Because of all the interest in this thread, I've place all of the video content of Patrick Mahomes II's college career, and draft day goodness into a single post that can be found here. Enjoy! [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
I believe Patrick Mahomes will figure out the deep ball.
Not sure why. He's not a deep ball thrower. He's a between the hashes defense reading QB who can use his arm strength in the middle of the field. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I heard someone make the best point I've heard yet on this.
He doesn't 'save' plays - he simply doesn't spam them.
When most teams find something that works, they just go to that well over and over and over again until you prove you can stop it.
Reid just doesn't do that. Not in the regular season at least. If he finds something that works, he puts it in his pocket to build on and/or use again when he needs it.
I think that's partly why they're not just using that bunch formation with robber motion over and over and over again inside the 10. Because I think they have that play to Kelce or Hopkins just about anytime they want it.
But IF they use it every time they're down there, it's gonna end up like that interior shovel pass that just doesn't work anymore. Because we overused it several years ago and now teams look for it.
He doesn't hold things back, but he doesn't tip his hand either. I think that's why a lot of these games stay closer than we'd like. Because he's not going to just keep hammering a particular weakness to create a blowout. What benefit is there to it?
Yup.
And he doesn't "Save" plays etc. If a specially designed play fits in the flow of his game plan, he uses it.
The Chiefs didn't wait for the playoffs to use "Snowglobe" and WASP wasn't something they saved for the playoffs, they had ran it before. Hell, they had ran it once before even in the same game!
They, like all teams, have their core set of plays that they love to run, and they have counter plays they run off their core set based on what defenses are doing. They practice these plays along with their special red zone packages and when the time is right, they use them.
This idea that it's a concerted effort and Reid is sitting there on a 4th and 5 in the regular season vs the Bills and going, "i got a great play here, but im saving it for this exact situation in the playoffs!" is such riduclous fan myth. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Not sure why. He's not a deep ball thrower. He's a between the hashes defense reading QB who can use his arm strength in the middle of the field.
He did fine with the deep ball to Watkins and Hill. He’ll figure it out. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Not sure why. He's not a deep ball thrower. He's a between the hashes defense reading QB who can use his arm strength in the middle of the field.
