certain way with how great he is playing. But the best part of the way he is performing on the field is that he is every bit humble—and by all indications White Sammy Watkins Jersey , a good man off of it.He’s the perfect main subject for this Netflix original series—the one Chiefs fans hope will never end.STAT OF THE GAMEThis week’s stat of the game is less about the game and more so a preview.The Chiefs will play the Cleveland Browns on November 4 and will feature Mahomes taking on Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield, but the two have already faced each other in college. Texas Tech (Mahomes) played Oklahoma (Mayfield) in college and the two combined for 1,383 yards of total offense and 14 touchdowns in 66-59 Oklahoma win.Mahomes went 52 for 88 for 734 yards, five touchdowns and one interception in the game.GIF OF THE GAMETWEET(s) OF THE GAME FIVE QUOTES1. Patrick Mahomes on Chris Conley’s road back from injury: “I saw it all last season after he had his injury last season. The rehab that he came in every single day and attacked. He is a guy who wants to be on the field, he plays with a ton of passion and a ton of heart and I respect that and he makes plays out there.”2. Andy Reid on the offensive line standing up for Mahomes after the play: “It’s like sweet and sour pork. Some of it is good and some of it is not so good. You want them there to protect their quarterback and you understand that. They love the kid. On the other hand, you don’t want penalties. You have to be smart with it. They seem to be smart and still get their point across not to mess with him (Patrick). That is important to have that element that those guys take a lot of pride in protecting him. Very important, and likewise for the running back.”3. Sammy Watkins on the Chiefs’ ability to break tackles: “I think it’s from the coaches. First off, I came here and I wasn’t catching the ball and finishing cause that wasn’t what other teams did. But now, that’s what they harp on. Catch the ball, sprint, get moving, then as soon as you catch the ball that’s kind of natural reaction. Now I think as soon as I get it, it’s trying to find green grass.”4. Tyreek Hill on Mahomes’ wild touchdown pass to Conley: “He had scrambled out my way for a minute then he reversed field and made a play. It was crazy. Pat is slow. Let’s be real, he’s slow. (laughing) It was a great play though, I’m not taking anything away from Pat. It was a great play. He did his thing and Chris, he stayed with Pat in the back of the end zone, two yards from the back line. He did his thing.”5. Dr. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif on playing at Arrowhead Stadium: “You get here in the morning and there is that BBQ smell, everybody is around cheering and it’s getting loud on third down. We got a few offsides on their side because of the crowd. Of course, it made a big difference for us.”THE BIG THOUGHTI know the Chiefs are up against the cap. I know that gives them very little room to maneuver. But something has to be done about the defense (I’d guess the Chiefs know that with rumors swirling about safety Earl Thomas). The Chiefs are 3-0 and their offense is historically good. I think about the 5-0 start to last season with Alex Smith and how that team eventually hit a speed bump. But I just don’t think that will happen to the Chiefs offense this year—they are scoring in too many ways and are rolling, all while running back Kareem Hunt, a star in his own right, hasn’t even hit his stride yet. This is a championship offense THIS YEAR. There are never any guarantees in the NFL (or in life, for that matter) on a year-to-year basis. Improve the defense now and win the wide-open AFC.POLL OF THE WEEK