How Bengals Drop 8 Coverages fooled Patrick Mahomes in AFC Championship | Film Room

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When the AFC Championship started, it looked like the making of a one-sided beatdown. In under two quarters, the Chiefs took a huge 21-3 lead over the Bengals. Some analysts already thought this game was over. Idiots like myself were ready to write the Bengals off and pencil Kansas City as the future Super Bowl contender. Well, the Bengals did the unthinkable. They came back from an 18-point lead and they ended up winning this game in overtime.
In this video breakdown, I discussed how the Bengals adjusted their coverages in-game to slow down Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs' offense. After rotating between coverages, mostly 2-high, in the first half, they used Drop 8 - Rush 3 coverages in the second half to great effect.
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[@SamuelGoldNFL]

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[@zachwinoker6917]

Thank you for going beyond the talking heads and their “chiefs choked” take. So much more credit is due for the bengals

[@SamuelGoldNFL]

Thanks Zach I really appreciate it!!

[@HotRoute7]

Lmao ya ok, remove the wool from your eyes

[@chadarra]

exactly, sick of the chiefs choked narrative. The bengals shut em down.

[@anthonyclark6222]

@@coachYte No they didn't they just lost to a better team they lost twice get over it

[@garyfinger294]

Some credit goes to the Bengals, but what happened at the end of the first half was the beginning of the Chiefs lose. Who calls the plays for the Chiefs? Did Patrick change the call and go for the touchdown before the half? The Chiefs got greedy thinking they could get a 4th touchdown in the first half. Not only did they stop scoring but they let down the fans with a bad call. Another 3 points would bring them to the end of the half scoring. Hell you could hear it in the crowd the let down of not kicking the field goal. The team and the crowd returned in 2nd half down, the play calling was crap compared to the first half. It is hard to get them backing into scoring mode and the Chiefs showed it. The coach should have seen that but he didn't till it was too late. When you stop scoring by not kicking the field goal things go to hell.

[@joblio3670]

Yessir! Bengals defense and coaching deserves just as much credit as Joe Burrow

[@jonathanjackson3914]

They deserve more..and this is coming from a Bengals fan the offense has been mid tier all playoffs they really only turn it on when it’s time to go win it

[@bengalssuperbowl2268]

@@jonathanjackson3914 that's because of the offensive line though. We have to limit our offense because of the lines inability to protect joe for more than a second.

[@bengalssuperbowl2268]

@@jonathanjackson3914 bengals have to adjust their whole offense to make this offensive line work. Only reason.

[@CodyJMinor0620]

Like your take on it. If you're going to win a football game, you have to be prepared and willing to make in game adjustments and that's what Cincinnati did. They made the necessary adjustments whilst Kansas City apparently didn't make a single adjustment.

[@ramaraksha01]

They made AN adjustment - it doesn't mean all adjustments would work - this is not rocket science, the Chiefs could have easily adjusted also by running the ball - they didn't & that was the problem

[@L_Train]

Mahommes was distracted wondering what kind of embarrassing antics his brother and wife were up to

[@JohnSmith-qu9cq]

So was EB - worrying about a head coaching job not how to make the right adjustments

[@nathanielbeha833]

I may come off as an idiot, but I was essentially yelling at the screen to just run the ball? McKinnon was ripping off drive maintaining runs every time he touched the ball and with the Bengals clearly dropping 8 back, I felt like the a and b gaps were wide open to run any type of scheme they wished. Not to mention the offensive line was actually playing fantastic despite giving up 4 sacks. They weren't joe burrow type sacks where mahomes actually didnt have time. My final point is that they had the lead? And a sizable one. Who's decision was it to continue to throw when the defense is giving you exactly what you would want against a run on 40% of the snaps? I'm glad the bengals are in the superbowl, but wow, the chiefs played like it was a game of madden and panicked

[@conradfriedman8265]

You’re exactly correct. Chiefs were getting 7-8 yards every run. I’m glad they abandoned the run though. Who Dey 🐅🐅🐅

[@aidandm5987]

the chiefs were told to throw a game. Mahomes is a 500 million dollar qb. he does what the nfl tells him, and they told him to throw the game. watch the first INT again. he threw the game

[@nathanielbeha833]

@@conradfriedman8265 I imagine bengals fans are ecstatic 😂

[@nathanielbeha833]

@@aidandm5987 hard to imagine if he intended to gift the game to the bengals he would begin with a historic pace in the first half. You would think he would make it a little less obvious?

