Originally Posted by Holden89:
Well, I see your point. Though, they run more of a base 3-4 with a lot of zone blitzes than consistent Cover 2 zone.
Watching some highlights of you guys. Mahomes is somethin' else
Yeah, numbers-wise we're not great at covering TE's, but that's kind of the nature of our scheme. Don't allow anything big out wide and force the offense to keep dumping it to HB's out of the backfield or TE's over the middle for modest gains.
The difference is that our TE doesn’t do just modest gains. He averages 13 yards per reception and had 18 catches of 20+ yards. Against a bad defense against TEs that will likely be even more pronounced. The real question will be do the Colts continue to deal with those plays or get impatient and send more help to cover Kelce and leaving the big plays open for Hill. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Reerun_KC:
And what about the other two best downs from the colts?
Meh. Those were playoff losses. Playoff losses happen. 1995 and 2014 were not playoff losses. They were the football gods sadistically torturing us. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
Meh. Those were playoff losses. Playoff losses happen. 1995 and 2014 were not playoff losses. They were the football gods sadistically torturing us.
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
You've never seen speed the likes of Tyreek Hill or the acrobatic-ness of Mahomes outside the pocket. This will not be a game of Alex Smith checkdowns.
The best that Colts fans can muster is watching a dozen years of Peyton Manning. They have no idea what they're about to see from Patrick Mahomes II. Their entire view of reality is about to be rocked to their foundations. This is going to be the equivalent of driving in rural Indiana and suddenly encountering a gigantic starship from an inconceivably advanced interstellar civilization. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BIG K:
Great question Red! I haven’t heard anything about Watkins playing next week. Given the Chiefs history in the playoffs, I don’t want anyone resting next week. This, given their history in the playoffs, is their SuperBowl.
They should not be “saving” anyone for the next week......
I think he was just assuming that Sammy would start... [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
The best that Colts fans can muster is watching a dozen years of Peyton Manning. They have no idea what they're about to see from Patrick Mahomes II. Their entire view of reality is about to be rocked to their foundations. This is going to be the equivalent of driving in rural Indiana and suddenly encountering a gigantic starship from an inconceivably advanced interstellar civilization.
This is very true. Manning was great but he was still mostly a conventional QB. He couldn’t scramble and create something from nothing. So when he came up against a superior d-line or a great scheme he would struggle at times. Probably why his playoff stats aren’t the greatest.
Mahomes is a whole different animal. You basically have to beat him in your pass coverage twice on the entire field on every single pass play as opposed to just once for most QBs. You can do everything right for 5 seconds, think the whole field is covered, and focus on the half or one area of field he is scrambling towards, but then realize Mahomes makes a throw you couldn’t even conceive as possible, much less something to worry about, which turns into a big play. [Reply]