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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2
Only true homers would defend Andy in the Pats playoff game.
27-13 with 6:29 left to go on the clock. The clock is your enemy in that situation. They used 5:16 to run 16 plays with absolutely no sense of urgency. It was one of the slowest drives in history. Use up all the clock and put your hopes in an onside kick? Guess what? It didn't work. Poor time management because they couldn't call plays efficiently.
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Right, nobody is seriously saying Reid is 'terrible', but he's definitely overrated for reasons like the above.
Whatever he might be able to do to beat the bottom 2/3 of the league and whatever he did to bring the team back to respectability during his first two years, he's proven in big games and in crucials situations that he frequently makes it harder for the team to win.
Having an all-world QB might be enough to cover for him, finally. But it also leaves one wondering what might be achieved if we could pair one of the best QBs of his generation, if that's what Mahomes is, with an equivalent coach.
(Well - not really. The Patriots have already shown us what that combination yields, but Reid is no Belichick)
Yeah, yeah, a lot of fans love Reid because they judge the team primarily by their regular season record and that's right in his wheelhouse.