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We've seen this offense get in weird ruts even with Tyreek. I don't think anyone would say this year so far has been a smooth operation.
It's easy to just point the finger at the young guys, but that's a vastly oversimplified view. Inaccurate. The all-22's show it. Sometimes, they're making mistakes. Sometimes not. This shouldn't be unexpected. They're learning.
Mahomes is also making mistakes, the same sort of things we've seen him do in the past when this offense gets in a funk. He's missing easy throws, he's forcing the ball to Kelce, he's not taking the wide open outlet. The thing is, if he does those things, it will open up the deep kill shot that he's wired to lust for.
He's also not 100% comfortable with his protection yet, two new offensive tackles. Both are, on the whole, better than last year's duo (Taylor's weirdness early in the season notwithstanding.)
And being uncomfortable in one area isn't compartmentalized, it bleeds into other areas.
I reject entirely that we have a lack of talent in the WR room. I don't think Veach, Reid, Nagy, and Mahomes are all wrong on the ENTIRE ROOM.
I think there's some confidence issues perhaps on an individual basis among the group. Some making more mistakes than others. Some not getting the snaps they need because higher investment players are in front of them. Toney missing all of camp was clearly an issue, and the weird attempts to manufacture touches for him last game was pretty silly. In other words, they're still figuring it out, collectively.
I don't think it's a coincidence that they've built their best defense while doing this. It seems pretty clear that the organization was aware that this might take a while to sort out.
It's short sighted to say 'these guys suck'. It's impatient. It's reactionary. It's perfectly fine to be disappointed with the production overall, it's fine to say that the offense isn't looking like it's normal self, it's fine to say that perhaps some mistakes have been made.
I'm most disappointed in Moore, personally. He's just not showing much of anything at all. And all while eating a lot of snaps that could have been used for Rice and Ross (yeah, yeah, I'm rooting for Ross).
Toney's usage is not making sense. But I don't think he's suddenly not the same guy he was down the stretch for us last year when he was the most electric player we had.
Just hold your damned horses. It's going to be okay.
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