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Originally Posted by Mecca
Harbaugh literally pads stats to get guys awards, it's how Lamar keeps getting MVPs.
What the Chiefs do isn't exactly "saving the good plays" it's that if they see something works they won't spam it. That during the course of the season they'll run a bunch of things to "break tendencies" to screw with teams that have to gameplan for them in the future, stuff like that.
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Yeah, there's a lot of nuance like this that gets glossed over, and I think it's two completely different things to say Mahomes spent much of the season being indecisive and less spontaneous, then talk about 'saving' anything... and then throw in overall focus and motivation against shit teams each week, versus Mahomes breaking his helmet in playoff games, etc.
It seems clear to me that...
...they tend to shut it down at times (like you said, they don't continue going to the same well/same weakness over and over and over)
...given the above, what they do run isn't always polished.
...Mahomes, outside of those things, also struggled this season
...they do rolll out things they haven't run all season (and yeah, seemed like the Bills also did this against the Chiefs last postseason), but these aren't always magical guaranteed touchdown plays (except corndog).
It's still football, it's still hard. They probably make it harder than it should be in the regular season, but it's always come together when it matters the most.