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Originally Posted by WhiteWhale
Maybe if they converted a few more 3rd downs they'd have had enough plays to grind clock.
KC wasn't up 21 points with a quarter left. You can't just run the ****ing clock out on an 18 point halftime lead.
You can't blame 0 second half points on the running game. KC wasn't in position to just run clock in the 3rd quarter. They still needed their QUARTERBACK to make plays.
And that same QB STILL had the ball in his hands with a chance to win at the end and he ****ing blew it.
Stop making excuses for him. 0% chance Mahomes blows that lead with the same playcalls. Alex plays SCARED when he has a lead and becomes ultra mega conservative, and if often leads to 2nd halves where he has 40 yards on 12 attempts and the team goes 0 for whatever on 3rd down. It's a PATTERN. We humans are pattern recognizing animals. Recognize this pattern!
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I hate Smith as much as anyone. I hated the fact that we traded anything for him at all. But those playoff losses were not his fault.
Against Indy we started the second half up 21 points. 3 minutes into the second half we were up by 28 points. With 27 minutes left in the game we were up 4 touchdowns. With 19 minutes left we were up by 17 points. With 5 minutes to go we were up by 6 points.
Reid called 9 running plays in the second half. 9. NINE RUNNING PLAYS IN THE 2ND HALF. That is not Smith's fault. I know it sounds disgusting, but Smith played very well in that game. Well enough to win. He was 30 of 46 for 378 yards 4 TDs and NO picks.
I hate Smith but how can any intelligent football fan look at that game and blame it on anyone other than Andy Reid?
Against Tennessee we were up 21-3 at the half. At the end of the 3rd quarter we were up 21-10.
In the second half Reid called 5 running plays. 5. FIVE RUNNING PLAYS.
How can you blame anyone other than Reid for the Tennessee loss? 5 true running plays in the second half with an 18 point lead. I'm sorry, but that loss is completely on Andy Reid.
Yes, he is an offensive genius now that Mahomes is tearing up the league with his awesomeness. But that doesn't change the fact that Reid has mismanaged the clock and his timeouts his entire head coaching career.
Mahomes amazing play so far this year doesn't excuse the bad coaching Reid has done in the past. Fans are acting like he Reid has never made a mistake because he is helping Mahomes to an MVP season.
I will always hate the fact that Alex Smith was our QB, but I will always remember his prefessionalism in the way he helped Mahomes. I will always be grateful to Reid for being part of the brain trust that drafted Mahomes, but until he wipes away the crushing playoff losses he is responsible for, I will never be fully bought into his greatness.
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