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Originally Posted by Big Gray Chief
My hope is that these struggles will help Mahomes develop as a QB. Manning/Brady level QB's take what the defense gives you because they play to win and demoralize you defensively because anything you try to do they will know what the weakness is.
Another thought I had is what would Bill Belichick do with this team on offense?
- I imagine him building his roster so he has 3 capable running backs around which to game-plan. Remember AFC Championship game 2019 where they ran it down our throat, 48 carries for 176 yards. He does not have the ego where it has to look pretty, it just has to outscore the opponent.
- I imagine him using our 4 tight ends underneath and over the middle to make the defense pay.
Those are just a couple that come to mind. Another question: What happened to the CEH that was supposed to be able to run the entire route tree? That was the defining trait that set him apart from the other backs in that draft (Swift, Dobbins). He should be an absolute weapon right now.
My favorite comment is that the key to beating the cover 2 is blocking. Let's hope our Offensive line stays healthy (Thuney hand?) and continues to gel and we can make a nice run to make it interesting this year.
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Mahomes is doing that. Not ideal becaust dink and dunk means more plays and that's increasing the changes for stupid mistakes. More importantly, your support players have to exploit what's given to them. Our RBs should be throttling these looks. When you've got every extra guy keying on kelce and tyreek, not hard to figure out that someone else is getting no attention. Yet none of our receivers are capable of exploiting it.
Our receivers are a big problem. First, we have to get out of the mindset of having all speed guys whose strength is deep routes. Second, our receivers have to be better at playing in short and intermediate space. Pringle doesn't have the ball skills and robinson and Hardman don't seem to have the football iq to do it.