Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Losing to the Texans would also be "massive".
I really don’t want Mahomes to be restricted from being able to run in the playoffs with this line.
We can beat this Texans team without him. It might even help lower Houston’s intensity and focus with them already clinching their division too, if they aren’t going against the dude.
The guy needs it for his mental as much as physical. [Reply]
Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19:
I really don’t want Mahomes to be restricted from being able to run in the playoffs with this line.
We can beat this Texans team without him. It might even help lower Houston’s intensity and focus with them already clinching their division too, if they aren’t going against the dude.
I would prefer he play one less game in the postseason. That's the simplest, most common sense way to get him some rest.
And we've won what, 8 games by one score? WITH Mahomes. Yeah, starting Wentz is stupid. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Or they lose them both and miss the #1 seed. Sounds like a great plan.
Why would they lose both? We have the 4th best defense in footballl. The QB doesn't even really need to do anything except not turn it over for us to win. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Why would they lose both? We have the 4th best defense in footballl. The QB doesn't even really need to do anything except not turn it over for us to win.
Until you play a team with a QB that is accurate and they realize all they have to do is pepper the slot/CB 2
This is gonna make me sound like an asshole but Connor getting hurt actually helped the defense because McDuffie went into the slot and then magically that 8 yard out to Jeudy wasn't there anymore. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
The Chiefs can win this game scoring 20 points.
Wentz can get you 20 points.
If Mahomes is less than 90% I'm leaning sit.
Mahomes being able to run next month is far more important than Saturday’s game (which Wentz can play in and win anyway). I expect Wentz out there this week. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Why would they lose both? We have the 4th best defense in footballl. The QB doesn't even really need to do anything except not turn it over for us to win.
Why play with fire when the #1 seed is on the line? People want Patrick to rest before the playoffs. The most direct way to do that is win the next two and sit all the way to the divisional round.
Watch Wentz throw 3 picks. So fucking stupid. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
Until you play a team with a QB that is accurate and they realize all they have to do is pepper the slot/CB 2
This is gonna make me sound like an asshole but Connor getting hurt actually helped the defense because McDuffie went into the slot and then magically that 8 yard out to Jeudy wasn't there anymore.
You are just gonna doom in every thread about a 19-1 team aren't you? Loser. :-) [Reply]
What do the Texans even have to play for esp if you bench Mahomes? It would take the fire out of that team. They wrapped up the division yesterday. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
I don't know that it is getting lazy per se.
I think the physical effort of all the additional games since 2018 is adding up. They have a season that is 5 weeks longer than everybody elses. If the offseason is 20 weeks long, roughly, they have 20% less time to recover. Plus, it's been 6 years, average of 5 weeks, they've been locked in and working 30 weeks more than the schlub for a shit heel team. Even if they had a bad year once (which all the contenders except us have) it would give them a reset year.
The physical side is one thing, the mental is another. I think that's where they're wearing down. Nobody talks about it but they're not machines.
The Chiefs (since Mahomes became the starter) have played an entire extra season against only playoff teams with a record of like 17-3
Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19:
What do the Texans even have to play for esp if you bench Mahomes? It would take the fire out of that team. They wrapped up the division yesterday.
I don’t think they are going to care much either way but definitely less so with Wentz. They’ve also been bad for weeks now. [Reply]
If Mahomes sits this week, I think you also sit him against the Steelers. That basically gives 3 weeks to heal up. If Wentz even goes 1-1, we then bring Mahomes back to beat the Broncos for the 1 seed. (If not, we get the 2 seed so Mahomes gets another week off.) [Reply]
