Patrick Mahomes: Game Manager

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz

I dont think the option was there in the 2nd half. The Ravens D adjusted. We couldn't get anything on the ground. And our YAC was completely minimized. They wanted us to throw downfield. They wanted us to make a mistake and give Lamar a short field. We wouldn't let them. We forced them to earn it. And they failed. That was the gameplan.

Build a lead, sit on it, force them to drive the length of the field to score points, and watch them crack under the pressure. And that's exactly what happened.

And the Ravens play a ton of trail coverage and are very very good at it.

An underthrow on a deep shot is getting picked against Baltimore. It's how they use their coverage. Their guys are constantly in that trail coverage looking for a ball they can undercut. Even the play to MVS looked for all the world like a ball Maulet was hoping to undercut. Had the blitz gotten home just a little sooner and kept Mahomes from being able to put that high arc on it and sail it out that deep, that may have been exactly what happened.

The Ravens were hoping we'd get aggressive and make a mistake. Mahomes refused to oblige them.