matthewschiefs
01-21-2019, 02:24 AM
At the start of the year, I don't think that anyone on here had us in the AFC championship game and OT of the AFC championship game at that. It had the horrible ending that we are all used to but it was an amazing year.
The offense was just simply amazing. Mahomes past anyone's test in his first year starting. He is the MVP and he earned every bit of it. I think if I told anyone that he would throw 30tds and the Chiefs would go 9-7 back in July we would all have signed up for that in a heartbeat. And he did far more than that. Ended the home playoff drought again I think that we would have all signed up for that in July. This isn't the same old Chiefs. This team grew with a young FRANCHISE level QB. And like I have said a few times throughout the year he's going to get better. He has the work ethic and desire he's going to grow and we are going to see an even better Mahomes next season. I don't know if he can throw 50tds all year. But we are going to see a better Patrick Mahomes next year and that's reason to believe this is going to be perhaps the best string of football that we have seen from this team.
Where the offense needs to get better is O line. Mahomes had to run for his life way to much this year. Sure some of those highlights plays that amazed us all came from that. But we just can't have him running for his life as much every year. Sooner or later that's going to catch up with him. They don't need a complete overhaul but they do need some touch ups for sure.
The defense. I have very little good to say about them. The level of play that we saw from them was unacceptable. I did not understand why they brought Bob Sutton back after last year and I am even more upset that Reid chose to now. Or didn't fire him during the year. It clearly needed to be done. The players have to accept a good portion of the blame but Bob Sutton is their leader. He is the one that is supposed to get the guys to learn from their mistakes and I just didn't see that at all.
Where the D can improve is hard to say. I continue to maintain that the players based on the gameplan were not put in the best position to succeed as a unit. I think the area in the most need is the secondary or the LBS. But for this defense to get better they have to make a move at the DC spot. We just can't bring Sutton back. He just isn't going to get the job done.
Coaching This might just be the feelings coming soon after the AFC title game loss. But if I were to give them a grade it would be a B. Nothing more. And that's just not because of Bob Sutton. I saw these guys make the same mistakes OVER AND OVER again. They would get called for the same type of penalties OVER and OVER again. This means the coaches failed to stress these points enough that the players got the message. This team fell in the AFC title game at home and having more weapons than the Patriots. I was saying last year the Chiefs should move on from Andy Reid and the latest postseason failure leaves me in the same spot. I just can't say that I trust he's going to learn from this. 21 years of failure hasn't taught him why would this one. But lets face it he'll be back. So it is what it is.
Overall there's a lot to be proud of this year. We achieved more then what many thought we would this season. We have confirmed that Mahomes is going to be a QB that other teams are going to have to deal with for a long time. But I'm left with an empty feeling. I know the Chiefs should have won that AFC title game. I shouldn't be typing this we should be talking about the Chiefs finally making the Super Bowl. But I'll say this. Mahome just about overcame what held us back in his 1st year. He was so freaking close. A better Patrick Mahomes will make this team a super bowl contender. This team is going to be around for a while. I am just sick of the endings we have become all to use to.
The offense was just simply amazing. Mahomes past anyone's test in his first year starting. He is the MVP and he earned every bit of it. I think if I told anyone that he would throw 30tds and the Chiefs would go 9-7 back in July we would all have signed up for that in a heartbeat. And he did far more than that. Ended the home playoff drought again I think that we would have all signed up for that in July. This isn't the same old Chiefs. This team grew with a young FRANCHISE level QB. And like I have said a few times throughout the year he's going to get better. He has the work ethic and desire he's going to grow and we are going to see an even better Mahomes next season. I don't know if he can throw 50tds all year. But we are going to see a better Patrick Mahomes next year and that's reason to believe this is going to be perhaps the best string of football that we have seen from this team.
Where the offense needs to get better is O line. Mahomes had to run for his life way to much this year. Sure some of those highlights plays that amazed us all came from that. But we just can't have him running for his life as much every year. Sooner or later that's going to catch up with him. They don't need a complete overhaul but they do need some touch ups for sure.
The defense. I have very little good to say about them. The level of play that we saw from them was unacceptable. I did not understand why they brought Bob Sutton back after last year and I am even more upset that Reid chose to now. Or didn't fire him during the year. It clearly needed to be done. The players have to accept a good portion of the blame but Bob Sutton is their leader. He is the one that is supposed to get the guys to learn from their mistakes and I just didn't see that at all.
Where the D can improve is hard to say. I continue to maintain that the players based on the gameplan were not put in the best position to succeed as a unit. I think the area in the most need is the secondary or the LBS. But for this defense to get better they have to make a move at the DC spot. We just can't bring Sutton back. He just isn't going to get the job done.
Coaching This might just be the feelings coming soon after the AFC title game loss. But if I were to give them a grade it would be a B. Nothing more. And that's just not because of Bob Sutton. I saw these guys make the same mistakes OVER AND OVER again. They would get called for the same type of penalties OVER and OVER again. This means the coaches failed to stress these points enough that the players got the message. This team fell in the AFC title game at home and having more weapons than the Patriots. I was saying last year the Chiefs should move on from Andy Reid and the latest postseason failure leaves me in the same spot. I just can't say that I trust he's going to learn from this. 21 years of failure hasn't taught him why would this one. But lets face it he'll be back. So it is what it is.
Overall there's a lot to be proud of this year. We achieved more then what many thought we would this season. We have confirmed that Mahomes is going to be a QB that other teams are going to have to deal with for a long time. But I'm left with an empty feeling. I know the Chiefs should have won that AFC title game. I shouldn't be typing this we should be talking about the Chiefs finally making the Super Bowl. But I'll say this. Mahome just about overcame what held us back in his 1st year. He was so freaking close. A better Patrick Mahomes will make this team a super bowl contender. This team is going to be around for a while. I am just sick of the endings we have become all to use to.