No, you're spot on.

All of this can be right at the same time.

Are the WR's letting him down at times? Yes.

Is he throwing balls inaccurately? (especially behind and in the dirt) Also yes.
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I am not surprised but don't understand why he is starting.
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No way I have been told he is a perfect passer by KC_Connection
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I have resisted this conclusion all season, but we're at a point where it has become undeniable. Mahomes is as much a problem as are the drops. Last night he was 15-29 for less than 200 yards, an INT and no touchdown passes. For the third game in a row, the Chiefs offense scored an early TD, only to go an extended stretch without so much as sniffing the end zone again. Telling series? The Chiefs get a turnover and start a drive inside the Denver 10 yard line and come away with FG.

The offense is a steaming pile of canine feces right now. And the sad part is, they keep talking about fixing it. Let's face it, the offense is what it is. We're 12 games in. The offense simply won't look like the 2018 or 2019 version for more than a game here or there this year. It's broken and won't get fixed this season.
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Finally someone who tells it like it is.
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The Chiefs don't run plays for him to get him open. At 6'3" and 225 pounds, Gordon's potential as a threat would be best exploited in slants where he can catch balls in space and gain YAC, plus go routes where he can elevate and "out-physical" the DB to catch balls up high. Have the Chiefs called even one play for him like either of those?
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If those aren't dropped and his stat line was 24-32, 270 2 TD's total are you still freaking out?
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Hill is being misused because when Mahomes throws to him, it's not in any catch and run situations anymore. Kelce is running the routes that should result in chunk yardage, but more often than not, the Chiefs aren't getting those chunk yards because Kelce's hands are unreliable. And you watch the guy's body language, it almost looks like he doesn't really care.

Pringle dropping the ball twice, let alone once last night was surprising. He has been so reliable in whatever role he's asked to play that I have to think last night was an anomoly. On one of the two drops, he just looked like he failed to secure the ball first before running.

Side note: what is it about the Chiefs running backwards after catching the ball? DeMarcus Robinson does it every single time he catches it. Tyreke does it a lot. Thornhill on the INT last night too. I swear, just go forward when you catch the ball. Stop trying to find extra yardage by running backwards. It's almost never there.
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Need to hire Cliff Branch and Fred Bilitnikoff as receivers coaches
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There was a conversation last week about the Chiefs defense being 'soft' until Ingram arrived. I dunno how much merit it had - but it was an interesting discussion.

But now I'm wondering if maybe the drops aren't a result of the offense being a tick on the soft side. They're getting punched in the mouth - a LOT. Kelce's getting hit hard out there and Hill's just getting a lot of volume and taking a lot of contact in his own right. Pringle has never been asked to do this much, nor has Hardman.

Some of these drops (most of them, really) are 'focus' drops where they just don't complete the catch before they start trying to move with the ball. Could it be a 'footsteps' problem? Is Kelce just getting a little tired of getting hit? Sure looked like his drop last night had a lot to do with trying to avoid contact as he was catching it. Hill seems to be trying to be looking to get into space as he secures the ball to avoid a blow as well. And I'm pretty positive that Pringles drop was because he was sensing a hit coming.

Are some of these pass catchers just tired of getting whacked around a bit and it's impacting their focus at the catch point?
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Yeah Hill isn't used to having on top of him literally every time he catches the ball so he's anticipating it and losing focus. Kelce has less space too. Used to be he would catch the ball, do the 1 juke he ALWAYS does that somehow still works 100% of the time and get a few yards upfield. Now there's two line backers waiting to hit him soon as he gets the ball.

We desperately need to take some of the pressure off of them somehow.
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I can agree with that. They don't run enough slants in general. I'd like to see lob passes to Gordon in the red zone but they don't trust him enough.
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Run the ball, tighter formations and bunch WR's. Scheme guys open fast.

We are doing it better now but it seems we have about half a game worth of these plays.

Or, if we want to keep our spread look send everyone vertical except the RB and have them clear it out and dump it fast. You can run this multiple times from slightly different looks and formations.
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Thank you.

Finally someone who admits that Mahomes shares the blame.

I have no problem saying other people are to blame as well. But acting like Mahomes is above it because our heads are up his ass is just disingenuous and wrong.

He's a problem.
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We are in the bottom half of the league in rushing attempts. We need to run the ball more when it's working. Passing last night was not working and running was but we continue to stop running. It's stupid.
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