San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
WHAT WILL CHIEFS DO NEXT?
Super Bowl champs possess all kinds of weapons on offense
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Kansas City’s offense is loaded with recognizable names: Patrick Mahomes. Travis Kelce. Tyreek Hill. Sammy Watkins.
And Daffy Duck? Yes, and Daffy Duck.
“You know you’re going to have to be really good against the unexpected,” Chargers defensive coordinator Gus Bradley said. “They might not do it for five or six games and then a wildcat or a Daffy Duck or a shovel pass. Things like that all of a sudden show up out of the blue.”
For the sake of accuracy, this Daffy Duck isn’t actually the Daffy Duck. This one, Bradley explained, is a funky formation the Chiefs have been known to employ, an alignment that features the tackles lined up wide.
The Chargers have no idea if they’ll see that formation today when they play Kansas City in their Sofi Stadium debut.
They do have a very good idea of what they will see.
“You don’t have enough players to match up against those guys,” coach Anthony Lynn said. “So, you’ve got to scheme ’em a little bit. … They can create some matchup issues.”
The Chiefs rode Mahomes and their issue-inducing offense to the latest Lombardi Trophy. They averaged 39 points per game in the postseason and scored three touchdowns in the final six-plus minutes to clinch Super Bowl LIV.
And then they got better. Kansas City added running back Clyde Edwardshelaire in the first round of the draft, a move that helped produce 166 rushing yards in a season-opening 34-20 win over Houston.
Chargers cornerback Casey Hayward called Edwards-helaire a “new toy” for Mahomes, the $500-million quarterback who already had just about every cool gadget a kid could desire.
FARMER’S PICKS
The L.A. Times’ NFL writer, Sam Farmer, examines this week’s matchups. Lines according to Pregame.com (O/U = over/under). Last week’s record 10-6 (.625). Using point spreads with the scores Farmer predicted, the record against the spread last week would have been 8-8 (.500). Times Pacific.
TV: None. Directv: 705.
Line: Bears by 51⁄2. O/U: 42.
Mitch Trubisky caught fire in the fourth quarter last week, although Chicago would have lost had Lions not dropped a late end- zone pass. Still, Trubisky is riding high and at home against a suspect secondary.
TV: None. Directv: 712.
Line: 49ers by 7. O/U: 411⁄2.
The banged-up 49ers stumbled out of the gate with a loss to Arizona, and now have to travel across the country. Good thing they’re playing the Jets. Gang Green is already limping.