Geoff Schwartz Is Smarter Than You
Sep 15, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min · 18 segments
Geoff and Mitch break down the NFL season opener, including the Chiefs returning to form against the Broncos, the Rams and Chargers both starting slow and the Giants dominant performance over the…
Mitch SchwartzHost
Geoff SchwartzHost
It was a rushing attack that I don't even think any of us thought the Chiefs would commit to.
Now, it's one thing for that first drive to come out and just kind of dominate and run, run, run.
I mean, first two plays are runs, third and three, shotgun run, gets two yards, fourth and one, go for it, another run.
didn't expect that and then you know as the the drive progresses they just keep running the ball and then we see the rest of the night like they're willing to get under center willing to commit to it obviously use physicality up front to do that the running back is just freaking amazing um what a performance from kenneth walker i mean i would argue he might have missed one or two reads but he more than made up for that with uh the rest of his performance and just He's got that little bit of Le'Veon Bell, the patience, the waiting, and then boom, hits it, and the explosiveness to get up to speed, the change of direction.
So I would say going into this game, it was a big litmus test game for me for Kansas City.
How are we going to hold up in protection? How are we going to run the ball? How are we going to open up some lanes? Well, I think you saw that pretty good.
That was not the greatest performance, but can the receivers get open? Not necessarily.
But then you look at defense, you know, can we stop the run? Can we get after the quarterback with, you know, our defensive line that theoretically is not as good as what we've seen from the Broncos online.
Can we hold up in coverage against a pretty good receiving group? Check there.
Can we turn Bo Nix into the quarterback that Jeff Schwartz thinks he is? Triple check there.
I think, again, offensively, I would say the one thing that I don't see that I'm worried about for the weeks upcoming, it's not even the pass game in particular.
It's the marrying of the under-centered run game with the play action that all the top offenses are doing.
You've got the Shanahan outside zone system that runs a lot of nakeds and runs a lot of kind of hard play action, turn your back to the defense.
Now, a little bit less as his defenses are disguising more and covering up what they do, but you still get like hardball run cell from the O-line and the Chiefs just like don't have play actions like that.
It just feels a little more passy, a little more kind of passive from the O-line.
It was a rushing attack that I don't even think any of us thought the Chiefs would commit to.
Now, it's one thing for that first drive to come out and just kind of dominate and run, run, run.
I mean, first two plays are runs, third and three, shotgun run, gets two yards, fourth and one, go for it, another run.
didn't expect that and then you know as the the drive progresses they just keep running the ball and then we see the rest of the night like they're willing to get under center willing to commit to it obviously use physicality up front to do that the running back is just freaking amazing um what a performance from kenneth walker i mean i would argue he might have missed one or two reads but he more than made up for that with uh the rest of his performance and just He's got that little bit of Le'Veon Bell, the patience, the waiting, and then boom, hits it, and the explosiveness to get up to speed, the change of direction.
So I would say going into this game, it was a big litmus test game for me for Kansas City.
How are we going to hold up in protection? How are we going to run the ball? How are we going to open up some lanes? Well, I think you saw that pretty good.
That was not the greatest performance, but can the receivers get open? Not necessarily.
But then you look at defense, you know, can we stop the run? Can we get after the quarterback with, you know, our defensive line that theoretically is not as good as what we've seen from the Broncos online.
Can we hold up in coverage against a pretty good receiving group? Check there.
Can we turn Bo Nix into the quarterback that Jeff Schwartz thinks he is? Triple check there.
I think, again, offensively, I would say the one thing that I don't see that I'm worried about for the weeks upcoming, it's not even the pass game in particular.
It's the marrying of the under-centered run game with the play action that all the top offenses are doing.
You've got the Shanahan outside zone system that runs a lot of nakeds and runs a lot of kind of hard play action, turn your back to the defense.
Now, a little bit less as his defenses are disguising more and covering up what they do, but you still get like hardball run cell from the O-line and the Chiefs just like don't have play actions like that.
It just feels a little more passy, a little more kind of passive from the O-line.
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