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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The non-toss to CEH seemed to be a 'play it safe' moment. I'd have to watch it again, but the end looked to have come unblocked or beat his man quickly so he was setting up. I think Mahomes saw him in an 'athletic stance' and was concerned that he'd make a play on the pitch. Where that play happened, that could've gone all the way for 6 the other way and been potentially catastrophic.
I think it was just Mahomes doing a little game management. It looked awkward as hell, but I think it was defensible.
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IIRC, Parsons was the defender he was reading. In Mahomes' defense, if you're going to shit your pants on an option read with any defender in your face, I can mostly wave it away if that defender is Parsons. That guy is athletic as all hell. I think Pat panicked, which is defensible, but why not just go down? You panic and elect not to pitch because the guy in front of you is an athlete, but then you try to run around like a chicken with its head cut off as if you're going to outrun him for a big play?
I don't like the option with Pat and these RBs anyway. Pat hasn't demonstrated that he is willing to keep himself out of harm's way and our RBs just don't have the speed on the perimeter.