Kansas City Defense Vs. Lamar Jackson's Passing Ability
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00:03 - We know about Kansas City secondary,
00:05 very good against opposing quarterbacks.
00:07 Do you see a scenario potentially
00:09 where Lamar attacks it through the air
00:12 as opposed to his legs today?
00:14 - Well, they've got to take more downfield shots
00:16 than last week.
00:16 I mean, last week they attempted one pass
00:18 that traveled over 20 yards in the air.
00:20 That was for 21 yards to Rashad Bateman.
00:22 And they only attempted one pass under center
00:24 selling play action hard.
00:26 They're gonna do that more against this defense.
00:28 With Andrews, people are talking about a number
00:30 and a pitch count.
00:31 I think it's situational.
00:32 From what I'm gathering,
00:33 it's going to be certain situations,
00:35 third down, red zone where they'll lean into him.
00:38 Even when he was healthy and likely was healthy
00:41 for the first 11 weeks of the season,
00:43 they were on the field together for just 11%
00:46 of Lamar Jackson's dropbacks in that span.
00:49 They haven't been a huge 12 personnel team.
00:51 And the problem with doing it here is,
00:53 who are you gonna take off the field?
00:54 Okay, maybe a running back sometimes,
00:56 but I think they could kill Kansas City
00:58 running out of 11 personnel with Lamar
01:00 and with Justice Hill.
01:02 And you do not want to take Pat Ricard,
01:04 their fullback off the field.
01:05 He's more than a fullback.
01:06 He's an H-back.
01:07 He's a tight end too.
01:08 He can play in the slot.
01:12 The one thing Spag's defense can't defend in the pass game
01:15 is passes out of 21 and 22 personnel.
01:18 Pat Ricard is a matchup nightmare in this game.
01:21 And so Andrews at 85% versus Ricard.
01:25 Doesn't mean Andrews can't catch three, four balls.
01:28 Doesn't mean he can't catch a touchdown,
01:30 but I think it's situational.
01:31 And I think a lot of it will be red zone base
01:34 where the field gets constricted
01:36 and it's one more tall target,
01:37 one more catch radius guy for Lamar.
01:41 But likely he's not, they're not,
01:42 I don't think that's a one for one.
01:44 And likely in the RPO game right now,
01:46 as tooled up as he is, the quick pass game,
01:49 I don't think he's making way for Andrews between the 20s.
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