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December 5th, 2011 
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The Kansas City Chiefs get a win against the Chicago Bears, 10-3. The Chiefs improve to 5-7 on the year, while the Chicago Bears drop to 7-5.
In this weekly article, Pro Football Spotlight will bring you the blocking performances of the recent Chiefs, as well as some additional data. For example: Did you know that Dexter McCluster was used by the Chiefs in some pass protection packages and ended the day with an 83% pass blocking assignment grade?
Let’s take a look at the those blocking grades…
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| Team Run Blocking | Power Blocking | Power Score | 2nd Level Blocks | ||||
| Did the lineman get the job done or not? These grades are good for understanding value for a team and not necessarily for comparing across teams. A game in the mid 80s to 90% is a decent score. | How often did the offensive lineman dominate the block or how often did he get dominated? These scores are good for comparing across teams and finding the most dominant lineman in the league. | Anything over zero is a good score. The more over zero the more the lineman dominated the defender. Each lineman is scored a minus for being dominated, a zero for a draw, or a plus for dominating the defender. | The number of success over failures for the lineman when blocking linebackers and safeties on the second level. The lineman must be athletic to accomplish a high second level score. |
- Run Blocking
Run Grade Bar Power Pull 2nd Grade 
Score Block Level Pope 61% 
0 0 0 McClain 78% 
0 0 0 Becht 93% 
0 0 +2
Run Blocking Notes:
- At 14:54 in the 1st quarter, LeRon McClain has a nice lead block to the left of the formation.
***Pic Taken from Chiefs game on CBS
- At 14:23 in the 1st quarter, McClain picks up a run blitz to spring the running back for an 8 yard gain.
- At 12:13 in the 3rd quarter, Anthony Becht and LeRon McClain have great blocks on the left side of the formation for an 8 yard gain.
| Team Pass Blocking | Passing Power | Pressures | Combo Help | ||||
| Did the lineman get the job done or not? These grades are good for understanding value for a team and not necessarily for comparing across teams. A game in the 90% is a good score for pass blocking. | How often did the offensive lineman dominate the block or how often did he get dominated? Each lineman is scored a minus for being dominated, a zero for a draw, or a plus for dominating the block. | How often did the offensive lineman give up pressure on the quarterback? Every once and a while a lineman can do his job but give up pressure on the QB. This stat will help glean more info from the line grades. | How often did the offensive coordinator provide help for a tough defender or a struggling lineman. Yea, two lineman ended up with the same grade…but how much help did either of them get? |
- Pass Protection
Pass Grade Bar Power Pressures Sacks Combo Grade Score Allowed Allowed Help Pope 98% 0 0 0 3 McClain 98% 0 0 0 4 McCluster 83% 
0 0 0 4 Battle 50% 
0 0 0 2 Jones 66% 0 1 0 2 Becht 98% 0 0 0 1
Pass Blocking Notes:
- At 2:57 in the 1st quarter, Dexter McCluster is not in a good position to help Barry Richardson with pass protection. Because he is out of place, he cannot prevent the sack that results from Barry getting beat around the edge.
***Pic Taken from Chiefs game on CBS
- McCluster does pick up a nice blitz at 1:32 in the 2nd quarter, however.
- Just about all the running backs and tight ends do some good pass blocking, this week. I really like the blocking of Anthony Becht. He does a good job in pass protection and gets some movement in the run game without letting the defender get free too often after engaging.
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