Wild Card Weekend Discussion [Split Thread]

[Arky]

Those Mahomes scrambles were just killer for the Titans yesterday just like they were against the Texans. No one expects him to run so, when a play breaks down, there are good chunks to be had.

I'll be rooting for the Niners as I find it hard to pull for Kelce/Hill and company....

[barrett]

Mahomes passing and the design of the offense eat up zone coverage. Teams end up playing lots of man with deep safeties to take away the most dangerous options. But that turns into Mahomes casually running down the field while the defense’s heads are still turned. There’s no real way to stop them, so you have to score and keep them off the field while scoring. I think they sometimes press when they don’t see the ball for a long stretch.

[HPF Bob]

I thought it was bad awareness. There's what, 11 seconds or so left in the first half and Mahomes heads for the sidelines. They hope he'll run out of bounds and, instead of making sure he does, they allow him to scamper down the sidelines. Then a safety comes up with time clearly almost out for the half..no time for another play...and the safety goes for the strip instead of keeping Mahomes out of the end zone. Dumb, dumb dumb. Just put the QB on the turf and the half is over. Poor awareness. That play right there doomed Tennessee.