Here's what I will say.

Mahomes definitely has had 2 back to back bad years, but I don't think Receievers being unable to "mind-meld" with Mahomes immediately is the big reason why he's missing receivers.

If I'm going purely based off memory, one of Mahomes favorite receivers in the 2018-2020 era was DRob.

DRob. Of all people. Was actually a reliable deep threat and decent receiver for us. Are we really going to assume DRob has this "higher level" understanding of defenses like Kelce does?

Mahomes just hasn't been playing free at all the last 2 years. He won't stand in there and sling it with confidence. He's definitely overthinking it, but I don't think it's because of an insistence on "mind-meld". One thing for sure, we need to get a better solution at LT in the offseason. The interior OL, for all the talent there, has also given up tons of pressure, and Mahomes himself is holding on to the ball way too long and running from pressure that isn't there.

He can turn it back on, we've seen it. But I'd call it a case of the yips and lack of confidence rather than an imperialistic "you better read my mind or I won't throw to you"
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Right. But in your own words, a middle range QB is far different than ****ing sucks.

Middle range QB gets us to 9-0. Hell, Alex got us to these peaks a few times in his career with nearly identical play.

“****ing sucks” is the type of online hyperbole that makes sports Twitter unusable right now. We’ve had QB’s like that. That’s Palko, that’s Cassel, that’s Danny Dimes today.
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I whole-heartedly agree with you Tox.

If you listen to the pressers, Mahomes has mentioned whatever it takes to win. Doesn’t matter to him what he does as long as he wins.

I think it’s a culmination of things. The INT’s piling up, having a great defense the last 2 years, not putting that defense in a bad place like he did in Vegas.

They’ve changed the identity due to personnel. But it still bothers me that he’s being more conservative.

In camp Nagy and Andy both pushed Patrick to throw it deep. I think losing Hollywood Brown and Rashee Rice has played a major part in this. Seems like he’s having to for a relationship with key guys like Hopkins and Worthy on the fly.
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Sure. You're right. Maybe, "He sucks RN", is too much. But the point im driving home is that he's not playing to an MVP level, he's not playing to HIS level, and it's affecting the offensive performance.
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100% agreed.
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Drob is a great example and im glad you brought him up, because i had him in my mind when i made my posts.

No one thinks Drob and a young Mahomes were mind melding. Mahomes was letting that shit rip. That's what im talking about.


I don't think he has the yips nor do i think he lacks confidence. I think he's at such an advanced level that it's taking from his instincts. The game has slowed down for him so much that he's no longer relying on his talent, but often times OVERTHINKING things when a high velocity throw in the moment is all he really needed.

He has admitted that in his younger days he couldnt read a defense and he was just slinging it. Pure talent.

Now, he has such an advanced understanding that he's litterally dismissing routes based off of pre-reads and not allowing the play to develop; sometimes the defense disguises well, or sometimes the defense just flat out blows a coverage.

He thinks he sees a S about to break on Kelce so he throws it high, when all he really needed to do was peg him between the numbers.

Mahomes is in that awkward stage of elite football IQ and just loosely wheelin' and dealin'.

I think that what we are witnessing are those growing pains and his BEST seasons are still ahead of us.

But in the mean time, this is what we're getting. It's not great. But maybe necessary.

But lets stop blaming protections, schemes and receivers and acknowlede it for what it is.
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KC Commection will be along tp mention QBR 100 times
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I honestly agree with all of this except the protection part. I will hold firm on that. I need to find the stats but Mahomes has been hurried and beat to hell the last 2 years.
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On the 2nd one, why did worthy curl back?
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I don't know what it is, but he's been bad.
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I assume he noticed Pat rolling to his right and wanted to work toward the sideline with him.
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Get annoyed by it all you want. They're not mutually exclusive concepts. Worthy has struggled multiple times with basics like footwork and actually catching the ball when it does hit him in the hands.
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Pat plays his best when he's comfortable in the pocket. The running around stuff has to come later, not be used as a crutch.

Look at that first video how terrible his mechanics are. Pump fake, then just breaks down and has to reset.

It's the LT spot, but it's all a cascade. Not everything is gonna work for you man, you gotta hang in there.
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It’s a combination of Mahomes’ having a case of ‘happy feet’ due to disgusting pass protection and always under duress with another year of having subpar wide receivers struggling to get open. It’s going to be another year imitating the Alex Smith years of dink-and-dunk offense and relying on our defense to keep the opponent’s score low enough to win games.
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Screw that. He needs to keep heaving it to Worthy. He’s tried a deep ball to him at least once a game and the good news is that he’s not giving up. They’ll eventually figure it out.
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