[@ramaraksha01]

Exactly, which is maybe why Bienemy is in trouble - did Reid give him too much leeway in calling the plays? Besides running the ball there are other ways to combat 8 men back, leak out the running back, throw short - that is what Brady did in the Super Bowl against the Falcons in the 2nd half. These backs could have gotten 10-15 yards a pop! But Mahomes kept looking for the big play - he said so himself - there were open plays in front but he kept looking deep I think he fell too much in love with everyone praising him for the big plays - got a swelled head & it cost him

[@samchode4106]

If Cincinnati addresses the Oline this offseason they will be an absolute Powerhouse next year

[@ramaraksha01]

They got hot - They lost to my Bears, for God's sake. If not for the 17th game, they would have finished 9-7 and likely out of the playoffs These are not the Bills of the past

[@MrBstacks100]

Andy Reid should have been running the fcking ball. No excuses.

[@CharlieRogers50]

It's a good observation that the Bengals switched up their defensive strategy significantly in the 2nd half. To me this is demonstrative of the difference between an older coach and a younger one. Andy Reid does not adjust quickly, and if the Chiefs offense is going to adjust it is on Mahomes to do so. Taylor is a young coach with a lot to prove, and he is willing to make adjustments quickly and frankly it was the difference in this game. I thought it was interesting to see that three of four head coaches that made it to the AFC/NFC Championship games were under 45. That's incredibly young for a HC, and these guys are all Gen-X or Millenials that are not afraid of change whatsoever.

[@TheCharlesAtoz]

Amazing channel! You have a great future doing this analysis Sam!!

[@SamuelGoldNFL]

Thanks Charles!

[@sensor4747]

I think it's a testament to the quality of Mahomes as a qb that this is what teams are willing to resort to in order to slow him down. Obviously Mahomes failed to adjust and it cost him and his team the season, but I'm confident that he'll learn from this and adjust. I believe that eventually Mahomes will reach the point where the only strategy to slow him down is to give him the Tom Brady treatment: Don't show him the same type of coverage in succession. Kudos to the Bengals defense for that halftime adjustment with only a 3 man rush; it was unconventional but interestingly effective.

[@SamuelGoldNFL]

100%. It's the ultimate confirmation of just how good Mahomes is and he'll learn from this too. No doubt

[@Josh-os2px]

@@SamuelGoldNFL somehow corruption in Sports don't exist did u know Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell Bet on games they both played in. Isn't it funny how before halftime Mahomes threw it behind the oL just for point shaving. He took a dive

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

So the fact that Mahomes has poor Defensive reading skills.... impresses you? Fact is... Mahomes SHOULD have adjusted. It's comical to think he wasn't able to. Absolutely amazing the lengths people will go to making excuses for this guy.

[@titvngaming7693]

Mahomes has been stopped by these defenses that are admittedly not doing anything fancy, which should concern you not inspire lol

[@chikushodiz91]

It’s on Reid to adjust not mahomes Reid failed miserably

[@Thecapri48oficial]

1:28 mahomes had an open lane to the right for a touchdown

[@ligafftheindifferent3495]

There were 5 seconds left. Running would have been a bad idea. Of course, throwing it to Hill was even worse since he had two defenders in the area. The ENTIRE plan there should be to make ONE read in the end zone. If it is not there, put the ball in the dirt and kick a field goal. 24 - 10 and getting the ball is plenty.

[@alkavonstra5479]

@@ligafftheindifferent3495 no, it doesn't matter about the option to run the ball being bad. Mahomes' could've just been a little patient, looked at his options, and jogged to his right a couple yards for an easy TD. There was literally no Bengals players over there. The half ends when they play dies, so he would be fine with just jogging in if he just had better QB vision.

[@ThePadi94]

The problem was that the Ends often dropped and the Chiefs can't handle it!

[@DavidWKimber]

Always insightful bud, love your perspective. Also, sorry about WFT... er, WFC 😕

[@chillingjayman5278]

Appreciate you for this video if you look at the other teams that held chiefs offense to under 30 they did something similar to what bengals defense did

[@insertcolorfulmetaphor8520]

Reminds me of a certain defense used against the K-Gun by the Giants...

[@Josh-os2px]

Clark Hunt : Mahomes the commissioner wants you to take a dive in the 2nd half Mahomes : Sure I can run around and look lost and fumble and throw 3 int.

[@tonitoni2196]

and then when the game is over smile about it.

[@ronlogan4743]

It worked. What the commissioner wants, the commissioner gets. Even if it means the better team makes it look obvious they're throwing the game.

[@kcbroncohater]

The NFL is going to help the RAMS win the super bowl so your team has it's work cut out for them. I doubt they will be able to overcome them. Look for it in the game and see when they extend or stop drives by tossing flags for judgement calls. Pass interference, called and not called, holding, called and not called is how they do it. Good luck beating both of them.

