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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
Or the coaches should have just run a better play on 3rd down and then not been cowards on 4th down and let him go for it (which I imagine he would have been expecting) rather than giving a team four downs to get 50 yards for an automatic kicker.
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If Patrick's tendency is to go for the deep shot all the time, perhaps Andy should put the leash on him in that situation. Don't have a deep route on a critical 3rd and 3 play. Just have everyone running routes that are more in the short to intermediate zone (5-15 yard routes), where Mahomes is extremely accurate.
Meanwhile it looks like ESPN gave Mahomes a 61/100 for this game, lower than the Chargers & Colts games. Not sure if I agree with that grade. He had a lot of bad turnover worthy plays against the Chargers and he didn't make very many big time plays against the Colts. Not sure how he ended up above 70/100 for the Colts game. Against the Raiders he made a
ton of big time plays to help drag the team out of a 17-0 deficit. It wasn't perfect, but I would have thought this Raiders game warranted better than a 61/100 grade...especially when the Chargers & Colts games were graded above that level.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/game...atrick-mahomes