"Run the ****ing play."
These were the words mouthed by Patrick Mahomes coming off the field after one of the several butt-munch plays the Chiefs ran today. We could blame the receivers yet again, and I do believe our receivers are still not getting the job done.
I also do believe that the receivers not getting the job done is resulting in something very, very concerning for this Chiefs team.
It is making it so Patrick Mahomes is simply not running the ****ing play.
And sorry, but much of that is on Patrick Mahomes.
I never watch any of the pre-, mid-, or post-game commentary, but for some reason the television was still on after the game and with all the milling around here on Christmas day I happened to catch Phil Simms' remarks. And I think he said something very profound about the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes.
He said Mahomes needs to stop being so gun-shy and, yes,
Run the ****ing play.
Of course Phil didn't include the colorful epithet, but he said as much.
He said Patrick absolutely cannot worry about whether or not a receiver is going to do one thing or another -- he just needs to run the play. He simply cannot try to control everything and if a receiver doesn't do his job that's on him and the coaches.
How many times did we watch Mahomes run around like a crazed banshee back there and ::ERRRGCK:: not throw the ball. When they showed replays of receivers downfield during the time Mahomes had opportunities to throw the ball, I hate to say it but it did look like they were open enough for him to get that football to them.
Let's just face it. This was an ugly bastard, mostly for Patrick Mahomes.
This is a decent Chiefs football team. It is very tempting to say things like, "This is simply not a Super Bowl football team." I confess I do that all the time when I see Chiefs efforts like today. But you know?
We can blame Brett Veach all we want about not getting someone like DeAndre Hopkins when we could, but Mahomes needs to get the ball to the guys he has and not worry about what they do.
We can blame Andy Reid and Matt Nagy all we want about not running plays that will succeed, but the players need to perform -- remember today we lost 20-14 in a game where 14 of those points were from two single defensive plays where Mahomes really ****ed up.
We definitely cannot blame our defense who is carrying this team right now, and our leadership has got to help keep them from being discouraged for working their asses off only to see us go 3-5 over the last eight games, because our offensive players including, sadly, Patrick Mahomes, are not doing their jobs. I mean get this, I'm pretty sure their quarterback did not complete a single pass in the entire second half. I mean, that's shameful, it is truly shameful we could not pull this one out.
Two guys who stepped up were guys I've been screaming for them to play more: Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Richie James. Sure enough those two guys did ball-out. And yes, it was me, sorry, I called it. I believe these guys can contribute way more than people think they can.
As far as where we're at right now, we're likely to make the playoffs and even win the division. The only way we can lose it is if the Raiders or Broncos win their last two games and we lose our last two.
That latter thing? I wouldn't put it past them if this actually pretty talented team doesn't get it together and start playing like they mean it. And yeah, sorry, but it requires -- it is hard to say thing because we've been so spoiled to have a guy like this play at a phenomenal level just about every single game -- but it requires Patrick Mahomes himself to, yes... just plain --
Run --- the --- ****ing --- play.
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