A quick note about the Chiefs' coaching and intelligence

[Rain Man]

I watch other games, and I shake my head.

You see coaches not being able to get plays called in. Players lining up in the wrong spot. Players running out of bounds when they should stay in bounds, or staying in bounds when they should have run out of bounds. Players who don't know the game situation and celebrate a first down when they need to be lining up in a hurry up. Snapping the ball at the wrong time.

We never see players or coaches botching up stuff like that. We call plays with enough time to snow globe. We see Kelce and Mahomes designing plays with 13 seconds left because they see some gap in the defense. We see offensive linemen running downfield to call time outs when the clock situation is dire. Patrick Mahomes II knows every rule, down and distance, and clock situation there is.

I love how intelligent this team is from top to bottom, and how the coaches train the team so well.

[Easy 6]

Of course it always helps to have Mahomes, but the fact is Reid was here long before Mahomes and he has his system so deeply ingrained in this team that its almost foolproof by now

Institutionally, these guys know what needs to be done in their sleep

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by xztop123

I wonder if we ever just let mahomes all the plays like manning

I find it fascinating that whenever there's a little potential for chaos on the field - a running clock, a penalty, a fourth down, whatever - Patrick Mahomes II always seems to be exactly on top of it. I'll be watching the TV and I'll see Patrick Mahomes II motioning for something or saying something, and I'll be pointing at the screen yelling, "He's right! He's right!"

[Zebedee DuBois]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I find it fascinating that whenever there's a little potential for chaos on the field - a running clock, a penalty, a fourth down, whatever - Patrick Mahomes II always seems to be exactly on top of it. I'll be watching the TV and I'll see Patrick Mahomes II motioning for something or saying something, and I'll be pointing at the screen yelling, "He's right! He's right!"

My dog, Bean, does not like it when I yell at the television. If the Chiefs game or the Jayhawks game is causing involuntary utterances on my part, the dog gets anxious and might start barking - like, "I sense master has detected intruders at the door. I don't sense them myself, but I will help defend our home against intruders, whether they be USPS carriers or FEDEX drivers. Arf! Arf! Arf!"

[Megatron96]

The Chiefs are arguably the best coached team in the NFL, top to bottom. It's a great time to be a Chiefs fan, though some don't seem to be aware of it.

[scho63]

Last week I was seconds away from driving to Buffalo and beat the shit out of the Dolphins OC and Head Coach for being complete ****ups in having EVERY GOD DAMN PLAY go down to 0 on the clock and them rushing.

Then at the end they squandered at least 30 seconds huddling and doing stupid clock management shit including a substitution at 12 seconds. They had several delay of games and could have had another 4-5 as the refs gave them some leeway.

In my 52 years of watching pro football, this was the WORSE by a mile.

[MagicHef]

Originally Posted by Zebedee DuBois

My dog, Bean, does not like it when I yell at the television. If the Chiefs game or the Jayhawks game is causing involuntary utterances on my part, the dog gets anxious and might start barking - like, "I sense master has detected intruders at the door. I don't sense them myself, but I will help defend our home against intruders, whether they be USPS carriers or FEDEX drivers. Arf! Arf! Arf!"

I'm very happy to know that your dog is named Bean.

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by MagicHef

I'm very happy to know that your dog is named Bean.

Beans, said Homer.

Extra rep for anyone who knows what that is reference to.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

Beans, said Homer.

Extra rep for anyone who knows what that is reference to.

I bet that it's from the Iliad, during the chapter about the battle for Troy.

[Rasputin]

Should do a poll to find out who we think is the most intellectual team to the least intellectual team. My hunch is the Raiders and Broncos would be the bottom feeders.

[trndobrd]

Originally Posted by JimNasium

I still tend to get frustrated by clock management issues. We seem to be prone to scoring too quickly to end a half. That said, Andy’s clock management is better than it used to be.

If that the biggest problem, I’ll take “Scoring too quickly”. Other team’ fans must feel like we did back in the Edwards / Brodie Croyle era when the problem was simply “scoring”.

[Red Beans]

Originally Posted by MagicHef

I'm very happy to know that your dog is named Bean.

Agreed. He has good pedigree.

[smithandrew051]

I’ve noticed that many of Andy Reid’s supposed clock management issues disappeared with Mahomes.

[trndobrd]

Originally Posted by scho63

Last week I was seconds away from driving to Buffalo and beat the shit out of the Dolphins OC and Head Coach for being complete ****ups in having EVERY GOD DAMN PLAY go down to 0 on the clock and them rushing.

Then at the end they squandered at least 30 seconds huddling and doing stupid clock management shit including a substitution at 12 seconds. They had several delay of games and could have had another 4-5 as the refs gave them some leeway.

In my 52 years of watching pro football, this was the WORSE by a mile.

Thirty seconds is enough for two Chiefs scoring drives.

[Halfcan]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Rain Man again.

Great thread- wanted to give you some good rep, but I guess I already blew my load.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by wazu

Agree for the most part. The one maddening exception for me has been special teams, where there seems to be this belief that everybody needs to be a hero rather than just safely receive the ball and hand it back to the offense with some reasonable field position to work with.

Well, I knew it would not take long for someone to bring up this stuff. Fandom blinds some to reality and normalcy. Those plays sucked. But there is the context surrounding all those things. It is not like Toub was just ignoring and blatantly refusing to do anything about those things. To say otherwise is just being obtuse.