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Originally Posted by Chargem
Just finished watching most of the first half of the previous Titans game. Man, the Chiefs could have been up 21-0. 2nd drive had to settle for a field goal because of 2 huge penalties, both caused by Erving. 3rd drive, Tyreek gets overthrown on a bomb that was half a yard overthrown and would have been a TD - next snap Watkins drops a 3rd down throw that would have kept the drive going.
Starting Oline was Erving, Rankin, Reiter, Wylie, Schwartz, and still Mahomes generally had time to throw.
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Yes. The first game was pretty much dominated by a somewhat skittish and immobile Mahomes behind an o-line that shouldn’t be starting college football games. Last week Mahomes’s pocket awareness was probably the best I’ve seen all year. Our pass protection was phenomenal and he was stepping up in the pocket and delivering dimes. The first game we had our way with them and, per the usual script when we play the Titans, we shot ourselves in the foot. I understand games aren’t played on paper, but the Chiefs are the better team and it isn’t particularly close. Same could be said for Baltimore and look what happened to them. As Ragland said this week, just do your job and we should be fine.
I anticipate a ton of blitzing by the Tits. They cannot generate consistent pressure without doing so. I can’t imagine they just sit back and let Mahomes shred them the entire game as that will not play out well for them. And after last week’s game, teams cannot sleep on Mahomes’s ability to escape the pocket and run. He will take that opportunity if teams are playing man coverage, leaving a huge chunk of the field wide open. The Tits want you to run the ball, that’s where their defense is built to win. When you have an elite QB who can sling the ball anywhere on the field, that’s what will make them piss down their leg.