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Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic
People can talk all they want to about how few times Mahomes has been sacked, but I swear he is almost always ready to move out of the pocket, or at least relocate in the pocket, because he assumes that the tackles are going to get pushed back into him.
I have been killed all year for saying this, but our tackles are not good, and for we are paying Taylor, he just sucks.
Neither can run block at all, and they are garbage at picking up stunts and games. Thuney and Smith have looked worse than normal because they are being bookended by poor play.
On the pass to Kelce that everyone orgasmed over a couple of weeks ago, Mahomes steps up right into Smith because Smith got pushed back. So, everyone will remember the throw, but nothing else. There have been quite a few plays like that this year, where the tackles weren't good, but Mahomes made something happen anyway.
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This is right, they're not. There are times Mahomes leaves the pocket early and it makes the OTs look bad, and there are many more times he's leaving because the OTs are being beat, or shoved back close to his lap. It's compunded by our IOL playing below last season's high standards.
I think Taylor may end up OK, albeit a huge overspend that we paid for thinking he'd be the LT and amidst a dearth of options. Both are terrible run blockers and that matters more than some would like to admit.