The Kansas City Chiefs have an adept ability to score the football. It’s true. Many can argue that have been the NFL's best offense over the last four or five years.

You could say it’s because of Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid. Or, you could say it’s because of the pieces around the two. Both would be true. Even last year the Chiefs offense was pretty good. Yes, it had its down moments, but it performed well, for the most part.

The one thing that hasn’t been consistently good the last few years is the defense. I know, shocker, right?

One Pro Football Focus analyst thinks that, once again, the Chiefs biggest weakness resides on the defensive side of the ball.

Chiefs' biggest weakness is on the defensive front

The Chiefs need to have a good season up front on the defensive side of the ball. If not, we could easily see much of the same thing we have seen the last two years.

And not to be too cliche, but that all starts up front. Unfortunately, the Chiefs have more questions than answers on the defensive line heading into 2022.

PFF’s Ben Linsey seems to think the same thing.

”The Chiefs' defensive front — outside of Chris Jones — struggled in 2021. It ended the regular season ranked 20th in team pressure rate (32%), with Jones and Frank Clark standing out as the only two players to clear 30 pressures on the year. Kansas City also ended the 2021 season ranked 28th in EPA allowed per run play. The Chiefs addressed their need for a starting-caliber edge defender opposite Clark by drafting Purdue's George Karlaftis, but there's no guarantee that he's going to be able to make the same kind of impact as a rookie that Melvin Ingram III did after his midseason trade last year.”

After drafting Karlaftis out of Purdue, the Chiefs are hoping they can fix the amount of production they can get in the pass rush. Hopefully they can, but you likely won’t see that right away in game one.

There isn’t much else the Chiefs can do but hope that Frank Clark plays well this season, and the players behind him play better than before. Fans are getting antsy with Clark's play the last few years. Outside of the 2019's Super Bowl run, he hasn’t done much, and the trade with Seattle is starting to look like a bad return on investment.

Kansas City will need Karlaftis and the backups to step up this year. Mike Danna, Josh Kaindoh, Tershawn Wharton, and new additions Taylor Stallworth are a few that may be able to contribute.

If none of these things happen, and the Chiefs find themselves unable to rush the passer once again, which could prevent a Super Bowl run, yet again. Mahomes can get this team to the playoffs, but the other side of the ball will need to step up if the Chiefs want to reach their ultimate goal.

You can read the rest of the PFF article, here.

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