MahomestoKelce
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No team has really been able to cover Kelce. It's either scheming and/or great player execution. Belichick is the one coach who has been able to succeed at limiting him.The problem with your O is that if Kelce isn’t wide open, Mahomes tends to hold the ball and play sandlot football in the offensive backfield. Your WR corps, sans Kelce, really isn’t great. If the Eagles flood the middle hook and dedicate their game plan to taking out Kelce, nobody else on your offense is going to kill them and Mahomes is going to get beat up. The Eagles’ OL is also excellent and just dominated the LoS against a much better 49ers front yesterday. The only way I see the Eagles losing the game is it Hurts just absolutely chokes the game away.
Hard to compare games. However, the bolded is exactly what happened three years ago. SF had the advantage in most areas. However, it mattered not because KC had the advantage where it mattered most. I acknowledge that Hurts is better than 2019 Jimmy G.
I don't know about the Eagles cornerbacks and safeties though. Do you know how good they are? I legitimately have not paid close attention to those positions. It's the DL, WR's, and OL that gets most attention.
I assume two weeks will be enough for Mahomes to be fully healthy. Eagles have a guy in his second year coaching. Reid has been a HC 24 years. How will that play out?
I at least hope it is a close game. I keep hanging my hat on having Mahomes & Reid. And can Hurts make the big plays?