just filthy

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I was at a sports bar next to a Seahawks fan, and he watched that and just shook his head.

There is nothing a defense can do to stop that. Nothing.

Another statistically impossible throw.

Well, there's at least one more TT fan following along....

Hell yeah, brother. For some reason I hadn’t seen you around lately. But I have a 2 year old running around these days and I’m not as observant as I used to be.

Is it just me, or does he intentionally not tip off the defender that the ball is coming?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An idea lol <a href="https://t.co/ZQp8MrT4LP">https://t.co/ZQp8MrT4LP</a></p>&mdash; IAN GATWARD (@gatwardian) <a href="https://twitter.com/gatwardian/status/1606877273948397569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 25, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

No worries at all. I'm in almost every game day thread and try to participate number of other threads here. I really enjoy this message board. :)

LOL. I remember the days of a 2 year old running around. Of course for my youngest, that would have 21 years ago. :hmmm::D

flat out missed wide open juju on his TD run

needs to hit that in the postseason

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Yeah, looks like he just never looked that way. Maybe too much traffic going on over there? I'm sure it was brought up on film day.

ron kopp's tweets are rather damning

mahomes kind of had a crappy day, especially by his standards

testament to his greatness that a crappy day is 3 TD and 0 turnovers LMAO

Another half second into that route and nobody is within 7 yards of Juju.

Mahomes brought it up on postgame. Acknowledged he missed JJSS and didn't see him.

I personally think Mahomes wasn't seeing the field all that well and maybe the Seahawks rolled out coverages he wasn't anticipating. Reminded me of his late season performance against Atlanta a few years back (which should have absolutely been a loss). This time he mitigated the bad throws and seemed more apt to either run or do Alex check downs rather than try to force anything deep.

More damning to the WR's, imo. But clearly showed Mahomes had his B- game on against Seattle. The most concerning thing from all of it is Mahomes continuing to throw at the defenders feet. That's a bad habit that could result in disaster like his drift back habit did in 2020/early 2021.

mahomes numbers were vastly inflated by three throws to kelce and pacheco

that was like half his yards

good to have these days though, get him sharp for the postseason

He missed Skyy for a walk in check-down TD.

I was sitting in the corner in the direction of the Fox banner top right. Kelce had no visual on that ball until it was catch time. They must have known that if Kelce gets outside of his man that it’s coming his way. It was the craziest yet simple pass and catch I’ve ever seen. Like they see and hear each other telepathically.

chiefs scored a TD anyway o:-)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Would have been nice to see Mahomes give Skyy a chance to make a play here<br><br>OLB doesn&#39;t penetrate upfield to disrupt the throwing lane, nor does he have an angle to cut off Skyy towards the sideline. Once again, the space is opened up by a vertical pattern <a href="https://t.co/qSvCI0YAbG">pic.twitter.com/qSvCI0YAbG</a></p>&mdash; Ron Kopp Jr. (@Ron_Kopp) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ron_Kopp/status/1607590437522661376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I think that's why he is so good, though. He is capable of those throws even on days where he's not seeing the field or gets flummoxed by whatever the D is doing for some reason.

When any QB of our past had an off day, a 15/29 day for 129 yards was just the sort of the ride we were in for. Those three throws just weren't happening.

Another encouraging thing, at least for me, was that in 2021 these days felt accompanied by 2 or so bad picks of him forcing it downfield. The Denver game is a recent example of this, actually. He flat out missed coverages in the second half and forced the ball into the windows anyway. Against SEA he was quick to throw the ball away, and as frustrating as it was to watch, the defense is boosted immensely when they weren't constantly besieged by short fields.

that last throw to kelce was as good as the one he made in week one

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> needed the dagger TD, they went to what they know best: sending Kelce on intermediate crossers<br><br>They gain 72 yards on 2 consecutive plays, both play-action set ups to get LBs out of position &amp; uncomfortable<br><br>87 is a magnet to open, 2nd level throwing windows <a href="https://t.co/rDKMdcg2Yn">pic.twitter.com/rDKMdcg2Yn</a></p>&mdash; Ron Kopp Jr. (@Ron_Kopp) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ron_Kopp/status/1607631468108324864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I heard somewhere I want to say it was Adams doing it. Just getting your hands up at the last minute so the defender can't respond.

