Chiefs and Ravens Game Analysis: Defensive Strategies

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00:00Defense, let's talk about the defense on both of these sides for a second, starting with

00:09the Chiefs.

00:10You saw obviously what they can do, how gritty they are in their defensive line, and then

00:13their secondary kind of coming in strong in a number of ways.

00:16McDuffie, I thought he was going to get kind of roughed up in that first quarter, ends

00:19up coming back in and being a difference maker in the secondary.

00:23Yeah, and I'm curious as to what we're going to see with the new offensive line lineup

00:31penalty that they were calling, especially early in the game.

00:34Does that provide a bit of a boost for some pass rushers?

00:38I think that is something to pay attention to.

00:40I will say that the Ravens defense does deserve a little bit of credit here, especially in

00:44that first half, holding them to field goals was huge.

00:47Now they weren't able to capitalize on that, but the dynamic aspect that Rocon Smith can

00:53bring, I want to say was on full effect tonight, and if they can bring that on a weekly basis,

00:59it's the first game of the season, they're playing a great team, we know all these things,

01:02but this is still going to be a team that's going to be there in the final four or so

01:05when it comes to the AFC.

01:07So again, I'm not worried overall, they still have a great defense, they need to iron things

01:11out on offense, they need to bring someone else alongside Flowers and Likely to catch

01:16the ball, whether it's going to be Mark Andrews, whether it's Rashad Bateman, they need to

01:20figure that out because they need someone else out there alongside those guys, providing

01:24something in the offense.