{"id":595633,"date":"2026-04-20T13:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/595633\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:58:09","slug":"chiefs-news-4-20-cardinals-engaged-chiefs-in-talks-to-trade-pick-no-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/595633\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs News 4\/20: Cardinals engaged Chiefs in talks to trade pick No. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Too many drives stalled out<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">The Chiefs converted just 37.4% of third downs, ranking 22nd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">That ties directly into the lack of explosiveness. Too often, they were stuck in long-yardage situations without a reliable way to extend drives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">The addition of backup quarterback Justin Fields could add a wrinkle here, especially in short-yardage packages, but consistency remains the bigger issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Red zone offense was average<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Kansas City converted 57.6% of red zone trips into touchdowns, ranking 14th. That is not a glaring weakness, but it is not elite either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">A more physical run game could help here, along with another big-bodied receiving target.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Third-down defense kept opponents alive<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">On the other side of the ball, the Chiefs allowed opponents to convert 43.6% on third down, ranking 29th. This was one of the biggest problems all season. Drives extended, the defense wore down, and games tilted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Too many drives stalled out The Chiefs converted just 37.4% of third downs, ranking 22nd. That ties directly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[110834,15977,349,99],"class_list":["post-595633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-arrowheadlines","tag-kansas-city-chiefs-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}