[@tonj02]

This is the truth. I do however feel that mahomes plays consistently no matter what unlike what many believe. He often throws multiple passes that should be picked off but are just dropped every game. On the rare occasions they are picked and his stats look worse, people will then say he had a bad game, but he really plays they same every game, his numbers are just determined on if the opposition catches those easy ints. That’s why he’s one of those guys u actually have to watch to understand how good or not good he is. His numbers have always been heavily inflated for a variety of reasons, and most have taken that along with team success and declared him one of the best qbs ever, but if you watch him, he isn’t very impressive. As you pointed out, he still has never been comfortable or good at standing in the pocket and delivering tough passes downfield with his feet set. The only real times u see him stay in the pocket without moving is on rpo’s, screens, or quick/short passing game plays. Any time the play is intermediate or deep, he will almost always move around (often times there’s not even any pressure from the rush) and abandon clean pockets to throw it on the run. This game pretty much summarizes mahomes career at this point; inflated stats (first half) because of a great scheme that gets his elite weapons wide open on easy throws (not many are downfield), an absurd amount of pass attempts compared to run attempts by his offense, and great protection from his line. His line is always so good and the scheme is so good and his weapons are so uncoverable that he can get away with running around for no reason and throwing inaccurate passes even tho his guys are wide open. But the bengals knew he’s uncomfortable standing in the pocket and throwing with his feet set so they knew even without a pass rush (only 3 against a great protection unit) they could cover the receivers if they had 8 guys to do so. Without the 8, their scheme is to good and their receivers are to good to not get open. But mahomes (as he always has) brings almost all of the pressures, hits, sacks, onto himself. The rush was never getting home (for obvious reasons) but after the routes had been run and he’d been there for 4+ seconds, he became uncomfortable and needed to start running even tho he could’ve stood there literally as long as he wanted. Every time they had a pressure hit or sack, it was because he ran out of a clean pocket and ran to a d lineman and made it easier for them to get to him. Aside from not deserving to be here in the first place (buffalos dumb defensive philosophy on the 13 seconds fiasco), mahomes ran himself into a sack and missed an open kelce in the end zone because he was running instead of standing in the clean pocket, then fumbled on the hit which would’ve ended the game in regulation had Thuney not recovered it. Then in ot, got away with a game ending pick to Eli apple who dropped it (would’ve gave them the ball inside kc 20) and then on the next play, inexplicably throws into double coverage and throws a pick. This whole game perfectly summarizes him as a player, and his career.

[@jkthewonderguy]

OMG. Finally. You are so absolutely right. Mahomes does have raw talent, but no idea what to do with it, and is very limited in what he does. He can win, but like Kapernick is flawed. People will study this Bengals game just like you did and know how to shut him down from now on.

[@tonj02]

@@jkthewonderguy even his talent is vastly overrated. He does have some talent, but many say he is among the most talented ever when thats just not the case. They specifically say his arm is among the strongest ever, but there’s not much evidence to back that up. Most of the plays where u could point to impressive arm strength is when he’s running around and then fades away and completes a ball like 25 yards downfield, but other than that, he never really displays elite arm strength. His velocity is never really impressive (at least to my naked eye) and the statistics prove he is a mediocre at best deep ball thrower in terms of accuracy and completion %. If u watch him, he almost never throws deep passes and when he does, they’re usually inaccurate and/or underthrown. Now, being inaccurate doesn’t mean he doesn’t have arm strength so the underthrown part is the key, as I as well as a guy i know who is a mahomes fan, both have noticed how he consistently has balls that are underthrown on the rare deep passes he attempts. If ur arms strength is elite, there is no excuse for consistent underthrows when going downfield. So other than his variety of arm angle deliveries and throws on the run (not downfield), there isn’t much to point to that proves he has elite arm strength. The only one I can think of is the 2018 afccg against NE where he rolled to his right and threw a bomb to Watkins (I think) for a big gain. That was impressive and showed elite arm strength but other than that I can’t think of any other plays that prove his elite arm strength. Other than that, he doesn’t have elite size (6’3 220) and he has above average mobility sure, but it is overrated due to his elite protection and the stress his weapons put on the lb’s and db’s when they are in coverage, which give him tons of room to run whenever he wants. He’s not very fast and if he had mediocre weapons like most qb’s they’d be able to balance defending the receivers and keeping an eye on him better and he would not look good running around. So, he pretty much landed in a dream scenario with an elite scheme that has guys open every play, elite pass blocking, and elite weapons (perennial all pro wr and top 3 tight end ever, and hardman and Robinson are better 3 and 4th options then most qb’s 2nd option). If he were drafted to an average team (majority of nfl franchises) he’d have bad o line play like most qb’s do, mediocre weapons, a scheme that doesn’t have guys wide open every play, and less pass attempts to inflate his numbers.

