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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
On the second one I almost question Keysor's takeaway from it, precisely because of what we've seen him do at LSU.
I don't think he saw the hole was closing, I think he actively closed it. In a 'no look pass' sort of way.
What jumps out watching the kid is that he is ALWAYS setting up his cut. He pushes the gap for so long that he forces a LB to commit and then reacts to it. So I don't think he knew that hole was closing up, I think he took that hard jump stop into the hole to FORCE it closed and get that LBer to commit, opening the B(?) gap to run through.
Keysor gives him credit for reacting but I don't think that's right. What I think happened is even MORE impressive. He didn't react to the action in front of him - he created it. He was pro-active in making the defense commit to that gap with every intention of jumping out of it the moment he made that jump stop.
Dude is playing chess.
Like I said - he and Mahomes are very similar players at different positions. They're thinking a step ahead and possess unique physical traits that allow them to set up things that only they can take advantage of.
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When I finally got to re-watch the game that's what I saw as well. CEH forced the LBs to commit to a hole before bouncing or cutting back. That ability is going to make stopping the Chiefs running game extremely difficult between the 20s. LBs aren't used to being patient; it's kind of the antithesis of what it is to be LBer. And for a rookie RB what CEH is doing is very high level stuff.
And I don't know how DCs are going to gameplan for it. Before CEH they had to double Hill and Kelce then try to deal 1v1 with Sammy/ Hardman/Robinson, then Damien Williams in the passing game. They did that by using a ton of 3- and 4-man fronts. Basically they were daring the Chiefs to run. Now they'll have to expend resources dealing with CEH as a runner, and as a receiver, plus all the above. There's literally not enough defenders on the field.