Chiefs Let’s talk about the Texans - Page 9

Originally Posted by htismaqe:
"If Mahomes plays, he's gonna get hurt!"

"Start Wentz, he can beat the Texans"

Can somebody explain this to me? With Mahomes' injury, people automatically assume the worst. But Wentz winning a game? That's almost a sure thing. People have lost their minds.

It's not a sure thing at all. I just don't much care if they beat the Texans or not and think the outcome of the game is quite meaningless in comparison to Mahomes' health.

This team can win a SB with the #7 seed if Mahomes is healthy and playing football for them. They can't win the SB if they are the #1 seed and Mahomes is injured.

The choice is obvious.
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Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
It's not defeatism. It's mitigating risk.

Football Gods frown on mitigating risk...this whole sport revolves around it...we also know the football Gods love Mahomes way more than any other human.

I thought this was a known fact...
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Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
It's not defeatism. It's mitigating risk.

Mitigating risk is running the ball and utilizing quick passes to negate the pass rush vs Houston. Screens, quick outs, max protect if throwing long.

Worst case Mahomes gets a worse sprain than now (mild) and they shut him down for 3 weeks after Saturday to rest for the playoffs.
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Originally Posted by BlackOp:
Football Gods frown on mitigating risk...this whole sport revolves around risk...we also know the football Gods love Mahomes way more than any other human.

The football gods didn't save him from getting crunched yesterday in a meaningless slog of a game. It could easily happen again on Saturday if you throw him out there.
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Originally Posted by RunKC:
Mitigating risk is running the ball and utilizing quick passes to negate the pass rush vs Houston. Screens, quick outs, max protect if throwing long.

Worst case Mahomes gets a worse sprain than now (mild) and they shut him down for 3 weeks after Saturday to rest for the playoffs.

Those all sound like things Wentz is perfectly capable of doing.
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Mecca makes me want to puke. 19-1, pissboy.
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Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
The football gods didn't save him from getting crunched yesterday in a meaningless slog of a game. It could easily happen again on Saturday if you throw him out there.

Chiefs won...and he will play like nothing ever happened on Saturday. This is how they work...
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They haven’t practiced with Wentz. He hasn’t taken any QB1 starter reps since camp back in August.

And Mahomes has a “mild” sprain aka grade I. 2022 was a moderate grade II sprain. The injury is not as severe as that one.
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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
Mecca makes me want to puke. 19-1, pissboy.

Don't do that, making more work for your mom isn't nice.
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Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
The football gods didn't save him from getting crunched yesterday in a meaningless slog of a game. It could easily happen again on Saturday if you throw him out there.

They tried their absolute best to save Mahomes from playing in the fourth quarter yesterday.
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Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
It's not defeatism. It's mitigating risk.

The surest way to mitigate risk, whether it be the risk to Mahomes or the risk of not winning a Super Bowl, is to get the #1 seed.
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Originally Posted by mr. tegu:
They tried their absolute best to save Mahomes from playing in the fourth quarter yesterday.

If he could literally connect on a deep pass he could have sat out that entire quarter.
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Originally Posted by RunKC:
They haven’t practiced with Wentz. He hasn’t taken any QB1 starter reps since camp back in August.

Probably still good enough to beat a Texans team that was lit up by Will Levis, losing to Tennessee three weeks ago.
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Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
It's not a sure thing at all. I just don't much care if they beat the Texans or not and think the outcome of the game is quite meaningless in comparison to Mahomes' health.

This team can win a SB with the #7 seed if Mahomes is healthy and playing football for them. They can't win the SB if they are the #1 seed and Mahomes is injured.

The choice is obvious.

The choice isn't obvious. You're assuming, again, that if Mahomes plays against the Texans he will get hurt.

The chances of him getting hurt are exponentially lower than them losing the #1 seed because Cason Wentz is broken and can't actually play anymore.
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Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
The football gods didn't save him from getting crunched yesterday in a meaningless slog of a game. It could easily happen again on Saturday if you throw him out there.

Or he could emerge unscathed, like he has the other 13 slog fests this season. Stop assuming he's gonna get hurt worse than he already is.
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