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Originally Posted by MeSayDayo
-Our D is built to play well against second reaction play quarterbacks. Mahomes, Rodgers are guys we usually play well against. They don't tend to pull the trigger immediately and like to extend plays in the pocket before throwing. Generally, our D feasts on these type of QB's. I can't believe Andy Reid didn't scheme up a quit hitting passing gameplan for us. If he watched Mills and Lawrence, they had free completions every single snap if they got the ball out on a 2 step drop or under 2 seconds.
This is why we struggle so much against pedestrian QB's and often make them look like pro-bowlers. Our D' and the cushion that our corners play on a consistent basis is designed to gift the easy 5-7 yards and tighten up as the field gets shorter. The problem is, most QB's are not greedy or talented enough to NOT take those yards- ala Mills and Lawrence- it's realistically the only thing they can accomplish. Mahomes is so confident in his abilities to extend plays that it oddly masks a lot of our deficiencies on D. The league changed to defending Herbert and Mahomes with a soft shell look, forcing those guys to patient dunk their way into wins and be efficient. We are damn lucky that Mahomes did not have his most efficient day, especially considering out team sack total.
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It's an interesting point. I still haven't rewatched, but how much more press did we play yesterday? Also, the personnel decisions were interesting. How much impact did benching Nick Cross for Rodney McLeod and also putting Isaiah Rodgers out there have?
Whatever it was, Mahomes completed 57% a week after Lawrence hit nearly 85%.
Also, the pass-rush might not have the sacks to show for it, but they pressured Mahomes well yesterday. And they did it the unselfish way that a lot of people don't tend to notice.
A couple weeks ago, McAfee had Pagano on the show doing a 45-minute real-ish mock film study over KC and LAC. Darius Butler was one of the guys sitting watching. He had them rewind a play so he could point out and bitch about Joey Bosa screaming upfield to get the sack and allowing Mahomes to break contain and make a play like he does.
Butler and Pagano both said something like, "Don't be selfish on the rush." I think that could apply to yesterday with a good rush but only one sack. Of course Mahomes is pretty athletic and has a knack for throwing the ball away in time, too.