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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
You wish there wouldn't have been that 2 week break.
I think they came up for air a bit after making it to the SB. And the fact that they've been running on grit and adrenaline finally hit them.
It was like 19 weeks worth of pressure all impacted them at once. As they were in-season, they seemed to be able to tune it out because there was always the next job and the next step.
I just wonder if that extra break didn't suddenly make that burden they've carried start to feel really really heavy.
Something has to explain going out there and looking as bad as they've looked at any time in the Mahomes era.
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I think you are absolutely spot freaking on. You could just see it Mahomes' eyes. He just cracked mentally, and who in the living hell could blame him? On top of being completely outmanned by a far superior roster, he had basically 7 years worth of pressure all hit him at once. The magnitude of what he was trying to accomplish finally clicked in. Once that happened, it was basically already over.
Same with CJ, you saw it a few times on the sideline. They just couldn't take it anymore, and the Eagles were playing completely loose with absolutely nothing to lose. The results speak for themselves.