Chiefs offense too predictable, need two-minute style approach, RG3 says

With four games remaining in the NFL regular season for each team, neither team may be focused on anything more than Kansas City Chiefs.

Not only will there be a new AFC West winner for the first time in nine seasons, but the Chiefs are in danger of missing the playoffs entirely after losing to the AFC West. Houston Texans at 14 weeks.

Kansas City is 6-7, which means they probably need a win but are hoping some other teams lose to improve their playoff chances. This is certainly doable, but the question is: how will they put it into practice?

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Robert Griffin III, a former NFL defensive end and current FOX Sports analyst, has been studying the Chiefs all season, as have many others. With the Chiefs not being as dominant as usual this year, Fox News Digital asked the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner what he sees as the team's glaring problems right now.

“Predictable,” Griffin quickly responded as he helped USAA present two military veterans with new vehicles in front of the 126th. Army-Navy Game this weekend. “I'm very familiar with Kansas City, and I think there's an element of predictability now.”

Griffin knows head coach Andy Reid and offensive coordinator Matt Nagy are some of the most creative minds in the league, but he explained why he believes the Chiefs' offense is predictable.

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“Since Tyreek Hill left, the offense hasn't been super-explosive all the time, but they've been able to dunk and dunk, run really good concepts, use Rushie Rice, Travis Kelce, Xavier Worthy, JuJu Smith-Schuster and Tyquan Thornton in different ways to make coverages difficult because you have to be ready for anything,” Griffin said. “But you know when Tyquan Thornton comes into the game, it’s going to be this. You know when Xavier Worthy comes into the game, it’s going to be this.”

In Griffin's opinion, Hill's home run threat in the years before he was traded to the Miami Dolphins made the Chiefs a powerhouse and the quarterback an MVP. Patrick Mahomes became, perhaps, the best in his position in the league.

But Hill's absence didn't hurt the Chiefs' record column as they won their last three AFC Championship games. However, the Chiefs now find themselves in a different position that borders on despair, with their Super Bowl hopes hanging in the balance.

So what exactly do they need to do to move forward? Griffin has an offer for Mahomes.

“This is just a suggestion from a guy who played a lot of football, who watched a ton of football and studied it all year. I think the Kansas City Chiefs need to transition their offense to a two-minute offense,” he said. “Let Patrick Mahomes do what he does best: run up the tempo, call what he sees. He's at a point in his career where he can see that and he can make decisions and make adjustments and control everything at the line of scrimmage. I think it will also take some of the pressure off their offensive line and tire out the defense.”

“Ultimately they will have to hand over some control to Patrick so he can own it completely. If he wants to run without fuss, two minutes, they should let him do it. That’s when they show their best results now.”

Griffin's thought process is: “No team wants to be close to the Chiefs with two minutes left in the game. As soon as they see it, they're like, “Oh shit, that's it.”

But Mahomes also needs help from his teammates, as the loss to the Texans on “Sunday Night Football” featured key turnovers from Rushie Rice and Travis Kelce, both of whom are favorites in the passing game.

The Chiefs understand the situation they're in, but we've seen Mahomes and company move up in the win column since he became the starting quarterback.

The adjustments will be tested again at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday when the Chiefs host the AFC rival Los Angeles Chargers, who also look to keep their playoff hopes alive at 9-4 after a big overtime win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night.

HELPING THOSE WHO SERVE US

Griffin returned to Baltimore, where he spent the remaining years of his NFL playing career, to show honor with actions in the tradition of the annual Army-Navy game by donating two redesigned rides from USAA, the official partner of the NFL Salute to Service.

Cryptologic technician Petty Officer First Class Jamil Lewis, currently serving in the Navy, and veteran Patrick Huber, a specialist with the Army National Guard's 116th Infantry Regiment, were surprised by Griffin with a brand new vehicle in the Inner Harbor in front of the USS Constellation.

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Griffin, who is in the military himself and has a mother and father in the military, has long enjoyed working with USAA and is excited to help make this happen.

“I am honored to partner with USAA. We've been working together for the past 13 years, and I'm a guy who loves creating genuine, genuine partnerships. Military child, mom and dad both served in the military. So, I'm a “Forward Army, Beat Navy” guy – 31 years combined. To see the impact we've been able to make over the last 13 years by doing something to let our service members know they're not forgotten, that does something for me,” he explained. “If it does something for me, then it does something for those families that we can impact to make their lives a little easier. It's not a free car. I say that because yes, they didn't have to pay money for it, but for us and our freedoms they had to sacrifice themselves to be able to to get that treatment. We want them to know, 'Hey, man, we appreciate you.'

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