Do the Dolphins have any chance against the Chiefs in a frigid Kansas City?

Yahoo Sports NFL writer Charles McDonald is joined by Brett Kollmann to discuss this weekend’s AFC Wild Card matchup. Hear the full conversation on “The Exempt List with Charles McDonald” – part of the “Zero Blitz” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

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CHARLES MCDONALD: How scared should Dolphins fans be about this upcoming Saturday in Kansas City?

BRETT KOLLMANN: I think absolutely terrified. Because these are not the conditions that the Dolphins win games in. And you know, it’s 70 degrees in Miami. And then you step off the plane and in temperatures like that, I mean, you get frostbite in 15 minutes of exposure, right.

And so you’re stepping off the plane, and like, the energy just leaves your body. And they’re not used to that. When you factor in that Tyreek Hill is second in the NFL in drops this season. It’s not like it’s going to be easier to catch a brick in those kind of temperatures.

Like, schematically speaking, it’s not a great match-up. Temperature-wise, it’s not a great match-up. Let alone they’re down their top three edge rushers now. So like, the one thing that you can of hang your hat on in a fully healthy Dolphins versus Chiefs match-up is like, oh, we have edge rushers that we think can beat their tackles, because their tackles aren’t very good in pass pro.

Well, now you don’t have any edge rushers left. And I just think this game lines up for like the one time Isaiah Pacheco gets 20 plus carries. And I think eventually, like, by the second half, this is going to break the Dolphins, because I don’t think they can throw their way out of this in that kind of temperature. And that’s like their one hope that they normally would have.

CHARLES MCDONALD: So sometimes like when I’m watching the Dolphins pass game, it feels like I’m watching like a cut up of YouTube, like Madden cheese plays, where you’re just like, we’ll drop them back. One step drop back spot’s open. Here’s Tyreek…

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Publish date : 2024-01-10 22:27:32

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