Let's Talk About Nagy's Playcalling

[Bowser]

I think we can all agree that our offense has been "off" all season, minus the Bears and Chargers games. Mahomes hasn't looked himself by and large, and that could well be because of the talent around him, but watching the plays unfold just makes me wonder why some of the plays are being called in the first place.

Today was an abomination on many fronts with the offense but it sure looked a good deal like an Alex Smith game plan, minus Mahomes' patented making something out of nothing scramble drill passes. The run plays were predictable and getting nothing, but they kept forcing them. We threw the ball laterally as much as horizontally (seemingly), and the plays themselves just look, well, off.

Is it Nagy, is it Mahomes, is it the talent outside of Mahomes and Kelce, or is it a combination of all that? Or was this game just an outlier and our annual piss down our legs game as has been suggested, and I'm just OMG-ing for no good reason?

Something FEELS different than in the past so far this season. I would love to put my finger on what it is, precisely.

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by Coochie liquor

I think he was much tougher on the players to know all the little details. Offense was much better when he was here though.

If Mahomes needs someone to hold him in line for motivation…then yikes.

A lot has changed since EB left. LT has gotten much worse. 2023 WR room was the worst it’s been since 2014, Mahomes got way more expensive, injuries to top 3 weapons this year and constant reshuffling, big downgrade in RB room as a pass catcher.

Biggest thing to me is Kelce. 2022 was his last year of his prime. He’s been declining since. He just isn’t an every week weapon anymore which is understandable. I think that’s quietly affected Mahomes too.

He had that same type of chemistry with Rashee Rice and then that went up in smoke