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Originally Posted by TomahawkChump
This is one of the key areas I'm looking for the Chiefs to attack. The 49ers haven't given many big plays up, but are vulnerable down the seam during their base Cover 3. I also think they are going to be testing Sherman deep early to get him to bail hard and start hitting digs or in breaking routes regularly.
Outside of that it's not letting Mahomes extend plays by getting outside of the pocket. Just important as an up-field speed rush is for the 49ers they'll need to slow it down and collapse the pocket. Easier said than done. On the back-end they'll need to do a good job disguising and mixing up coverages. Mahomes hasn't shown many weaknesses but he has been fooled a few times in throwing timing routes based on coverage he sees presnap that turn out to be wrong.
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If you’re banking on Mahomes getting fooled, then prepare to get lit up.
Mahomes only has 5 picks on the season. And only like 2 are him getting fooled.
The pick against Houston was off of a terrible job by the ref. They threw a flag for defensive holding, Mahomes saw the flag, and went for a deep shot that got picked. They then picked up the flag and the pick stood. Not really his fault.
On the pick against Denver, he just tried to do too much. The play had broken down and he tried to squeeze the ball in between 3 defenders. Just a little too aggressive.
On the pick against LAC in week 17, Tyreek Hill ran the wrong route. Again, not his fault.
Maybe the other two picks were “Mahomes being fooled”, but still that’s only 2 throughout the course of 13 games.