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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
We short-circuited Tom Brady about 4 years ago in that Arrowhead game (a Monday nighter?) where Clay declared the death of TB12. And that was almost exclusively by dropped a zillion guys into coverage, forcing him to work underneath and just biding our time. He simply wasn't prepared for it and it rattled him.
I could see the same thing happening to Mahomes, especially with as aggressive as he is. You take away the downfield pass and stop worrying about the rush - he might go on the fritz for a game or two trying to recalibrate to that.
Then again, he might not. He might just hit dig/crossing routes all day and laaaaaugh and laaaaugh and laugh his way to a 90% completion percentage and 3 scores without getting his jersey dirty.
Someone might rattle him for a bit...but it'll be a blip. And there's a chance that it doesn't rattle him at all.
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That's the thing, at some point he's gonna need to just go full Alex Smith and take the check downs and such for a while to keep teams honest.
It's not bad to take those little throws to Hunt and Hill and such. Let them take those screens and 5 yard hitches and run.