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I’d probably put it above the Bengals loss, but the tape reveals a confidence issue with Patrick. Every year I get more and more confident that Fisher/Schwartz were as important as Hill/Watkins to start Patrick’s career. They allowed him to mask the flaws in his game (taking 13 step drops and waiting for someone to break open) and be a confident gunslinger.
He won Super Bowl 54 by being a Favre like gunslinger.
He won Super Bowls 57 & 58 by being Alex Smith with a clutch gene.
He tried to do both yesterday. It didn’t work. Whatever the Chiefs need to do to give him the confidence he had in Super Bowls 54, 57, and the 4th quarter/OT of 58, they need to try to make that happen in the offseason. Stabilizing the LT spot looks to be the obvious path forward there.
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