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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I do think that's a fair amount of 'conventional' thinking with a team that I simply don't think should be adhering to it.
I'm not interested in any more of that RPO shit. People say it gives PM more freedom but to my eyes it does just the opposite. Most RPOs are 1 read and go - you see your read key and immediately run or fire. Rarely are those designed to give your QB time to survey the field and find the open man. They undermine Mahomes phenomenal field vision.
Pop passes and things of that nature are similarly constrictive.
More than anything, I want Reid to simply give the ball to the best triggerman in the league and allow him freedom to work with it as he sees fit. Use screens and designed reads only to set up something else. Use play-fakes only when you're in close enough that giving Williams the option of staying in to block or going out into the pattern isn't as productive (because if he's out there and open, Pat will find him).
Gimme more of the hair on fire playcalling that can lead to Mahomes and company simply scorching the earth. IF they force you out of it, so be it. But we have a good pass-blocking OL and weapons that a Cover 3 simply can't deal with absent more speed than the 9ers secondary has. We have a quarterback that can challenge every blade of grass on the field and they have a secondary that can't cover it all for more than 2 seconds. So trust your blockers to do their job and allow Mahomes to pressure the hell out of that secondary by reading and attacking.
Make that your primary attack and if it fails, then you start going into the bag of tricks.
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That’s a good point. Main thing I’m trying to illustrate is how a mediocre Madden OC can scheme to take advantage of Ford’s weaknesses.
I think what probably happens is San Fran comes out in its base set and tries to see what that can do against Mahomes and co.
Once KC makes some plays deep against that alignment, I’d expect to see them try Ford more on early downs and KC to adjust from there.