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Originally Posted by tredadda
I think it is to a point. Take a look at how KC plays against lesser teams versus better teams. The play calling is more vanilla or they experiment more. Look at the Watkins pass to Mahomes against the Falcons. I highly doubt they make that kind of play in the playoffs.
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I agree with you that they are more likely to try some different things but I wouldn’t call that “playing down”. If anything that would be “coaching down”. “Playing down” infers that players don’t play as hard, aren’t as sharp/focused, and or think they can win the game by going through the motions. I just don’t think NFL players actually think that way.
Maybe it’s just a semantics thing. I get being emotionally charged to play in a post season game vs a game week 6 vs the Jets, I just don’t think the term “playing down” is very accurate.