SirAndrew

That was a great video. Kincaid basically needed to make the catch like a baseball outfielder. Instead he poorly tracked the ball, ran incredibly slow (as usual), and made the catch much more difficult than it needed to be. It would have been a very tough catch, but I think he made it that way.

I agree, but I also can’t see the Chiefs running countless failed tush pushes, or horribly designed short yardage attempts. That’s on coaching. They also wouldn’t take James Cook out of the game on the final series.

I don’t disagree, but the best roster on paper doesn’t always win. There’s no reason KC definitely should beat us. They have better defensive talent, but they didn’t exactly shut us down either. These playoff loses to KC are being decided by just a few points. Dan Campbell and the Lions were completely overmatched, but we keep coming close. I blame the close loses on several key coaching decisions that we always seem to botch in the playoffs.

Football teams are typically an image of their coach. People act like I’m crazy when I say this, but McDermott looks nervous in the playoffs on the sideline. He’s not a calming influence, and I think it rubs off on players. We make fun of Mike McDaniels’ halftime interviews, but McD looked and sounded like a nervous mess during the halftime interview. As far as fear of the drought era, these fans are acting like someone in a bum marriage. You don’t stay in it because “you can’t do better”.

I agree, but something tells me the flag on the field that was picked up would have gone against us had Kincaid caught the pass.

I have a major issue with the fact that Elam was a first round draft pick who was never trusted to be on the field from the start. That rarely happens with a first round corner. Yet this regime allowed him to be one injury away from playing in a conference championship game. It doesn’t make sense to me.

“Everyone Eats” remember? I agree, we do need a number one pass catcher, but I think these inspirational “culture” mantras have become a toxic excuse for Beane’s failure to draft decent players.

Since the first time I saw him rookie season he didn’t look like a first round pick, even when he played decently. I watched him a bit in college as well, and he looked great. During his rookie NFL season he looked like a guy who falls to the ground at the first sign of contact, and had zero run after catch ability.

Exactly my point

Yeah the QB sneak was the difference in the game in my opinion. You can always look at a million things, but our inability to execute a simple play is why we lost.

I don’t know why people assume a small fast receiver is a gadget guy. That’s a common skill set in today’s league. The slow receiver who makes contested catches is an outdated concept.

No, Marino played in a Super Bowl. It could be an even more disappointing story.

Dude I agree, everyone keeps writing in depth analysis about this game, but it’s the only thing I can think about as well. If he could have managed that, we probably win.

Does anyone else notice that McD looks very nervous and lacking in confidence on the sideline in big games? That demeanor is infectious, and for a guy who prides himself on the impact of culture, I wish he’d recognize that.

We’ll never know, but I guarantee instead of the failed tush push, we run play action on fourth and one, we probably take a 29-21 lead.

To be fair, Mahomes didn’t get stuffed on countless one yard to go QB sneaks. That isn’t on Allen.

Yeah, we are overrating them. Other teams stopped them all season. Kelce looks old, and we made Smith Shuster look like Jerry Rice tonight.

I’d feel better about this loss (if that’s possible) had we not run the failed tush push on fourth and one. I know the refs ripped us off, but it had been stopped time and time again. We could have taken a nine point lead if we score that drive, and the entire outcome would be different. It was pathetic.

Could Allen audible out of any of those QB sneaks? I don’t agree with the premise of this post, but I wish he could have the intelligence to audible out of one of those since they didn’t work.

Kincaid and Bishop are what happens when you get too caught up in the culture stuff.

Honestly, I think this game was lost when we got a bad spot on the fourth and one that Brady should have never run a sneak on.

A great number of Beane’s picks failed tonight. Worthy, Cole Bishop, Kincaid.

Kincaid is awful.

I don’t trust Brady to have a special play. Looks like he exhausted the playbook early in the season.

Brady is getting obnoxious.