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stillers4me
10-25-2015, 07:08 AM
Steelers linebacker Lawrence Timmons knows the Kansas City Chiefs have struggled to protect quarterback Alex Smith. In an effort to turn down the heat, offensive coordinator Doug Pederson fashions a game plan designed to quickly get the ball out of Smith's hand.


The Chiefs have countered with an array of screens — quick, bubble and tunnel — to generate big plays from wide receivers Jeremy Maclin and Albert Wilson and tight end Travis Kelce.

“They like the quick passes and tunnel screens,” Timmons said. “It's what we've been practicing for. They can't really run the ball because their offensive line isn't that good, but the offensive line does a good job of getting upfield to make blocks on those screen plays.” ...........



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86WARD
10-25-2015, 08:00 AM
Smith is a nice QB. He's nothing great, but he gets the job done. He has to be able to throw quick passes because he's got a rag arm and is afraid to go down field with the ball. Hence the reason there is a lack of receiving TDs coming from the wide outs. If the Steelers aren't careful, Smith and Kelce could be in for really big games. This will be the best TE they faced since Gronk and then they have Eifert next week...who could also come up big against them...

ALLD
10-25-2015, 08:29 AM
They need to place a defender to shadow the TE for the first half to see how it works.

Bluecoat96
10-25-2015, 09:43 AM
If Shazier is back, I would think that he could help with taking Kelce out of the game.