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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Yeah, it's a pretty basic thing.
The Chiefs get everyone's best shot every week. They're on TV all the time. This year they dealt with the weird rest deficit stuff.
And Reid has a history of saving some things for the playoffs, as does Mahomes.
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Pretty much what you've already said.
If the playoffs are single elimination and are the only games that truly matter, why would you burn through your whole playbook and all of your energy in the regular season? All it takes is one good team (which there are multiple of in the playoffs, btw) figuring you out and making you play a bad game to end your amazing season.
Now, to be fair, the regular season does matter to make the playoffs and get good seeding for byes/HFA, but other than that, you can just view it as an extended preseason to get the team to figure out it's identity and become cohesive.