Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 15847769)

See, I knew we were going to lose again. I know we probably have exponentially more devastating moments ahead of in coming years. No one stays 100% healthy, no one plays mistake-free forever, no one plays under the market value forever, etc.

What is bad about this loss is huge swathes of key parts of the franchise played way below professional expectations, in a manner that doesn't appear to be one-off mental mistakes or just getting caught on low-effort days. Performing well-below professional expectations in ways that will persist until fundamental changes are installed, whether it's scheme or personnel.

It's like the difference; . . . say you have a beautiful new Lambo, and you take it out the strip and track. You thrash it, . . . and instead of it being slightly out of tune, or instead of you missing the apex on a couple turns, . . . you realize that the engine is fine and the tune is fine, and the body is beautiful, but the transmission and suspension has you getting outrun and lapped by Camrys and Altimas.

It's not the loss itself, it's the enormity of the work evident to correct the imperfections.

Originally Posted by bringbackmarty (Post 15848175)

Smith is kinda right that a couple of mistakes cost us the game. Where he is wrong is that they were excessively stupid mistakes by the Qb and to a greater extent Andy. Mahomes shouldn't have thrown the pic and trusted that the d was going to make at least one play, maybe they fumble the punt or he pins Lamar inside the 5.
Andy should have had D. Williams, Burton running if he's playing for a fg, stout dudes that can take a hit and pass protect if mahomes changes the call at the line. If he's going touchdown, why not trex there or spread them out and run an rpo?

Originally Posted by bringbackmarty (Post 15848175)

Smith is kinda right that a couple of mistakes cost us the game. Where he is wrong is that they were excessively stupid mistakes by the Qb and to a greater extent Andy. Mahomes shouldn't have thrown the pic and trusted that the d was going to make at least one play, maybe they fumble the punt or he pins Lamar inside the 5.
Andy should have had D. Williams, Burton running if he's playing for a fg, stout dudes that can take a hit and pass protect if mahomes changes the call at the line. If he's going touchdown, why not trex there or spread them out and run an rpo?

Originally Posted by Buehler445 (Post 15848274)

Great analogy with the Lamborghini/Camry point. That’s precisely what it felt like.



I agree with most everything in principle. But Mahomes is periodically going to throw that ball because that dude can do shit nobody else can. Like in the history of mankind. So he’ll take a throw he shouldn’t because what the hell he took 10 others he shouldn’t have taken this quarter and they all worked.

I’ll take that pick if I get the incredible shit. Why? Because I know what this team is without the incredible shit and I’d prefer to not go there again.

Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic (Post 15848769)

I believe we were still up two scores when Pat threw that interception. I think he got a little too loose. If the game were closer I don’t think he throws that pass, unfortunately our next next drive stalled out to.

That’s why I’m upset about the run call, I think Pat would’ve been locked in and torched Baltimore’s trash secondary. I like the odds of giving Pat a chance to put the game away.

Originally Posted by Detoxing (Post 15848818)

So after licking my wounds i got back to watching some of this Balt/Chiefs game.

I came away realizing that Hitchens and Bolton have been getting a pass on this poor run defense. We've been laying everything at the feet of the Dline, and we're wrong about that. Dead ****ing wrong. Sure, there were containment issues here and there, but they were exacerbated by some really poor play recognition on behalf of Bolton/Hitchens.

I honestly think it may have been Hitchens' worst game as a Chiefs.

If you go back and review most of Balt's big plays, our LB's completely bit hard on play fakes and RPO's and left lanes wide the **** open.

We should be putting heat on those two dudes and easing up on the Dline.

Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic (Post 15848834)

Bolton at least showed flashes early in the game, he’ll get better. I’ve been done with Hitchens.

Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic (Post 15848834)

Bolton at least showed flashes early in the game, he’ll get better. I’ve been done with Hitchens.

Originally Posted by TEX (Post 15848801)

No doubt. They had no answer for 5 wides at that time. Candy form a baby.