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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

That's the guy - didn't realize it was Geno Stone (who's ballhawking tendencies will get him in trouble at times).

And when I watched the play, he'd actually sold out BEFORE Mahomes threw the ball, that was what yielded the throw to begin with. He had that angle to break on a ball intended for Rice but seemed to see Perine and started leaking down.

To me, he was the guy that truly gacked that play. And I just never saw anyone mention it. And as I'm watching it, I'm just sitting there thinking "no way, that guy had a play on the ball had he not gotten too eager - he hung the other guy out to dry..."

Mahomes saw it and suddenly the odds of that play being broken up reduced to damn near zero.

As for the rookie, I just think he's breaking down as he gets there in that screen capture. He came upfield awfully hot. I just don't know how you break down AND get around a body like that.

That's kind of been the MO of this defense. Guys trying to do too much instead of just executing their assignment. Certain safeties, you can live with the ballhawking stuff. I think Stone's INTs last year were more a product of the players around him. He can't do that this year.