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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
"The protection is why he's jumpy!!"
Did you see the absolute SHOT that Kyler Murray took this week? Some guy came off the edge just completely untouched and hit Murray so hard directly through the back of him that his helmet flew off and rolled 10 yards. It was a 90s era QB demolition.
2 plays later he stood in against pressure and threw an absolute dime to McBride to keep the drive going.
Guys, QBs get hit and oftentimes they get hit pretty damn hard. I've NEVER seen Mahomes take the kind of shot Murray took there. And Murray shook it off.
Mahomes is gonna get hit some. We need to accept that. So does he.
He left 15 points on the field yesterday. At least. And yes, he was responsible for one very good play to Perine (and had another couple solid ones in there as well) but like I said, that's just the NFL game now. If your QB can't make a handful of those plays every game, your QB needs to be replaced.
What is presently separating the good from the great isn't the ability to make those plays off script. What it is right now is the willingness to stand in there and rip the ball into tight windows that open up in these zone concepts that everyone's running.
Mahomes wasn't doing that yesterday. He was tentative from the opening snap. Folks wanna blame Kingsley but Mahomes was tentative on the first couple drives when Morris was in there as well.
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I am fine with Patrick being cautious and not taking big hits to win regular season games. Especially when we're winning anyway. Let other QBs be heroes and be beat to shit come playoff time. We know Patrick can flip the switch when it matters. That's not excusing missed reads, but if he's more focused than is ideal on not getting beat up, I trust that it's a choice to prioritize the playoffs. He did it last year, too.