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Originally Posted by Dirtbag359
Still though, Shanahan likes to use the I Formation.
By the same token I agree on not needing an elite reciever. I would rather do what the Chiefs did in the early part of the previous decade. The formula goes as follows
- Great running game with a line that makes virtually anyone look good
- Veteran Pro Bowl QB
- Elite TE
- Fast deep threat at reciever.
The Chiefs were among the leagues top offenses despite not having an elite receiver, unless you want to count Eddie Kenninson, who ironically has a similar skillset to Santana Moss.
2002: Kansas City Chiefs Statistics - NFL Football - ESPN
Trent Green: 3,690 yds/ 26 TD's 13 Int's/ 92.6 Rating
Priest Holmes: 1,615 yds 21 TD's 5.2 average 29 years old
Tony Gonzalez: 773 yds 7 TD's
Eddie Kenninson: 906 yds 2 TD's
Offensive Rank: 4th 28.1 PPG
2003: Kansas City Chiefs Statistics - NFL Football - ESPN
Trent Green: 4,039 yds/ 24 TD's 12 Int's/ 92.6 Rating
Priest Holmes: 1,420 yds 27 TD's 4.4 average 30 years old
Tony Gonzalez: 916 yds 10 TD's
Eddie Kenninson: 853 yds 5 TD's
Offensive Rank: 2nd 30.3 PPG
2004: Kansas City Chiefs Statistics - NFL Football - ESPN
Trent Green: 4,591 yds/ 27 TD's 17 Int's/ 95.2 Rating
Priest Holmes: 892 yds 14 TD's 4.6 YPC 31 years old
Larry Johnson: 581 yds 9 TD's 4.8 YPC
Derrick Blaylock: 539 yds 8 TD's 4.6 YPC
Tony Gonzalez: 1,258 yds 7 TD's
Eddie Kenninson: 1,086 yds 8 TD's
Offensive Rank: 1st 30.2 PPG
2005: Kansas City Chiefs Statistics - NFL Football - ESPN
Trent Green: 4,014 yds/ 17 TD's 10 Int's/ 90.1 Rating
Larry Johnson: 1,750 yds 20 TD's 5.2 YPC
Priest Holmes: 451 yds 6 TD's 3.8 YPC 32 years old
Eddie Kenninson: 1,102 yds 5 TD's
Tony Gonzalez: 905 yds 2 TD's
Offensive Rank: 1st 25.2 PPG
Anway the point of all this is that you don't need an elite reciever to have the leagues best offense. I mean how many Super Bowls have the Pat's won with their God Like corps of receivers? |
The Chiefs accomplished a lot with...I don't want to say very little, because they had an all-generation offensive line, Trent Green with a hall-of-fame performance through four years (you can adjust for context all you want, and John Elway never comes close to posting a three year span where he was as good as Green was for four years), a legit number one in Eddie Kennison, and Tony Gonzalez in his prime, not to mention Holmes and Johnson. That's not scraps.
But what's unique about the Chiefs is that even though they had all that talent, they relied heavily on journeymen and scrubs to come up with big catches on second and third downs, and those players like Dante Hall, Marc Boerigter, Jason Dunn, Samie Parker, and Chris Horn all had their share of big games on those teams.
We can't get enough (i.e. more than one) big games from second round draft choices, let alone UDFAs.