Chiefs identify key concern before playing Giants

The Kansas City Chiefs enter their Week 3 contest against the New York Giants on "Sunday Night Football" looking for their first win of the season 

One of the major reasons why the Chiefs are 0-2 has been the lack of a run game to help quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Sans Mahomes, the offense has rushed for 96 yards, averaging 3.2 yards per rush.

Per Nate Taylor of ESPN, the running game has been a focus for the Chiefs in Week 3. Mahomes is leading the offense in rushing with 123 yards, but the coaching staff doesn't want him taking too many hits. The concern is that the young offensive line isn't playing up to par.

"Another surprising statistic for the Chiefs is that their offensive line is ranked 31st in run block win rate, successfully blocking the collective defensive linemen on designed running plays just 64% of the time," Taylor wrote. "The Chiefs are also experiencing the growing pains of trying to develop two young players, (Josh) Simmons and (Kingsley) Suamataia, during the first month of the season."

The offensive line was a problem last season with pass protection, especially with the left tackle position. Through the first two weeks, Mahomes has been sacked four times, but the lack of run blocking has been the real issue. 

Kansas City Chiefs OL is an issue again

Mahomes is hopeful the offensive line will play better as they gain experience.

"Part of football is being able to trust in the run game whenever they're in the light boxes and force them to come down so we can throw some of the shots down the field," Mahomes said. "That will come together more and more as the O-line continues to jell and the running backs can gel with the O-line."

The Chiefs offensive line has a chance to gain some confidence on Sunday night. The Giants run defense ranks dead last in the league, allowing an average of 177.5 yards per game.