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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
"Defenses will adjust..."
HOW?!?!
That back shoulder toss to Watkins - Mahomes was beat. The defense had the right call. The blitz came over the correct side, the blitzer knocked Ware(?) the hell out of the way and the play was blown up. Mahomes takes a step backwards and falling off his back foot fires a lazer 18 yards downfield to hit Watkins dead in the chest at the sideline for a 1st down.
There. Is. No. Adjusting. To. That.
I do think we'll see some Man 2 deep attempts where they'll send 3, try to keep the top on the offense by sending two safeties back and then trying to clutter the intermediate zone with enough defenders to make it difficult to find someone. But that still won't beat a precise throw. He'll get 3 seconds or more to find someone and with that time, he'll do it more than he doesn't. But if I'm a DC, I hope for death by 1,000 papercuts and hope there's a hold that slows the drive or maybe an errant throw that gets tipped/picked.
Single-high has to die; teams absolutely cannot do that against this team. They will get abused time and time again. And I don't think a cover 2 or drop zone will work either because the offense is schemed too well; Andy will create mis-matches and force zone defenders into decisions that they can't win.
The Jags game is going to be fascinating. They have so many athletes on defense that they can play a 2 deep man and make it work. They also have the kind of DL to still get to the passer. It's amazing, but I'm actually looking past the Broncos game because they just don't concern me. Even if they win - who cares? We'll run them down when they fade in November/December like they always do.
I want to see how we stack up against the Jags, Pats and Rams - that's it. I care about how we do against SB contenders - the West is just a speedbump.
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That is about as good analysis as you can get on what they have thrown at Mahomes. Excellent! You could charge for that content!
Denver thought they could just blitz Mahomes like crazy last year and he would get rattled. A good strategy against a rookie on the road for his first game? Wrong. He calmly found the open guy and made them pay every time.
So when I keep hearing "Teams will figure him out and start blitzing him into interceptions" it is laughable.
Go ahead and do what Denver did. Hunt will be glad to get the ball in wide open spaces. Easy completions for big plays!