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Originally Posted by eDave
Just a bad call by Shanahan. Jimmy was NOT in the right mental state to make that sort of pass, in that game, in that moment. Mahomes hitting his, multiple times, is what sets him so far apart from and ahead of all the younger and mid-tier QB's.
The mindset his dad instilled in him "onto the next pitch" is the difference.
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I don't blame Shanahan - that's on Grapes.
To win a Super Bowl against Patrick Mahomes - you HAVE to hit that pass. It was an easy pitch/catch by NFL standards.
Shanahan called an absolutely killer of a playcall, he got exactly the defensive alignment he expected and set up his quarterback for a throw he needs to hit about 70-80% of the time.
And the QB missed the throw. At some point you have to rely on your leaders to execute and Grapes just didn't. You're not gonna run and hide from Mahomes for 60 minutes. Eventually you're gonna have to TAKE the win from him. Shanahan put his guys in a position to do so and they failed.