IMO, Reid is going to have to scheme the next couple of weeks like Mahomes is Peyton Manning. Get the team on the line, work to read the defense and use audibles to find success. Get the ball out timely. If they don't gameplan appropriately, the game will be over before it starts. More WCO, less air raid.

Edit : to be honest, this game plan may have been the play against the Bengals anyway, and maybe will help Patrick develop and grow even more.

How healthy is Mahomes. It's all riding on that.

I think 100% healthy Mahomes, as in the guy who started the Jaguars game, gets you across the finish line this Sunday more often than not. But that Mahomes is gone for the remainder of the season.

Is he at 90%? If so, I think it's like 52/48 chance that Chiefs win.

Is he at 80%? We're on the wrong side of the odds there, I think.

Is he at 60%? You don't quite debate starting Chad Henne, but I think they're going to really struggle.

Pacheco run was the play of the game.

If we get 1-2 runs like that we can win

The biggest thing Andy Reid can do is what he failed to do in last year's AFCCG.

When the run is working, stick to it. Force them to take it away.

McKinnon was churning them for 7 yards/carry and he kept going away from it.

Unless we get one of those games where everything we do comes up roses, I expect this to follow the Vegas line... Chiefs by 1, lets say 34-33

We definitely need to get pressure with our front 4. Burrow is extremely good against the blitz.

The chiefs are going to have to play relatively mistake free on the offensive side of the ball, and control the time of possession to win. No turnovers. The defense will need to come up with a couple stops and probably a turnover. If all that happens, the chiefs may win similarly to last week, comfortably controlling the game throughout. If not, the chiefs can't rely on scoring quickly to end the game and will need to manage the clock well to take a lead on a long final drive.

Get ball out fast, attack the Cincinnati corners.

Feed Pacheco at least 20 times.

It's the same situation as teams face playing Mahomes. You're playing a QB you can't really blitz so you have to find a way to stop them with zone looks, high safeties, extra DBs.

I think we all know our D-line hasn't been great at generating pressure this year, so it's going to be a challenge.

That Bengals OL may be more vulnerable on a field with decent footing.

Somehow we find a way to win by 2 points. The Curse is broken just like 37-0 Justin Lawrence never losing on a Sunday.