I think we can all agree the offense has not been up to par this season.
At this point, there's only so much we can do about it. Our best WR got injured and is missing the season, our best RB is out until December, our LT situation is messy and our stud TE is looking his age.
So, is this who we are now? Is 30 points a game a distant memory?
What can be done?
(Andy Reid is lurking in this thread, so make sure you're on your best behavior.) [Reply]
Originally Posted by dirk digler:
I think he dirted it on purpose. That would have been a contested catch for Rice.
One other thing, a couple of seasons ago people were complaining that Pat was hyper focused on Kelce and not seeing the whole field and open receivers. Wonder if he is now doing the same thing but with Rice.
And that's what he was doing last year when he was playing poorly.
The great "THERE'S NOBODY OPEN" Wars of 2023 redux.
When we'd point out that on about 2/3 of the 'nobody open' plays, there were guys there with windows that Mahomes often fits the ball into but he just didn't want to risk the turnover.
That's a makeable window. For just about any QB, let alone Mahomes.
Maybe he's simply playing that risk-averse football he was playing for the middle 1/3 of last season. And shit, after that int in the red zone and some of the other 'oopsies' we've seen from him this year, maybe that's smart.
If you're not sharp, don't risk losing the game. Discretion is the better part of valor sometimes.
Originally Posted by dirk digler:
oh just noticed Simmons was on Rice..well that explains alot lol
Put it down and away from him - that's a spot Rice can get the ball and a trail DB can't without committing a penalty. Rice made that very catch to convert a 1st down earlier in the game.
We know Rashee can go down and get that ball.
I think he just wasn't feeling it. He wasn't confident in his ability to hit that window so he didn't make the throw.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
And that's what he was doing last year when he was playing poorly.
The great "THERE'S NOBODY OPEN" Wars of 2023 redux.
When we'd point out that on about 2/3 of the 'nobody open' plays, there were guys there with windows that Mahomes often fits the ball into but he just didn't want to risk the turnover.
That's a makeable window. For just about any QB, let alone Mahomes.
Maybe he's simply playing that risk-averse football he was playing for the middle 1/3 of last season. And shit, after that int in the red zone and some of the other 'oopsies' we've seen from him this year, maybe that's smart.
If you're not sharp, don't risk losing the game. Discretion is the better part of valor sometimes.
It turned out to be the case yesterday.
Falcons lost because they went for it on 4th down instead of kicking FGs. The league is different now, being boring and risk averse is maybe the smart thing for now [Reply]
As Worthy gets his lather going and they figure out how to use Kelce, he'll have a handful of shit games, a handful of great games, and so it goes.
They've just been blindsided early by the LT issues and no Hollywood.
There is still going to be SPACE in the offense because of Worthy, and that alone means things aren't going to look as bad as they did last year every week.
This wasn't THAT bad of an offensive performance compared to some of the crap that happened last season. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DrunkBassGuitar:
Falcons lost because they went for it on 4th down instead of kicking FGs. The league is different now, being boring and risk averse is maybe the smart thing for now
It is smart, but its pissing off this fanbase in particular because we have Patrick Mahomes but he's playing like Alex Smith. Plus a whole offseason worth of hype that the offense was gonna be cracked again. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz:
It is smart, but its pissing off this fanbase in particular because we have Patrick Mahomes but he's playing like Alex Smith. Plus a whole offseason worth of hype that the offense was gonna be cracked again.
There are a ton of people saying the NFL isn't exciting anymore and college offers more...they are turning off a lot of people with the current play. [Reply]
If you really want to break teams out of this two high stuff, you just need teams like the Chiefs to roster a dynamic running back. Now I still don't think you need to spend a first round pick on one or break the bank in free agency, I just think we need to have running backs with more explosion. Teams will gladly let POP, Steel, Hunt, etc type of backs plod along and rush 14-15 times for 72 yards. It would be different if we had a back that could break a long one. [Reply]
It’s the redzone. We’ve moved the ball in all the games. If two of the three field goals that got inside the 10 become TDs we are up 30-17 at the end.
Same with the Bengals game. Same with rhe Ravens game.
In 2018-2020 a lot of the redzone inefficiencies didn’t manifest because we would score TDs from outside the redzone but now we’re more dink and dunk down the field and we invariably stall out. Andy has been kicking a lot of field goals because they’re the margin of victory in most of our games but if we ever improved in this regard we’d be smashing teams. Up to Andy to scheme it up better and for Patrick to execute it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hoover:
If you really want to break teams out of this two high stuff, you just need teams like the Chiefs to roster a dynamic running back. Now I still don't think you need to spend a first round pick on one or break the bank in free agency, I just think we need to have running backs with more explosion. Teams will gladly let POP, Steel, Hunt, etc type of backs plod along and rush 14-15 times for 72 yards. It would be different if we had a back that could break a long one.
Nah they'll let even those backs go crazy, it doesn't matter who's running it, they won't come out of the shell coverage. [Reply]
