I don’t what’s changed this season that could fully explain Mahomes’ struggles, but that boy ain’t right. My best guess is that the trauma of last Super Bowl has given him PTSD in the pocket. But who knows.

Fair enough. Good point.

When has he ever looked healthy?

I am about half way through last season and it is probably a 2-1 ratio of out of pocket TD's vs in pocket.

He is Favre not Brady.

He has always been obese, but it's different now.

He’s going through a rut. I think he’ll get out of it.

I'll be honest, I turned that game off as soon as Hill caught the game winning first down. I didn't see how he looked walking across the field.

I don't think the things that are wrong are injury or distraction [at least off-field distraction].

In a balance as delicate as this, the mere passing consideration of thinking about what you DON'T want to do can alter what you DO want to do.

That little bit of his mind thinking [stay in the pocket, don't drop too deep, this guy sucks, this guy has drops, don't lead this guy too much, lead that guy a little more] instead of acting can be just enough, particularly if it snowballs.

He is otherworldly out of the pocket, but mostly that’s when other things are going well, such as passing from the pocket with accurate darts to any part of the field that keeps defenses watching the receivers instead of Mahomes. He is an elite pocket passer and finds open receivers and holes as good as any when he’s reading the field. Right now he’s been bailing too soon, abandoning plays and routes, and allowing defenders to watch him which is why there are so many tipped INTs. Today he was better at staying in the pocket and surprise, no INTs.

Not only that but we've been healthier than every opponent. We've played against teams decimated with injuries. Just haven't taken advantage until the last two games (and only barely at that).

I think this is a huge part of it.

I wonder if Andy is able to do for this team, what he’s done the past few years.

The offense needs to adjust, and coaches need to create and coach these changes in a way that the players can pick up and execute.

The passing game is Andy’s baby, and it’s a mess, Bienemy never seemed to have the responsibility of creating and scheming the passing game, and Kafka is an unknown.

Is there something to this possibly?

How can he play at that high of a level all the time? He took a breath. Had a kid. Lost a SB.


He will climb to the top again.

Yep.

I don’t know if I’ve seen an offense look so uncomfortable executing underneath routes and taking what the defense is giving them.

I know it was a brutal offensive game on both sides of the ball, but Aikman and Buck were about as exciting as watching paint dry. Aikman is a huge bore. He could break things down like Romo, but he refuses to do anything but state the obvious.