Here's the whole play:

The play that isn’t getting talked about. The 4th down. They clear everything out for Kelce underneath at the sticks. If Mahomes gets 1 more second to his right, he can hit Kelce in stride for the conversion. Instead he has to rush it before his arm gets hit. #Chuefs pic.twitter.com/JWDF5ixlVS

— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) December 12, 2023

Mahomes just did weird shit in the pocket for no reason and that's why he ran out of time. He has all the space he needs - again - to just step up and make the damn throw. And it was clearly opening up.

Kid's a mess right now.
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that's what happens when you lose your focus because you've been singing the ballad of the loser
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Rice wasn't on the field for that play.
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he's running the deep cross
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fuck you're right, that's MVS

:-)

fuck
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Mahomes hasn't been himself but I'm gonna chalk that play up to lost emotions. Nate Taylor said that before the 4th down play there was plenty of time to think of a playcall. We took a TO and then Buffalo Immediately took theirs.

Mahomes wasn't with Nagy or Andy figuring out what to do. He was screaming at the ref the whole time.
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Yea it's pretty ridiculous, a TO was called to have the right play and personnel, Rice is on the sideline.
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He was not.

Looks like MVS, Watson, Skyy, Kelce.

But it didn't really matter - everyone else was a decoy. MVS might've gotten a ball over the top but everyone else was really just designed to clear out the middle for Kelce.

And it was there.

QB didn't make the play.

We dialed up a play that worked, got the man open we wanted. Mahomes didn't hit it.

I'd like to be annoyed by Rice not being there, but he'd have been #2 in the progression (if that) where #1 came wide open.
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Also that play clearly showed Taylor getting beat and speeding up the play, no? Trey Smith also getting beat again.

Man Trey Smith has quietly been really bad this season. More penalties, more pass pro losses. That guy got his ass kicked out there on Sunday.
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Taylor wasn't beat.
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I thought for sure this one was going to be intercepted. It shows how much trust Pat has in Kelce.
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No it doesn't.

Taylor isn't setting up for a 13 yard pass rush depth. He has his man completely handled and is essentially standing there waiting for him to come at an 8-10 yard angle.

Mahomes drifts to 13.

No, Taylor doesn't get beat there - he gets hung out to dry. He can't cheat to a 13 yard depth - he'll get murdered inside every time. And he can't anticipate that Mahomes is going to do that, not when he can see there's no pressure off his left shoulder that would've collapsed the pocket and kept Mahomes from stepping up.

That play is 100% on Mahomes. That's not even "Man, PM didn't reach his usual bar of greatness" - it's simply bad QB play. It's shit I wouldn't want to see from Aidan O'Connell.

He's gotta be better there.
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The more I watch that play the more frustrating it is.

That pocket is great. And look at how composed both Taylor and Morris are. Morris gets a great chip from Jet so he has it under control. Taylor has complete anticipated the rush and he's just chopping those feet and perfectly under control waiting for the rusher to make a move before he commits.

Turns out Mahomes simply lost the pocket and all Taylor's perfectly laid plans were for naught.

That entire play is on 15. All of it. He just completely blew it. His teammates executed perfectly and he just didn't.
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He was actually fairly open looking at the All 22 EZ angle.

That was a gotta have it play, and they delivered.

Plays like that makes me think we can beat anyone in January.
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Hey, at least this shit is happening now....

I can't BEAR Mahomes doing that at the end of a playoff game. IT CAN'T HAPPEN! IT'S NOT POSSIBLE! LOOK AT THE FILM!
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