10-22-2018, 01:51 PM
(10-22-2018, 11:13 AM)thillan Wrote: True, though he hasn't really done much in the postseason either.
I lived near the KC area, and how many fans thought of their team was pretty much the same as we think of ours. Can be competitive but gets beat by better teams when it counts, loses in 1st round of playoffs even when they are a better team, and don't seem to be able to string together a dominate season.
How a young QB changes things.
I guess we have to keep waiting until the league "figures Mahomes out." Only way that happens is if you put a horrible O-line and bad talent around him.
Yeah KC fans may feel that way, but that doesn't change reality. Andy Reid has 11 playoff wins and a Super Bowl appearance. His regular season win percentage (.609) is also significantly higher than Marvin's (.528) and Reid has always been a QB guru. Plus he doesn't have the prime-time or division rival issues that Marvin has. He'd be a massive upgrade to Marvin Lewis.
Mahomes wouldn't be as successful under the defensive minded Marvin Lewis. I'm not sure why people woefully underestimate the impact of the Head Coach, but you need look no further than Jared Goff and Nick Foles under Jeff Fisher. Or Alex Smith under Mike Singletary. Or Trubisky under John Fox. Etc etc etc.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
