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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
McNabb 'turned to complete shit' because he was in Washington where everything turned to complete shit and he was ancient.
McNabb's sandlot football went to 4 AFC championship games while Alex Smith can't beat a team that scores zero touchdowns at home. I'll take McNabb over Smith every time and at this point, frustrations aside, I believe Reid would as well.
There's no way he's not !@#$ing tired of this. For all you say about him being older and not wanting to deal with the headache, the guy KNOWS his place in the NFL pantheon of all-time coaches depends on a Super Bowl. If he wins a championship, he becomes a top 10 guy in the eyes of many. He probably goes to the HOF.
He'll have the W%, raw victories and championship he needs to be in the conversation with all but maybe 2-3 guys in NFL history. He NEEDS this championship to have a legacy that matters. He knows it.
He's not going to ride or die with this chickenshit forever. If Mahomes gets to 16, he's a Chief.
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McNabb was solid. And I agree they passed downfield way more than we do... but part of that is just the QB. But Reid's offense has always been Reid's offense.
In this 2004 season everyone keeps discussing, they did have Terrell Owens and threw downfield as much as Reid ever has. They also targeted the running backs
148 times that year. By my rough count... the next year with TO they targeted the RBs
157 times. The first year without TO, they attempted
161 passes to the RBs.
Last year, the Chiefs targeted the RBs about 90 times. Now we've replaced some of those attempts by funneling them to Tyreek... but the basic idea is the same. Tons of short passes and getting guys in space.