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Originally Posted by MahomesKnows
Other considerations when comparing OBJ and Smith is who they were blocking for last year vs next year. OBJ got let off the hook many times because Mahomes is magical at getting out of the pocket. Smith was blocking for a statue of Tom Brady. This year, Smith will reap the rewards of Mahomes escapabilty, while OBJ has to try and protect the guy who's led the league in sacks.
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Mahomes giveth, Mahomes taketh away, though.
The best QBs the game has ever seen at avoiding sacks were, IMO, Peyton Manning and Joe Montana. And for the Montana argument I can try to go find the year that he and Kreig split snaps and the OL gave up like 2.5 times as many sacks with DK under center vs. Montana.
And neither of those guys could move at all. But they operated razor precise offenses and knew when discretion was the better part of valor. They knew when to quit.
Now Mahomes simply never has a moment where he HAS to quit on a play because he's a superhero. But that also creates a lot of hits and sacks on him.
I don't think Smith will have an easier time of protecting for Mahomes. In fact, in most ways it'll be harder. But ultimately I think he'll just be healthier and that's gonna be a big deal. He's gonna be fine out there.
Or he'll be on the bench with Taylor/Morris starting.