Stat shows why Patrick Mahomes struggled in second half against Cincinnati Bengals

[bevischief]

https://atozsports.com/kansas-city/s...J0gcc6_oA0A2LQ

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had a second half to forget this past Sunday in a 27-24 loss against the Cincinnati Bengals.

The Chiefs blew an 18 point lead against Cincinnati in part due to Mahomes’ uncharacteristically poor performance in the second half.

Mahomes’ quarterback rating (QBR) in the first half was 98.0. In the second half, it was 1.4.

That’s the biggest gap in a QBR in a game since 2006 (when QBR tracking began).

So what happened in the second half? What did the Bengals do to keep Mahomes from being his normal productive self?

According to Next Gen Stats, the Bengals made some second half adjustments in how they were defending Mahomes.

Cincinnati started dropping eight defenders in coverage more in the second half against the Chiefs.

And that caused Mahomes to struggle. Mahomes was 7-of-13 for just 59 yards and an interception against eight-plus defenders in coverage.

The Bengals dropped eight defenders into coverage on 24 percent of pass plays in the first half. In the second half, Cincinnati dropped eight on 45 percent of pass plays.

The Bengals essentially abandoned the pass rush in favor of clogging passing lanes (and eliminating sideline throws).

According to ESPN’s Bill Barnwell, the Bengals didn’t blitz at all during the game (except for one five-man pressure inside the five-yard line).

From Bill Barnwell:

(Lou) Anarumo sent less pressure than virtually any team has sent at Mahomes in a game so far. Mahomes saw a total of 45 three-man rushes this season, or an average of about 2.4 three-man rushes per contest. The Bengals sent three-man rushes after Mahomes 15 times on Sunday, 10 of which came after halftime. Despite the idea that Mahomes would just pick those coverages apart and eventually find an open receiver, I found that those 15 plays produced only 38 net yards.

Mahomes and the Chiefs really just have to tip their hat to the Bengals.

Cincinnati did the opposite of what everyone expected them to do. And they made some great halftime adjustments.

[Hoover]

fist I've heard of any of this.....

[suzzer99]

The Bengals also dropped 8 into coverage a lot in the first half, and Mahomes ate it up.

[Flying High D]

Stats should show play calling was ass.

[Rasputin]

Stats should show our defense couldn't muster up sacks on Burrow porous offensive line that gave up 9 the week before.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by Flying High D

Stats should show play calling was ass.

I used to play NFL2K5 against my kids when they were little. My youngest would try to go nuts passing against me all the time. So I'd stay in pass D and just kill him. Eventually he learned how to run the ball.

[Flying High D]

Originally Posted by listopencil

I used to play NFL2K5 against my kids when they were little. My youngest would try to go nuts passing against me all the time. So I'd stay in pass D and just kill him. Eventually he learned how to run the ball.

Chiefs need to bring him in as a running game coordinator.

[Red Dawg]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

The Bengals also dropped 8 into coverage a lot in the first half, and Mahomes ate it up.

No. Not nearly as much. They doubled the percentage. They were screaming for is to run the ball and of course we don't just like all year. Andy is an idiot for not running. Where coach knows Andy will never stick to running just give it time and he throw throw throw.

[straycash]

That bunghole loss might go down as one of the most significant moments in chief history, at least going forward. What you saw was Mahomes making a sacrifice to the football gods.

I hear through the grapevine the Chiefs are officially in play for a super bowl now


As we know it is not the amount of fielded talent that wins, but the amount of faith that seals the deal

[listopencil]

I've been watching this guy's Youtube channel to look at QB's and he just posted a video about Mahomes against the Bengals. It's a half hour long. I only watched a small chunk of it, but maybe you guys will want to see it:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA7G...el=TheQBSchool

[threebag]

Our coaching staff isn’t capable of making any in game adjustments. Their time management usually sucks ass too

[MAG]

Orders from Goodell.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

It wasn't the scheme. He had open guys everywhere. I've never seen a player go from so red hot to literally missing open checkdowns. I understand why people would think they threw it. It was that bad. No scheme can cause you to just ignore open players right in view.

[thebrad84]

Originally Posted by threebag02

Our coaching staff isn’t capable of making any in game adjustments. Their time management usually sucks ass too

Andy Reid has won us a lot of football games, and I wouldn't trade him for any one else currently coaching in the league, but man he has also cost us some big games (none bigger than this one) by his complete inability to make in-game adjustments. I was also hopeful that by year four, Mahomes would have the ability to read defenses and make the appropriate audibles at the line, but this game clearly indicated he is still struggling in that area.

[Chiefnj2]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

The Bengals also dropped 8 into coverage a lot in the first half, and Mahomes ate it up.

The difference was in the first half they dropped 8 into zone, in the second half they dropped 8 and played man with a spay.