Patriots' defense last night

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Dante made a good point.

What you see as 'itching to scramble' is mostly Mahomes playing chess out there. He's trying to change throwing lanes to create havoc in the secondary. That's something that secondary just cannot anticipate, especially with a QB that can roll to his left and throw across his body to the right.

His ability to move around simply cancels out the opposing DC's plan in the secondary because you cannot plan for the lanes he'll create. So if/when a team can keep him in the pocket, they can actually set up a coverage scheme that stays largely to script.

Mahomes looking to move those throwing lanes is almost always a good thing. It's not happy feet and it's not 'itching to scramble' - it's intentionally creating havoc in the secondary. It's getting those guys to be reactive. The Patriots plan to contain him was a smart one and the Chiefs will have to execute at a higher level to keep more teams from doing it going forward.

I'll push back here. Mahomes leaves clean pockets sometimes. I get why, you laid it out here. But I think he needs to hang in there and let WR's do what they do.

When he did that last night, they had success.