(01-17-2023, 08:53 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: If we can stay in the game, there’s a chance. If we fall back by two scores, it’s going to be difficult to come back. Mahomes keeps his foot on an opponent’s neck.

My gut feeling is Mahomes will kill us with his legs, converting third downs until our D is done.

Yeah. Said it in the other thread. They're going to have to get creative defensively. You'll have to disguise some blitzes. Probably need to run some Robber looks and flip flop last second with Cisco and Jenkins. I think we can play closer to the box with the safeties as long as Campbell and Williams can hold it down on the outside. 

My biggest concern is what you've pointed out. His mobility. When you play too deep and don't keep a player or two around the LOS they're routinely looking to either:

A. Get Kelce isolated working the seams or outside along the sidelines.

B. Getting one side of the field isolated in favor of getting Mahomes one-on-one with a deep shot opportunity or running room on the opposite side.

Expect a lot of gimmick plays in this one. Pitch stuff in the backfield to Kelce, motion sweeps to JuJu Smith-Schuster, etc. Everything has to stay in front of them. I would prefer to see Walker playing inside all game Vs. outside. I would rather see Key playing full time next to him as well. I feel like it gives us the best chance to contain Mahomes from running outside of the pocket and also being able to step up consistently into the pocket to sling it. 

This is going to be a [BLEEP] game though man. I think it's close. No matter the outcome. It's going to be close.

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