This is not about getting rest :-) especially when you have an O-line that doesn't protect very well and you're playing against a playoff team who is second in the league in sacks! Yeah, let's let them tee off on gimpy Mahomes and possibly lose him for the playoffs too. Play Wentz a game or two and move forward with a healthier Mahomes, it's bad enough Mahomes ranks at the top as the most hit QB this year (108 times).
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Coward
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You'd think the run game would be better. At least in the middle with one of the league's best interior O-lines.
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It's entirely possible that Mahomes plays this weekend AND he's healthy for the playoffs.

It's amazing to me that so many can immediately jump to the worst case scenario.
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Cowards. Big time. I may have to expand the GDT review to include this one.
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Trey Smith is a liability right now. Let him play out the season and then let him go. Not worth it at all.
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It's not worth the risk. We have a one game cushion... Use it!
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This I agree with. Has he been injured or something? He's not playing as well this year as in the past it seems.
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Says the dumbest poster on this site. :-)
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I thought he played pretty good against the Browns.. We ran right with success and I saw a rep of him against Garrett where he shut him down.. not any worse than the tackle play this season.. They all are struggling if you give up a 54% pressure rate in a game..
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What risk? Until it can actually be quantified we have no idea what the risk of playing Patrick is.

But we know right get now what the risk is of not getting the #1 seed.

If he's healthy, he plays. This team knows what the task at hand is. They're not going to play scared.
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"If Patrick Mahomes says, 'I am good to go, I can go play', you are going to start the best quarterback in NFL history."

—@SaturdayJeff on Mahomes' injury pic.twitter.com/6HN8EcuFc6

— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) December 17, 2024

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That makes me MOIST
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That's not being a coward it's about making a calculated strategic decision.

If he can play the and reinjury risk is small, then yes play him. But if the reinjury risk is high, I don't see why you rush him out there for a nonplayoff game for a team whose goal is the Super Bowl and what would be a first time ever three-peat. Especially when you consider the shortened time-span between games for these last 3.

Wentz is a capable backup and Reid knows how to design plays to make an offense w Wentz good enough to win. Don't forget we can pound the ball w Pacheco/Hunt as well.

Chiefs have yet to score over 30-pts all season w Mahomes at QB. This team wins with defense most of the time and that can continue this Sunday for one game.
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Patrick Mahomes is basically the Black Knight in a Monty Python skit. You could cut off all of his limbs and Patrick would still insist he is good to go.

If there is a decision to make, Andy is going to have to make it.
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