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Originally Posted by Halfcan
Chris Carter says Mahomes needs to be a Game Manager in this one- no thanks Chris.
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That's kinda what he said but in the context of the conversation that wasn't really what he meant.
We all know that Indy's going into a deep Cover 2 shell and is going to force Mahomes to try to beat them underneath. If they do that, Mahomes can't be trying to get too aggressive and throw into coverage too often.
He needs to realize what the Colts are specifically trying to take away and the price they're willing to pay to do so. They're going to leave him a shitload of room underneath and he needs to be willing to throw those passes when they're easy.
It sure would be nice if Kareem Hunt wasn't a stupid mother****er. There was a reason teams entered this season playing so much single-high against us and Mahomes killed them with it. Hunt demanded attention in the box and opened up some space deep for Mahomes.
Let's be honest with ourselves here fellas - Mahomes threw for 300 yards in 9 of 11 games with Hunt and in only 1 of 5 without him (though admittedly, it's an arbitrary cutoff that he got awfully close to a few other times). He threw for 330 YPG w/ him and 293 w/o him. He threw 3.4 TDs/gm with him and 2.6 TDs/gm without him. Granted, Watkins went down around the same time but Hunt did a lot to keep defenses honest that Williams just doesn't do.
I mean even his post-Hunt numbers are MVP caliber but they're more 4,700 and 42 scores sort of great, not historically unfathomable.
Carter's saying that Mahomes needs to realize that and not just go for kill shots every time. This offense without Hunt (and with a likely hobbled Watkins) isn't the same Veyron it was earlier in the season. It may still be a Ferrari, but it's not the marvel the Bugatti was. It's a fair statement but not something I'm actually worried Mahomes will struggle with. If the Colts aren't giving him shots downfield, he'll lean heavily on Kelce up them middle and I think Andy will do some things to get Hill running routes from the slot and working underneath.
Mahomes will be fine.