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It certainly forced McD to look at the team under a microscope. He spoke about how he was sitting at home with the wife, getting antsy, and she told him to go ahead and go in, “go watch film.” Maybe Rapp is still starting if they had beaten the Falcons. Maybe he doesn’t assume a larger defensive role. Hard to say.

15 QB hits, that’s insane. We’ve never rattled Patty like that.

One difference I did notice this game versus the others was that he hung in the pocket longer. The trust in the blocking seemed to be back and he was awarded with that patience with multiple receivers (usually TEs) uncovering down the field.

Playing speed may be faster than Worthy

With Hoecht, this defense sacked Carolina 7 times and pressured Mahomes far more than they ever had in any of the matchups. They whipped that KC OL all game. He’s a big loss, the drop off to Solomon was noticeable. I don’t know what you do, but without him the pressure won’t be the same. At least Hairston and Bishop are showing well on the backend. Any defensive package that has White, Lewis, or Ingram on the field over our first round pick needs to be rethought.

Looks like he thought a screen was coming because he had easy access to Mahomes. Yeah, he should’ve kept running, would’ve disrupted the play at the very least.

I’ve noticed Bernard on more than a few occasions and not for good reasons. He always seems to be giving up big plays that he never had before. He was supposed to be an instinctual coverage LBer, but he’s had poor awareness in space this year.

The injury happened AFTER that stupid defensive timeout on 4th and 17, didn’t it? Talk about a chain of events. They need to get Landon Jackson up to speed.

Did the Hoecht injury happen after the defensive timeout?

First downs given up after defensive timeouts should be tracked. It doesn’t work with McD yet he continuously does it. Infuriating.

Too many times to the Shakir well

Sparingly it seems

KC gets away with obvious holds, meanwhile we’re continuously flagged for ticky tack or non penalties. It’s wild. Need some of these flags to go against KC.

Cam Lewis has to play nickel because… not our first round speedy CB, don’t want him covering a WR in nickel.

Stop with the zone, these players aren’t instinctual enough to run it

Nice 3 and out

Wish we could do something like that on short yardage, but Brady seems to overthink it.

Who’s correct?

The short yardage play calls SUCK

Yuck. Cam Lewis is going to get abused.

Maye hangs in the pocket almost to a fault. He takes quite a few sacks.

Teen Higgins with the contested catch of the season

Guy can’t catch a break. Chargers tackle situation has been a nightmare this year, starting with Rashawn Slater’s serious injury.

Maye having very little trouble moving the ball though the air against the #1 pass defense. Their skill positions aren’t exceptional, but they don’t need to swing a trade for an AJ Brown type IMO. He’d be nice to have, but it’s not like they’re struggling to pass.

Pats at Colts in the AFCCG? Must be the 2010s.