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Originally Posted by smithandrew051
That’s not even close to true.
He found Hill and Hunt both wide open on what should have been touchdown passes. He just overshot both. It was nothing your defense did.
Plus, the Patriots had 0 sacks and only 3 hits. Mahomes had all day.
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He was pressured 17 times (35% of his snaps.)
Here is a breakdown of his performance under pressure that week:
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The Patriots mixed things up in the front seven to confuse Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and for the most part were successful with the strategy.
Mahomes was pressured on 35.1 percent of his dropbacks, which is solid, but it was his performance under pressure that might have won the Patriots the game.
The Pats were able to throw a few disguised blitzes at the young Mahomes, and as he did in weeks before, he failed to reset the protection or recognize where the rush was coming from, and it forced some errant throws and short completions.
Here’s a good example. The Patriots walk six defenders up to the line of scrimmage that appear to be blitzing on the play. However, three of those defenders end up showing blitz before retreating into coverage, making this a three-man rush. Mahomes is fooled by the disguise and doesn’t slide the protection to account for Trey Flowers on the backside who, as a result, gets a free run at the quarterback. Mahomes thought he needed extra blockers in the middle of the line to block the blitzers, but the Patriots fool him here, and the edge force from both directions ends up forcing Mahomes to get rid of the football for a short gain to Tyreek Hill.
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