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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
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Stand by whatever you'd like but he took 4 deep shots in a game the Chiefs trailed for maybe 3 minutes last week, including one when they were up by a score to effectively ice the game.
Last week They were down a field goal two possessions into the 3rd quarter when he uncorked it to Hill last week. They were sitting on 1st down with a whole quarter of football ahead of him on the throw to Hunt. He hit Conley on that beauty along the sideline when they were up a score to set up Hunt's last rushing TD; effectively a nail in the coffin.
Virtually all his deep work has been done with the game within a single score one direction or another. Now you can try to argue that you haven't seen enough to change your mind but you absolutely do not have any grounds to argue that anything you have seen this year supports your position.
Based on what we've actually seen - you're simply wrong. What you're demonstrating here is little more than confirmation bias. There are arguments to make against Smith's 'renaissance' but you're not presently making one that stands up to even the smallest amount of scrutiny.
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Tell me if you've seen this movie before. Plays a solid first drive where we move all over the defense. Maybe a second drive. 2nd and third quarter we look like shit. 4th quarter or late when it feels like a must score possession, we suddenly unstick ourselves.
It's not conformation bias. It's consistency. Watch how Alex attacks the 4q. On every single play of the last 3 drives that ball is out of his hand immediately. Maybe this year he's sprinkling a deep throw here and there. But in that middle part of the game you see lots of pump fakes and third down coverage sacks. Two games in a row we hit a huge middle of the game rut. In both games our offense responded only after we hit a point where we were nervous the defense might let it slip away.
I have complimented Alex when he plays aggressive all game long. Yesterday was game managed. So was new england.