I thought to myself I'm not sure I want my guys doing that (Travis would be the exception) they need to worry about CATCHING THE ****ING BALL.

But I'm guessing it is something that is making the rounds in the receivers rooms.

Definitely.

I'm all about him hammering the back in the flat until they loosen up the deeper shit because **** you that's why.

Sidenote: It's good to see Travis beating guys with speed. Seemed like early it was all hook routes and shit smart players do. If we can eek out another year before he falls off athletically I'm here for it.

Sure winning and all that shit, but right now I'm just LOVING watching my guys be elite. I'm trying not to lose the perspective that Travis and Pat are just goddamned special and I can't get so wrapped up in Super Bowls (they're hard to get) that I don't appreciate the ride. Because this shit is FUN.

Throw in guys like Pacheco and McKinnon, Bolton, McDuffie, and Trey Smith annihilating bitches while he pulls, this shit is SO FUN.

I said it in the QB carousel thread, but it bears repeating. I thank God for Mahomes on every snap of football I watch, Chiefs or not.

Football used to be a distraction for a few hours on Sunday and then the occasional lulz during the week.

Now it's crack cocaine and I thank my dealer Patrick for that.

ROFL
Fair enough.

I didn’t really think he played that well Sunday watching it live.

Just didn’t seem comfortable in the pocket at any point

I was there as well, and nobody in the whole freaking stadium was comfortable. It was absolute misery.

I'm not sure it'll ever stop being hilarious that a dude can throw for 8 YPA, 3 total TDs, no turnovers, only take one sack and it's considered a bad game.

That would a career game for the QB Mahomes replaced.

Yeah it was pretty brutal.

A handful.


They elevated they level of football discussion here *so* much.

Agreed. The past few years have been the most fun I've ever had with football.

But as entertaining as Patrick Mahomes II is, it would be depressing to see him if he had been drafted by another team. I had fifty years of watching good quarterbacks on other teams. I did not need any more of that.

All hail Mahomes!

That play happened sorta in front of us at about a 2 o'clock angle so you could see the throw and where the DB was perfectly. It STILL looked like a Madden glitch.

My wife just looks at me and says "how'd he even catch that?"

Because it was an absolute dime, dear. It was just a dime. Perfect defense and it just didn't matter.

Still have no idea how ESPN graded it a 34/100 QBR. He wasn't great, but he also got screwed by WR drops. At least 3-4 of them on 3rd down to kill drives. They graded him 70/100 in the Denver game when he had the 3 bad INT's. I would reverse the grades on those two games.

His ball placement was off most of the day, IMO.

Balls high/low/left/right by a couple of feet. And in cold weather, you're really asking for trouble because if the ball's not right on target, that hard ball and cold hands is gonna be a drop far more often than it isn't.

A couple of those drops were just bad drops {cough}Watson{coughcough} but a couple more were just bad ball placement making for a tough catch in hard catch conditions. And on a couple of catches there were balls where we got zip for YAC yards because he jammed up his receiver with a bad(ish) ball.

He wasn't great writ large. But I choose to remember that throw to Kelce because it was seemingly impossibly perfect.

elite reflexes! LMAO

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amazing chemistry with toney

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eyes on the back of his head as that dude dives at his feet

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lookin like tyreek

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some seriously sweet feet on 15 and 1 here

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off the back foot for reals?

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reid just scheming up wide open TE3s

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Toney and Moore are going to be great in this offense.

I missed that flip to Travis. Holy shit. How does he consistently do that without screwing it up.

I also missed the back foot throw. That is ****ing incredible.

mckinnon being that far downfield should frighten DCs

we're about to kareem hunt some bitches in the passing game

Tossed it 35 yards with the arm. Couldn't step into it. Crazy.

He has more td's than Hill. LOLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL

Love seeing Bell back in action. He makes us better with his blocking and he can run a QB sneak!

you remember how many TDs kareem and damien had in the red zone on swing passes and screens?

that part of the 2018 offense is back now

mckinnon will finish with almost SIXTY catches

in a way this offense is better for us now because although it's not as explosive, it's going to protect the defense more

he's ready for the postseason

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I know this is a Patrick Mahomes GIF thread but I have a request for a special, directly Patrick Mahomes-related exception for you Clay.

