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In this episode:
Eric Eager joins Jayson Brown to discuss what went wrong in Kansas City and to preview our upcoming matchup with the Dallas Cowboys.
Chiefs Recap
Chris Jones is a stud but poor against the run
Derrick Nnadi and Khalen Saunders clogged up the interior
Dalvin Cook had zero yards before contact
Dalvin Cook had a total of zero of his 71 rushing yards today before contact against the #Chiefs
— Eric Eager (@PFF_Eric) November 4, 2019
Vikings defense was generally good outside of a handful of plays
Vikings were inefficient on early downs and were playing behind the sticks
Playing behind the chains limits personnel choices for the Vikings
WR depth was exposed
Bisi Johnson and Laquon Treadwell played too prominent a role
To follow up, here's the third-and-14 play where Stefon Diggs felt he was open and Kirk Cousins threw underneath for an incompletion to Laquon Treadwell. (Diggs is the one at the +45 and threw his hands up when he didn't get the ball here.) pic.twitter.com/xQEKW9uD0r
— Chad Graff (@ChadGraff) November 5, 2019
KC run defense has been trending up the previous 2 weeks
8 hurries, 1 sack, and 1 QB hit from the interior OL
Pat Elflein had a no good very bad day pic.twitter.com/IUtb71H9KW
— Luke Braun (@LukeBraunNFL) November 5, 2019
Edge pressure is typically more damaging
Overall data says Kirk Cousins is neutral when under pressure
KC forced Vikings into poor situations
Chris Jones wrecked the game in passing situations 6 pressure, 5 hurries, and 5 stops in the run game
KC playing Chris Jones (occasionally) at edge - plus the addition of Mike Pennell at DT (not in on this rep) - gives their DL a very different look. A whole lot more ass. #MINvsKC pic.twitter.com/lbOu0nCHSc
— Josh Cohen (@JCohen_NFL) November 5, 2019
Charvarius Ward, Morris Clairborne, and Breshad Breeland weren’t tested as they should have been
Hard to justify “running more” when you have zero yards before contact
Need to see more passing to Dalvin Cook
Kirk Cousins was off
Between 0 - 9 yards, only 7/14 (50%) on gimme throws
4/16 on pressured dropbacks
"And I've got this belief that his slide Sunday is sort of the same reason Kirk rarely brings a team back in the 4th quarter."
— SKOR North (@SKORNorth) November 6, 2019
- @SageRosenfels18 on Kirk Cousins sliding a yard short of the first down. pic.twitter.com/ZxQQw2vosP
Vikings are profoundly unpredictable
Every game is a coin flip
“KC has scored 26 or more in all but one game that Patrick Mahomes has started”
Previewing Dallas Cowboys Game
PFF says Vikings (6th) are a better team than the Cowboys (11th)
Kirk Cousins at his best is better than Dak Prescott at his best.
Dallas are 3 points favorites
Dallas had one of the easiest schedules to start the season and one of the hardest to close the season
Dak’s rushing is the x factor in this game
Collapsing the above into one measure, applying roughly equal weight to EPA + CPOE, we get updated QB DAKOTA ratings.
— new-age analytical (@benbbaldwin) November 5, 2019
Dak stays narrowly ahead of Wilson. (note that Brees has a very small sample) pic.twitter.com/XNKyDNWGc6
Check out Eric’s article here.