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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
I just think....look, you're never going to turn Mahomes into Tom Brady. It's just not his DNA.
But defenses right now are forcing him to be patient, and take the underneath stuff and he's just not wanting to do it.
The reality is that they're going to make him prove he can win that way before they change.
I think it's obvious he CAN, but he'd rather go deep.
Yeah, well, take what's there and deep stuff will open up.
It's really just that simple.
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It's a bit of everything. The OL has been poor the last 3 games and the WRs have not been great, but Pat was doing some of this last year with Hill and a better functioning OL. Not seeing people who are open, occasionally becoming tunnel-visioned and forcing things.
I think if/when Pat has confidence in the OL and the WRs get open more frequently that will be 80-90% of it. But teams aren't going to let us be the 2018 or 2019 version of the Chiefs. So we're also going to need smarter play-calling, better coaching of the OL, good acquisitions AND an adjustment from Mahomes. If we REALLY hate the idea of him dinking and dunking his way down the field, and I kinda do, then we need to give him more time and better options.
Some of this stuff can be fixed, at least partially, this year. Some of it is going to take off-season acquisitions and a rethink/shake-up of coaching, imo.