A Level Headed Review Week 15 2024

[DenverChief]

Originally Posted by Rexx

The inability to protect their franchise QB is concerning, every week Mahomes is under duress and now an injured ankle. I don't recall Manning and Brady having to constantly deal with this kind of pressure. Not sure if it's Online or coaching, but enough already.

Mahomes has always preferred to move around in the pocket and not stay still. The ankle injury was a fluke oh him doing his jump shot pass. Didn't have anything to do with the protection. We actually were much better today (ZERO SACKS) than we have been all season.

[DenverChief]

The third quarter was atrocious though.

[LagunaSWana]

Originally Posted by DenverChief

The third quarter was atrocious though.

It has been for the last several games.

[FloridaMan88]

Today the inability to hit on those deep passes was not the pass protection or the WR’s… it was Mahomes.

He doesn’t even give the receiver a chance… with the ball severely overthrown.

[DenverChief]

Originally Posted by FloridaMan88

Today the inability to hit on those deep passes was not the pass protection or the WR’s… it was Mahomes.

He doesn’t even give the receiver a chance… with the ball severely overthrown.

Yeah the timing is off. It’s like they are so focused on fixing everything else they don’t have time to practice the deep ball

[Rexx]

Fair enough, but it's not passing the eye test and only a matter of time until Mahomes is hurt more seriously imo. Hope I'm wrong.

Originally Posted by DenverChief

Mahomes has always preferred to move around in the pocket and not stay still. The ankle injury was a fluke oh him doing his jump shot pass. Didn't have anything to do with the protection. We actually were much better today (ZERO SACKS) than we have been all season.

[Okchief80]

Originally Posted by DenverChief

Mahomes has always preferred to move around in the pocket and not stay still. The ankle injury was a fluke oh him doing his jump shot pass. Didn't have anything to do with the protection. We actually were much better today (ZERO SACKS) than we have been all season.

He was pressured 54% of the time which is the most since 2020. Mahomes was running for his life. Thuney did ok but it wasn’t great. The offensive line has been awful this year.

I hope they give Mahomes a week off. He is banged up and it will be short turnaround for the Christmas game. We need him healthy for the playoffs.

We have horrible protection, so Why are we throwing deep all the time? Why don’t we throw more screens or shirt and quick passes? Why aren’t we running more to give Mahomes a break from the pressure? I have hated the play calling recently. It seemed like we were running much more when Hunt first started and now we are getting away from it.

Our offense seems broken. I hope humphries comes back and solidifies the line for us. I hope we change our play calling. A healthy brown might help. No one is in rhythm.

But we are 13-1! Our defense played out of their minds. Plus Winston was in a giving mood today.

[DenverChief]

Originally Posted by Okchief80

He was pressured 54% of the time which is the most since 2020. Mahomes was running for his life. Thuney did ok but it wasn’t great. The offensive line has been awful this year.

I hope they give Mahomes a week off. He is banged up and it will be short turnaround for the Christmas game. We need him healthy for the playoffs.

We have horrible protection, so Why are we throwing deep all the time? Why don’t we throw more screens or shirt and quick passes? Why aren’t we running more to give Mahomes a break from the pressure? I have hated the play calling recently. It seemed like we were running much more when Hunt first started and now we are getting away from it.

Our offense seems broken. I hope humphries comes back and solidifies the line for us. I hope we change our play calling. A healthy brown might help. No one is in rhythm.

But we are 13-1! Our defense played out of their minds. Plus Winston was in a giving mood today.

Some of that was by design - allowing rushers through for screens and swing passes. Yes he was pressured but we went from 1.5 seconds to 4 seconds of a stable pocket. That’s a huge win.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I think Patrick’s one weakness … is that he really struggles throwing a wet ball.

He’s had a handful of games over the years in conditions like today, and he always seems to struggle throwing the football accurately/consistently.

I’m sure the ankle will be fine, and we’ll hear more about it.

I think they can beat the Texans with Wentz, if needed, too.

That might be a good observation.

He absolutely destroyed the Donks a few years ago in the snow, throwing it all over the yard while the Donks couldn't do shit (Drew Lock IIRC).

But it might be a thing.

[Okchief80]

Originally Posted by DenverChief

Some of that was by design - allowing rushers through for screens and swing passes. Yes he was pressured but we went from 1.5 seconds to 4 seconds of a stable pocket. That’s a huge win.

I would have to rewatch but the only play where I thought he had a good pocket was the td to grey. Thuney was getting manhandled and Patrick had to move really quick. Thuney did better than Morris but it isn’t saying much. The stats did show 54% pressure which I guess could be by design but a collapsing pocket isn’t great.

I am afraid that this will be a 2020 season where we can’t hang with the bills offensively in the playoffs due to our offensive line. 21 points on six turnovers is not good. I was concerned last year too at this time and we saw what happened. Hopefully we get it sorted out.