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Originally Posted by InChiefsHeaven
It seems to me that his tenancy to drift farther back in the pocket than most QB's enables him to make plays that most QB's can't make and wouldn't attempt. There is a side effect in that it makes it harder for his tackles to stop a hard rusher because the further back he goes, the straighter the line that the rusher has to travel, and it's harder to stop them. Get back to me when he's sacked 5 and 6 times in a game.
Yes, his style makes it harder on the tackles. But the benefits FAR outweigh the liabilites, at least so far. He's aware of this "deficiency" and so are the tackles. This is called "finding something...ANYTHING...to criticize about Mahomes".
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On occasion the benefits outweigh the liabilities. When he struggled last year it was when he did what he did in the 1st half last week, and that’s drifting further back in the pocket. This is an understandable side effect of shotty interior line blocking that was horrendous last year. It’s ok to do on occasion, but if you suddenly see the Chiefs O return to top form it will be when Mahomes stays in the pocket and delivers the ball, and or starts to use the A and B gaps to step up and scramble forward in Defenses that don’t use a QB Spy (all of them bc of our weapons). If they start blitzing those gaps he will pick apart the secondary. When you drop back like he does at times it makes it impossible for Fisher and Schwartz to do their job. Even Mahomes has alluded to this, and because he’s a gift from the Universe he will fix it in short order. I’d be surprised if you don’t see this better this week, just hope the interior steps up and doesn’t make him second guess.