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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The problem is that there is just nobody that benefits from it.
The league doesn't want the Bengals in the SB over the Chiefs. You couldn't pay Mahomes enough to throw that game. And he's too competitive to sabotage it out of spite (as the Bieniemy rumor suggested).
That core group has been together long enough that I can't see internal tension/strife exploding in the locker room.
I think he just got in his own head and for the first time in his career looked young. He looked sped up.
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There were rumors of Mahomes and Bieniemy going at each other hardcore in the locker room at halftime, so much that allegedly Reid had to step in. Would explain Mahomes' head not in the game if true, I'd say.
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Originally Posted by Detoxing
He looked like a guy who expected something to go wrong. Like he expected their early season demons that plagued them for half the year to return. So he protected. Protected way too much.
I think there was a legit lack of trust that his receivers would hold onto the ball.
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I firmly believe that if Mahomes hands off to McKinnon on that last play before halftime we win the game. Nobody on that Bengals defense expected a draw play and it was wide open for a touchdown, but Mahomes tried to force it to Hill laterally down the line that lost yardage. Supposedly Bieniemy told him in his helmet he had one more time out to use, which led to the locker room blowup. All allegedly, of course.