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The scary thing is they aren't even doing anything special. Just basic runs up the middle, crossing routes, and WR screens. Mahomes hasn't needed to create any magic. So basic, almost boring, and it's dominating the opponent.

Wtf why would you all out blitz Mahomes on 3rd down...

I jinxed him. You're welcome everyone.

@Buffalo716 Rice already at 113 yards with 20 minutes left in the game... Will almost certainly be averaging over 100 YPG by the time this game is over. He is not Justin Jefferson but he is closer to that leve than he is to Khalil Shakir.

Really hard to make a living in the modern NFL with a completely immobile QB.

Atlanta is getting destroyed up front on this drive

He didn't look particularly special in week 1 either. He looked like a guy that ran the fastest 40 time in combine history.

I didn't see the play in question so I can't comment on it. A lot of the supposed holds from last week's Chiefs game were not in fact holds though. I don't need to scold anyone. It's how the rule is written.

His arm was hit, but even as he went to throw it you could tell he knew it was a bad idea and he led his arm right into the defender. He was flinching as he finished his throwing motion.

That has nothing to do with Kirk getting hit as he throws. That is just an awful decision and a weak throw.

Another pass that Mahomes is off on. Rough start to the season by his standards. Not that it will ultimately matter, I've learned my lesson, but it's notable.

If that's your strict definition of #1 WR then that explains this entire conversation.

He's pacing for 1,479 yards over his last 8 games... That's not a hot start, that's a trend. He meets all the qualities of a true #1. He's clearly his team's go-to WR, he gets a lot of targets, he's pacing for top tier production, and he can win from all spots in the formation and at every level of the field. I don't really know what the opposing argument is here.

Andy Reid is notorious for having his WRs under produce if anything. Once had an entire season with the Chiefs where the WRs scored 0 TDs. Tyreek Hill became even more productive when he went to Miami. I don't know why Bills fans want to downplay Rashee Rice's abilities. The guy is a scumbag and also an extremely talented WR that would be a #1 caliber guy anywhere he went.

Which Andy Reid receiver was getting 1,500 yards without being a true #1? Or even over 1,000 for that matter. I mean we can all agree 1,000 yards in a season is the bare minimum expectation for a true #1 WR.

I will never understand how the Chiefs regularly get pass catchers that are literally alone on the screen when the ball gets to them. Especially their TEs. Stop me if you've heard this one before - it's very impressive and very annoying.

Their offense runs through the IOL. It's very impressive and very annoying.

I don't know how many WRs I'd classify as true #1s. It is definitely more than 10. A WR pacing for 1,500 yards is pretty clearly a true #1, it's not debatable. Targets are earned, not handed out. Rice earns his targets. He's a volume pass catcher. Because he's a true #1.

Man it feels like London could have easily gotten to that one. Plenty of air under it, he just lost the trajectory of the ball.

I didn't call him a top 10 guy but there is definitely a big difference between him and Shakir, namely that Rice can actually play outside. He's pacing for almost 1,500 yards in a season since he broke out last year, whereas Shakir is pacing for like 900 yards. They're in different stratospheres.

Really annoying that the Chiefs found a true #1 WR in the draft one year after trading Hill.

Why are you overloading Mahomes from one side and leaving the entire other side of the field wide open for him to roll out? I swear some of these DCs don't actually watch him play when they draw up their gameplans.

Chiefs run game definitely doesn't pop as much with Pacheco out of the game

Mahomes is kind of playing like ass so far this year

The little sisters of the poor could run the ball against the Cowboys