(10-06-2018, 01:16 PM)B2hibry Wrote:

(10-06-2018, 10:38 AM)JackCity Wrote: The shift from 2016 Alex Smith to 2018 Mahomes is a colossol change that renders that 2016 game pretty pointless analysis wise. I guess you could say they are used to arrowhead now but this atmosphere and hype will be several tiers above 2016 too.

I agree to a point, but that team was arguably better than this chefs team, especially on defense. This is the same hype you get with every new spread/scrambling QB as of late and we all know that eventually it tails off. Heck, the new rules in place now even help with the hype train. Nothing like a little basketball on grass! Eventually patting the ball, throwing cross body into traffic and throwing up no look prayers is going to catch up to him. Why not now? Also, the media hype over whether or not our defense can cover their offense is crazy. Tyreek was on that previous team and Kelce was on that previous team. I think Kelce was eventually ejected because of the defensive pressure. Anyways, the hype is unreal but I think the game itself fails to deliver. If the Jags defense plays smart and the Jags O is just halfway competent...it's a win in my opinion.

On defense absolutely. But they were also fundamentally flawed with Alex Smith. Reid did an amazing job planning around that but now he has his perfect QB and the perfect personnel to maximise him.   

The hardest thing to stop about Mahomes is he has the rare combination of being special creating in chaos AND he doesn't turn the ball over or make silly mistakes much.  I do agree if anyone can stop them its us though. 

Need to have our signature quarter devouring drives and hope to hell we can get off enough 3rd downs to keep it close

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