Originally Posted by comochiefsfan:
This is the only possible way we lose. We will not lose this game unless TB's D-Line manhandles our O-Line. It's quite literally their only path to victory.
Brady used to win with subpar offensive lines because he got rid of the ball so quickly. We will have to employ something like that. [Reply]
I only have vague memories of the first game, but as I recall we never got any real consistent pressure on Brady, especially after halftime. And almost everything they did offensively was after we built a big lead.
If the d-line plays the way they did yesterday, and Brady gets pressured early and often, then the impact of Fisher's absense will be moot. Mahomes thrives under pressure. Brady literally takes dives to avoid contact, which I completely understand at his age. But, especially if they're trying to continue taking deep shots, it will be easier for our defense to disrupt their offense than for them to disrupt ours, even without Fish. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tredadda:
Brady used to win with subpar offensive lines because he got rid of the ball so quickly. We will have to employ something like that.
(Un)Fortunately for us, we had to scheme around Fisher's absence for several games last year, so it's not like this is completely new, and we've been scheming around patchwork o-lines all year [Reply]
Originally Posted by keg in kc:
I only have vague memories of the first game, but as I recall we never got any real consistent pressure on Brady, especially after halftime. And almost everything they did offensively was after we built a big lead.
If the line plays the way they did yesterday, and Brady gets pressured early and often, then the impact of Fisher's offense will be moot. Mahomes thrives under pressure. Brady literally takes dives to avoid contact, which I completely understand at his age. But, especially if they're trying to continue taking deep shots, it will be easier for our defense to disrupt their offense than for them to disrupt ours, even without Fish.
We got pressure on Brady that game. It wasn't as insane as last night, but it was enough to force a pick off Brady and absolutely tank his efficiency when pressured. [Reply]
Frank Clark was asked if he had a message for Tom Brady: "I don't have anything to say to him, honestly. I'll see his ass on Sunday at the Super Bowl."
I am also fascinated to see how Bowles runs his defense. I think I remember hearing that he doesn't adjust his blitz heavy defense against anyone. Blitzing Mahomes is a bad idea, so I wonder if he plays back banking on his DLine to generate pressure against a patchwork OLine. [Reply]
I think we would all agree that the worst protection Mahomes ever got, and the most he was ever hit, was against the Saints.
Still scored 32. And the Saints have a WAY better secondary, equally good front 7 probably. We just need one more outing like that, if the protection is shitty.
But again, they can gameplan it now two weeks ahead of time knowing they need to get the ball out quicker than maybe normal. They know right now as we sit here, the matchup is a big challenge along the LOS. [Reply]
Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19:
I think we would all agree that the worst protection Mahomes ever got, and the most he was ever hit, was against the Saints.
Still scored 32. And the Saints have a WAY better secondary, equally good front 7 probably. We just need one more outing like that, if the protection is shitty.
But again, they can gameplan it now two weeks ahead of time knowing they need to get the ball out quicker than maybe normal. They know right now as we sit here, the matchup is a big challenge along the LOS.
Look no further than last years SB. Watch our first scoring drive particularly. The Bucs defense is very similar to them at the first 2 levels. [Reply]