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Originally Posted by seamonster
If they can convert those into 20+ yardage chunk plays then that might be OK. If they have to dink and dunk all day long, with that D-line, then I can imagine Mahomes will start throwing pickles.
San Franciscos' run defense can be made to be mediocre, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Reid test the running game to open up the deep ball.
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Mahomes will start throwing picks? Mahomes had a crazy low - one percent - INT rate this year despite facing defense after defense that came out planning to take away the deep shots.
The idea he won’t take what the D gives him is very out of date. He makes plays outside the pocket, but he’s also ruthlessly efficient inside the pocket and drastically improved in reading quickly and getting the ball out this year.
That’s what has taken him to the next level. He still can break things down and make things happen downfield, but he has advanced so much in reading pre-snap and being decisive.
Last year, he still had a tendency to get impatient/frustrated and force a play here and there when teams were taking away all of his shots. That tendency has been excised for the most part.