How about GIF-ing up the pass pro block McKinnon put on that Jags DB yesterday?

It is in the McKinnon thread. :thumb:

I did not forsake you friends.

We will GIF our way to the Lombardi.

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Mahomes has the heart of a lion.

Clay you don't happen to have the other angle that was on replay for mahomes first down scramble at the start of the second half do you? It's where you see him hop through the arm tackle staying off his bad leg.

The last gif is the best one. TMQB!

Friends, the GIFs of an MVP.

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That TD throw to MVS was one of the best passes he's ever thrown, IMO.

Even Orlovsky couldn't stop raving about it.

He put that thing into a 6" box from that far away, with a busted up plant foot. :drool:

I mean, the coverage was super tight and he was about to get crushed from both sides. Steps up, takes a hop, and throws an absolute frozen rope.

That thing was on a rail too. Just when I think he’s done amazing me, he continues to prove me wrong

I know people hated this, but man if Kelce gets that ball up at worst McKinnon is getting another 10-15 yards with a chance to score.

it reminded me of this

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I didn't hate it at all. As long as the dudes are aware it could be coming, let it rip.

I really thought I was the only one who liked the aggressiveness of it. Just wish he had gotten it up for him to catch it.

To me, it was just a tad too far to do it. If Kelce were a yard or so closer to the sideline, it would have been perfect.

Ideally, sure. But to me the play was still there, Kelce just didn't get a good enough toss. Luckily, it dropped straight down and McKinnon popped on it.

there's no reason not to try those, just err on the side of the ball going high

that way, if you're off, it just sails out of bounds

You gotta be careful with that, though. If the ball hangs just a little bit, it could turn into a pick 6.

gotta make sure there's no defenders in the area

I only disliked it because it seemed unnecessary. Thankfully McKinnon recovered it. We kept talking about how KC would lose to Cincinnati because of a mistake or two and then we almost create a needless mistake in FG range trying to be cute. Had KC not recovered that ball they lose 3 points which could have once again been the difference. I am curious how many people would have liked that play had Cincinnati recovered and eventually won the game.

Exactly. It really was a good location on the field to try it.

this should be practiced so they can execute it flawlessly with no risk

with defenders SWARMING kelce on every play now, it's perfect

There was little chance that the Bengals could recover that ball with the way the play happened. There wasn't anyone within 5 yards of him.

Yes, we could have lost the 3 points if that ball bounces differently, but it just as easily could have been 7 instead. I understand your point though.

That condition does not exist on a play like that. That's always a high risk play no matter how much it's practiced. The rewards could be hige but the risks are always high. Having said that it could still be beneficial going forward because defenders may think for just a split second that they shouldn't leave their guy to try and tackle the ball carrier if they're worried about that happening.

Which means the Chiefs are setup now to FAKE it and generate a big play by NOT doing it. ;)

The throw to mvs that wasn't a touchdown was great placement too. There were 3 defenders there.

it is weird saying it, but mahomes in the playoffs just looks like regular season mahomes

he's that damn good. all the time.

And he almost tried it with Noah Gray later, as well.

At the very least, it makes the defense have to think about one more thing they might do.

Just think back to 2017, look back in this thread and relive it all over again... its like seeing the greatest band ever when they were just starving artists

I mean COME ON lol, just look at that side sling whip back in college... hoo boy

and now we put the thread to bed for months

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lay down your sweet and weary head...night is falling...you've come to journey's end...

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That TD pass to Kelce is one of my favorites.

That was sick. We put the Eagles on notice at that point. You aren't playing NCF QBs today Gannon.

You know how some movies have record scratch moments where the movie makes the record scratch sound, the screen freezes and the main character breaks the 4th wall and says "And this was the moment I knew...."

Fellas - this was TJ Edwards record scratch moment right here:

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{scratch}

"And this play - the first play of the game - was when I knew I was in for a LONG day..."

They showed an end zone view during the broadcast that was even crazier. That throw was all anticipation.

I legit felt bad for TJ Edwards by the end of that game.

He's a really good player who's had a great year. And it seemed like the staff made it a point to absolutely abuse him and Gardner-Johnson. That whole game Reid, Mahomes and Kelce were absolutely murdering those two.

I have no more hate for the crazy stuff they try sometimes. They have earned some screw ups.