![]() ![]() “It’s not going to break the first few times you utilize it. “It’s just like when you’re pounding concrete and you’re using that hammer,” suggested Bieniemy. Those games produced much more yardage than the Titans’ game did - but still, Bieniemy believes a low-volume attack hurts the overall impact the running game could have. ![]() Sunday’s 12 carries were the fewest for any game this season - barely edging out a few contests with 13 or 14 attempts from the backfield. “We have to invest in it - meaning that we can’t just run it a few times and expect success.” Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports “We have to run it,” Bieniemy asserted to reporters. ![]() ![]() So it came to be that during his Thursday press appearance, Kansas City offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was asked how the team could improve its sputtering ground attack. In a season that has featured multiple unimpressive performances on the ground, this one might have been the ugliest. Three of the backfield’s first four carries were stuffed for no gain - and in the entire game, none of the backs had a rush that earned more than three yards. Kansas City’s running backs were given 12 carries and turned them into 14 yards. Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes racked up over 500 yards of offense by himself - but even so, the team had to scratch and claw to a three-point victory.īut Mahomes had to carry the Chiefs’ offense on his back because the running game was nonexistent. One of the prevailing storylines from the Kansas City Chiefs’ 20-17 overtime win over the Tennessee Titans was how weird the game seemed to be. ![]()
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