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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.
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Yeah, I just don't understand what people expect from defenses these days.... it's not the 90s. Being flabbergasted over a team converting a 3rd and 18 just doesn't compute anymore.
Sure, you don't want Sorensen-level of suck and blown coverage out there, but on that particular play the Chargers converted, it was still a pretty damn nice catch, just like Chase last season on the 3rd and 27.
You're really just asking your defense to not be historically terrible..... don't give up 250 rushing yards to the Ravens, don't allow a receiver to just run straight up the field and be college open.
If you're providing a little resistance to the best offenses in the league, you're doing your job.