Once Xavier Worthy gets a hold on where he is and where the OOB starts, he will be a weapon. Until then he needs to improve awareness.
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Well they play the shitty Panthers and have the terrible Raiders. Hopefully they beat those teams badly and rest guys in the 2nd half.

Also have a 9 day window after the Blakc Friday game.

Thank God Pacheco and Omenihu are coming back. Need the fresh legs
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Yup. Last 3 games I've thought they looked tired as a whole.

Kareem has had to carry the rock some crazy amount of times since we got him.

The defense hasn't even been on the field that much but just looks tired overall. We didn't sack Allen once in that game which is crazy.
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Mahomes quite frankly is not a very accurate deep ball passer. He never has been despite his reputation. He's accurate when he can throw darts, though. Either way we can all agree Worthy still fucked that one up, too.
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It was covered for awhile because Tyreek Hill can make almost anyone look good on plays like that.
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Man. Watching the game clips again. Kareem with his hands on his knees a lot. He had the most carries among RB’s (24 avg) since he started games for us.

He’s tired and I think that’s why they didn’t use him much yesterday.

Thank God Pacheco is coming back with fresh legs
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They tried to give him a break during the Denver game and they found out they couldn't win like that.
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Bro yes. Dude is worn out already
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He’s 29 which is ancient in RB years and he didn’t have training camp or the offseason to prepare for the grind of a full NFL season. He was bound to wear down eventually. Getting Pacheco back should be big for this offense.
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Its better he DID NOT have training camp.
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Worthy is getting open and Mahomes is throwing the ball to him so it's just a matter of time before they come together.
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Buffalo was willing to let the Chiefs take that 1 on 1 deep shot to worthy over and over if you look at how they played coverage.
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Getting the #1 seed is critical this year… to get that first round bye.
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Yes. Watching the tight, it's obvious that initially right after the snap, Pat felt pressure right up the middle which made him move off his spot. Then he sees that it was picked up, and resets for the throw. But that makes him a hair late throwing the ball. Maybe half a second, but he's late. And it looks like Pat tried to make that lost half second by rifling the pass.

The route Worthy ran is obviously a sail route, so it was always headed towards the sideline. Pat throwing late made it end up closer to the sideline than it would've been had he been on time, but it's still a very catchable ball by NFL standards. And we know that because Worthy prematurely drags his foot a full 2 yards before he actually steps out of bounds.

I guess on a positive note, at least Worthy was aware that the sideline was close, so that's an improvement, I guess.

But when you just go back and watch the highlights for the weekend, there's probably a half-dozen no-name WRs that make a catch successfully under very similar conditions, simply because they had better awareness of where the sideline was. I mean, McConkey made a similar catch last night at the end of the game on an over route, and made it look utterly routine because he knew exactly where the sideline was.

And considering the LT situation Pat has to work with currently, it's really on Worthy to work on his sideline awareness as much/more than Pat needs to get the ball out on time, because the fact of the matter is that Mahomes just isn't going to have clean pockets to throw from every time he's targeting Worthy.
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There's no question about it. Even with a clean pocket he's missing throws he normally makes. The why is just speculation.

Worthy should have toe tapped, but a better throw and it's a TD. The first pick was another weird one. Still playing above average for the league, but have to hope he gets back to close to his GOAT level in the playoffs. The defense has carried the team going back to last season.
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