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NFL: The Insiders on Kareem Hunt

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And a lot of it is because Kareem Hunt just can't break tackles like he used to. There's a whole bunch of examples where, hey, we got all of our guys accounted for in the blocking scheme. You need to make one miss on the edge. And he just couldn't do it.
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Hunt's declining ability to break tackles hindered the Chiefs' explosive run rate.

Brett Kollmann notes that the Chiefs' run game struggled with explosive plays, partly because Kareem Hunt is no longer able to break tackles as effectively as he once did. Kollmann points out that Hunt often failed to make defenders miss on the edge even when the blocking scheme was sound.

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