The points are irrelevant for this discussion.
"The points are irrelevant" might be one of the more moronic takes I've ever seen on here. That would be sig-worthy if I didn't like you more than ViperGTS. The points are never irrelevant. They directly determine whether the game is a win or a loss.
Mahomes didn't figure anything out in the second half. You had a brainfart from JMac, that blown Harmon coverage, the Brady fumble and a ST return to the goal line account for 21-24 points. That has nothing to do with Kansas figuring anything out or with schematic changes.
They simply made the plays they didn't in the first half.
Sure he did. Even if you take away the short TD because of the 97 yard return, you still need to account for 24 points in the second half. You don't have that kind of output unless you're more comfortable in the pocket and that comfort naturally comes with being able to better diagnose what NE was throwing at him pre-snap.
That said, I do love that you're defending the unit while citing that they blew coverages left and right in the second half for two scores. You should tell you all you need to know about how that unit performed in that half.
I answered this question on the first page of this thread. The defense played overall MEH. As did the offense.
This doesn't logically compute and smacks of bias. You can't excuse the defense, as you're doing, then try to deride the offense. Basically, you're faulting the offense for not playing a perfect game which is ridiculous.
- 43 points scored.
- 500 yards of total offense.
- 36:09 TOP (advantage of 12:58 - nearly an entire quarter).
- 31 first downs.
- 7 of 13 on third down against statistically the best 3rd down defense in the league.
- 0 punts.
And yet, it almost wasn't enough because the defense wet themselves in the second half and particularly late in the game when they were handed the keys with a lead and proceeded to get burned for a 75 yard score on the one guy that they absolutely had to pay attention to and keep contained.
I don’t agree we couldn’t stop Mahomes. There was 2 huge plays where KVN basically played out of character and tentatively. We could argue on talent there..
Then you had the 2 blown coverages. Poor job of coaching and doing much of anything to slow Hill. Nothing Mahomes did special.
I thought he looked more comfortable in the pocket because he was better able to diagnose the blitz and our disguises.
This isn’t directed at me but I think the offense and defense played pretty comparibly inconsistent. If not for the Brady fumble then the O would get the edge.
The offense scored 43 points. If that's inconsistent then I hope they're inconsistent every week. They'll need to be if the defense that showed up in the second half continues to play like that.
Defense set up a score and got also gave up 7 weak points after the KO return and that’s ignoring the short field on the fumble.
I'll excuse the TD after the kick return but they still had the ability to hold KC to a FG after the fumble and gave up 7 instead.
