Quote:
Originally Posted by RealSNR
At some point, teams/QBs/offenses are going to have to adapt and change conventional wisdom when playing Mahomes. They're going to have to ****ing realize that this mother****er is going to rip your heart out if you give him the opportunity. And it's not enough for your offense just to operate and do its thing and not worry about when it scores, only that it scores.
There's no such thing as "Well, if we could just play defense, then..." Not when it comes to Mahomes in these kinds of situations.
It's a team game? Well, the entire team is trying to get the W against Patrick Mahomes, and if you want that actual ****ing W, you're going to have to do things to support both sides of the ball. And given what is on the other side of the field, it's just as irresponsible for the offense to score with 1:45 left on the clock and tell the defense, "Just stop him" as it is for the defense to **** up all game and tell the offense to score on every possession.
By scoring there at 1:45, the offense wasn't setting the defense up for success.
That's not playing like a team.
|
Yes, the Chargers scored too fast. It was the only positive aspect of the Chiefs allowing a 40 yard play on that 3rd and 18 situation. When they got inside the red zone, I expected Chargers to run more clock but they scored very quick.
In terms of strategy, I remember Belichick altered strategy in a big way against Peyton Manning back in the day. Went for it on 4th down deep in his own territory and it didn’t work. But it was the ultimate sign of respect to Manning.