jfish26 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 1:24 pm
RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 1:15 pm
Now let's do Mahomes!
Worst combined first 3 games to start a season of his career?
What excuse/s do you guys have for him?
Age? Taylor Swift? Lazy? Lost competitive fire? Didn't go to Missouri? His wife is sleeping with his undrafted RB?
Not all explanations are
excuses.
I don't know how to explain Pat's start, except that (1) for whatever it's worth, his TD/INT since Bienemy left (LOTS of confounding factors here) is like 30/18, (2) the pass protection has been iffy, (3) the readiest addition to the WR room hasn't played and the next-readiest clearly doesn't (yet?) have chemistry with Pat and (4) for whatever reason, Kelce hasn't (yet?) shredded the middle of the field as he's historically done.
I, personally, would look to those sorts of things MUCH more quickly than I'd look to anything off the field.
All are valid explanations/excuses.
I am not making explanations/excuses for Kelce yet.
Mahomes says.....“I mean it’s crazy because teams still… the respect factor they have for Travis is just unreal,” Mahomes said, via Sports Illustrated. “It’s well-deserved but we’re calling a lot of plays for Travis and it’s like two or three people are going to him. He understands. I think that’s the great thing about him is he wants to make an impact in the game but he wants to win at the end of the day. I’m going to try to do my best to keep feeding him the ball whenever he’s there, whenever he’s open.“
“I think the more Rashee makes plays, the more we’re able to run the football, the more we can get (Xavier) Worthy involved, I think that’s going to open Travis up more,” Mahomes said. “People are really emphasizing trying to take him away, and it’s getting other guys open.”
Reid says.....“[Other teams] have some things that they were attempting there,” Reid said, via Arrowhead Pride. “He’ll get his catches. It’s not that he’s slowing down or any of that bit; that’s not what the deal is.”
“It’s just [that] teams focus on him — and kind of know he’s been Pat’s go-to guy,” Reid said. “What it’s done, though, is it’s allowed us to utilize the other guys around them — and they’ve been productive.”
Nagy says....
“Travis has been really good,” Nagy said. “I know: you look at the targets. You look at the numbers. You look at all that stuff with Travis. He knows who he is, We know who he is. When you have that, it’s important to know that — and it’s just a matter of time.”
Kelce says....
“If you want to catch the football, (1) it has to be the right play, (2) it has to be the right coverage, and (3) it has to be everybody doing their job up front and on the back end in terms of running their routes. … For whatever reason, for these past two games, it hasn’t gone that way for me. That’s football,” Kelce said.
