Andy Reid and Mahomes collectively choked together. They didn’t run the ball nearly enough in the second half when they were gashing them and Reid’s had trouble with this his entire career. Mahomes had all day to throw on his last two red zone snaps of regulation and didn’t let the ball fly on either, taking -22 yards in sacks. Not taking the field goal before the end of the half and running a long developing play instead was also awful.
Mahomes probably had the worst 31 minutes of game time (last two plays of first half, second half, OT) in his entire career - not just extremely poor execution, but mind-bogglingly poor decision making. He was incredibly bad, and that is to me not open to debate. Whether you want to call that "choking" or not is another matter; IMO you only deserve that label after repeated failures at crunch time, and that has been far from the case in his career.
Last year in the SB, I thought Mahomes played great and the rest of the team let him down. Mahomes started out on fire, but did not play great in that game yesterday, particularly as pointed out, the last 31 minutes.
It was as if it was the first half of the season all over again for Mahomes in the second half. He looked for the big play, took coverage sacks, got intercepted twice, and was lucky to not lose a fumble before the game tying FG was kicked.
Yes. I don't want to discredit the Bengals, or take anything away from them, but the Chiefs completely choked. They melted down. Fell apart. Collapsed. However you want to say it. Kick the Field Goal and head into the locker room up 24-10, this thing is likely over. 5 seconds left, I don't blame Reid for the play call. That is enough time to see if a slant is open, and if not, throw it away to kick the field goal. That was on Mahomes. That got in Mahomes' head and he was dreadful in the 2nd half. I can't blame the Chiefs defense because they allowed 14 points in the 2nd half. Not great, but certainly not terrible when you are used to having the best offense in the NFL on the other side. The Chiefs scored 3 points the entire half and nearly did not get that when Mahomes fumbled in one of the worst plays I have seen from him in his career. Then in OT he looked completely off and eventually threw an interception. Again, the Bengals deserve some credit, they clearly made adjustments but it was definitely brutal on Mahomes' part. Honestly unacceptable. Reid needed to make adjustments though. If your QB is off, you need to help him and I don't think he did. Overall, it was a shocking and intense game to watch!
Mahomes is about to start choking on a regular basis in the playoffs. That's what happens when your contract starts depriving you of the star teammates you used to share a locker room with. Russell Wilson is one of the best QB's around. He is also 3-5 in the playoffs and 0-7 in bringing a second trophy to Seattle since his big contract kicked in. A state of events that everybody else is blaming Pete Carroll for but you know Wilson knows the truth down deep - hence his hesitation to demand out. The contract is going to follow him and do the same thing at the next stop unless he gets very lucky.
How rich do they need to be? Be SUPER rich or keep the contract down (or with added bonuses if the NFL do such things for success) and then you also get to say hey I won two or three superbowls etc. What was Mahomes contract worth 450m lol like you ever need that much fucking money?
