(11-11-2022, 09:31 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(11-11-2022, 09:11 AM)Caldrac Wrote: This is the one game where I would like to see them do something along the lines of LB's and S's playing man coverage and the outside guys playing zone. Kelce has to have somebody on him at all times. Don't care if it's Lloyd or Cisco or a rotation of them going up into the box to pinch him down or running out with him. You have to stay on him. He's the guy that runs it all for Mahomes. 

When it's short change needed? It's Kelce. When he's scrambling after things breakdown? It's Kelce. You lose containment on Kelce? You lose this game. It's as simple as that. Having Wingard on him or giving him that responsibility is just bad coaching in my opinion. Sometimes you need to put your best player on their best player and may the best man win.

AND... for the love of all that is holy and sacred in the game of football. Can Allen and Walker finally show up in the pass rushing department and put a [BLEEP] in the dirt?!? C'mon now. This is the game to get it done. This is a big boy game. Big time players make big time plays in big boy games. You want the NFL to take you seriously? You at least make this a scrappy dog fight until the final whistle and make these [BLEEP] sweat a little in a close loss or you sneak a win out last minute. It can be done.

Just comes down to who wants it more.

Walker actually leads all rookie defenders with 16 pressures FWIW. 

Mahomes is so slippery and completes so many passes on the run, I wonder how they plan to attack him? 
We don't have the coverage to sit back and just contain him. I guess they'll chase him around as best they can. 

I think our defense gives up 4 scores at least.  31 points is my best guess. 
It' will take multiple turnovers to squelch that IMO. 

Jags offense may have to hang in there and be consistent in a shoot out.

This is why I think they need to control the tempo on offense and try to get the running game heavily involved, not at the expense of Etienne's health, but, Hasty, Conner, etc. 

Those guys all need to come up big in key drives. Nice, long sustained drives with points to cap them off. I think if they can do that, not make the big mistakes, not get greedy and gamble too much on 4th downs, etc. 

They can sneak out a win here. Also, much like the great Josh Allen debate. When are all of those pressures for Walker and Allen going to translate into actual statistics that get counted and matter?

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