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Originally Posted by rfaulk34
That's part of it too. People define clutch differently. Burrow has done what you said here. Gotten the team close, gave them the lead, etc and either the defense or kicker has failed to hold/win. I think that's a valid way to define being clutch; getting or keeping your team close enough to win.
Then there's the drive that extends your lead beyond where an opponent can come back or gives you the win. That's the part where Burrow has come up short, mostly this year but also in 2 critical post season games and some other regular season games.
Dunno. Maybe someone needs to come up with another word that goes beyond clutch in the most critical situations.
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This is also the only area Mahomes has ever failed in the post-season.
The Cincy game we lost was a game where he had 3 or 4 opportunities to really just put the game away. And he never could get it done. He the worst half of football he'd ever played to that point.
The defense often takes the blame for that game but you could just as easily put it on Mahomes. Something was just...off.