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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare
What happened when Patrick was injured the Chiefs effective attack was eviscerate and we praying that Moore wouldn't **** up.
You're talking about coaching context, and not player involvement.
Look at what Patrick did with an elite RB and decent IOL inspite of horrible coaching on the defense in 2018.
I even said give Mahomes an average defense the Chiefs win the SB IN the beginning of 2019. Low and behold the Chiefs are the SB winners. Which is why we have seen hardly any roster change this offseason because if the defense can manage to be solid the Chiefs are going to be in the SB again..
Chiefs don't have a game manager at QB they need to protect him because of the below average OL and RB play had him limping and then injured for 2 and half games
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Dude got hurt on a QB sneak. Just exactly what kind of player are you going to add that prevents that?
Ultimately you can't team-build out of fear. The best OTs in the league get beat from time to time - and far more often when DL's get to pin their ears back and attack. Your quarterback is gonna get hit. A lot. But ultimately both Mahomes, his defense and his coaching staff can do more to prevent that than any single player added to the line can (unless said player is replacing Cam Erving, who was trash).
And lets not keep acting like Mahomes had dogshit protection otherwise. Reiter's a horrifying run blocker but he's an asset in pass pro. Wylie was a bad run blocker but again, a solid to good pass blocker. LDT....well LDT kinda sucked, but if he's that bad again, Remmers was a quality pass-blocking OT who should be even better on the interior. Rankins can probably play and ultimately this staff has flat out built dudes like Wylie into quality pass blockers.
Mahomes wasn't getting poor protection last year apart from when Fisher went down. Overreacting and reaching for IOLs with the idea that you're somehow going to build him an impenetrable line is just not gonna help matters.