[@yeshuaisking1247]

@@tonj02 you wrote all that and he is still the best QB all time talent wise, he is still far from his prime, people like you jay try to throw hatorade and whats ifs on every piece of success he has, the one moment he slides oh he is overrated ahah, laughable, no josh is not him, and these other qbs are simply not as good or talented as him, he is the only QB that people have to consistently play jenky defense to try to stop, all the other second tier qbs are played straight up.

[@tonj02]

@@yeshuaisking1247 read my second comment which is a reply to my first. It explains how he is overrated and his talent is as well. The reason they have to play like this against kc is because of the elite pass protection, scheme, and weapons they have. It has very little to do with mahomes. U could put a dozen other qb’s on kc and they’d do better than him individually and team wise. He’s not even close to the best qb in the league or the most talented. Just lies with no evidence to back them up

[@jkthewonderguy]

@@yeshuaisking1247 Naaah. Hopefully in when he hits his prime he'll get some more skills, but right now he doesn't have em. It's fine if you feel differently. If he's elite I haven't seen it. He isn't a bad QB, he's just not Lord God King QB

[@Rob-eo5ql]

Bengals did this twice in one month against KC.

[@PeanutButterAndJellyBros]

If it were Brady, he would've audible like hell at the line of scrimmage for those defensive looks in pre snap. Mahomes didn't seem to do that at all and of course it ain't his fault. However they did choked though.

[@ronlogan4743]

Exactly like they were supposed to do. Vegas said so.

[@sabishiihito]

Well, we don't know how much freedom he is given to change plays at the line. The offensive coaches control that no matter who the QB is.

[@ramaraksha01]

Absolutely - Brady would have happily called a lot of runs or dump off passes to his RB's leaking out & within 2 min would have them in the red zone - just a few more field goals and they would have the game won easily

[@sabishiihito]

@@ramaraksha01 not if the OC didn't build audibles into the system. QBs can't change plays at the line if they don't have any alternative plays to go to, and yes there are play callers in the NFL that limit audibles. The QB doesn't control the playbook.

[@ramaraksha01]

@@sabishiihito What? EVERY QB changes plays as he sees fit! EVERYONE! What game are you watching? And there were plays to be made - he said so himself that there were open plays underneath, short passes but he kept looking deep, aiming for the kill shot It is at this point Bienemy should have taken the ball out of Mahomes hands and called running plays - he didn't

[@nicholas104]

Wouldn't even say the loss is on Mahomes. There shouldn't be so many play calls for a pass when the defense is dropping so many in coverage. It's more Andy Reid's and Bieniemys than Mahomes.

[@bradk7310]

Exactly. This game really shows how bad Andy Reid is as a coach in crucial games. He is horrible in my opinion.

[@urnothingcu]

Mahomes had people open in the second half. He just didn't pull the trigger.

[@jj-yx7ot]

He had a run to the right on that last play of the half he just didn’t Somhow see it for the td run

[@ac8098]

Even when he did, his accuracy was off. He's so talented he can usually get away with poor mechanics and do circus throws... but he's still human and sometimes it catches up with him. It's why he can be so up and down. If you look at his TDs in the first half he passed up easy throws (as the play is designed) to scramble and improvise. He wasn't making good reads all game.

[@tomitstube]

nice breakdown. schemes work because you have the players who can makethem work, it's good coaching knowing what works... the d-line had to put pressure on mahomes, and defenders needed good coverage, together it worked, if the d-line isn't putting pressure on mahomes he runs for 150 yards, or he has all day to find someone get open. mahomes wasn't "fooled", it was the bengals players that made a good plan work. very similar to what the bucs did in the super bowl.

[@greyhamlogan2255]

It's Astounding that all the so called "Experts" that predict these games can only find fault with the Chiefs but no Acolades for the Outstanding Bengals Game Plan(until now)

[@wreckim]

Winning solves everything though. If the Bengals pull off the win this Sunday, they will hold the Lombardy Trophy.

[@jamesbarrick3403]

All of my football sensibilities tell me Rams will win. But it just seems Bengals are a team of destiny. Burrow and that defense has a job to do with very little room for error.

[@Aspengc879]

Mahomes shut himself down for some reason. Missed so many wide open reads in both halves. Kelce was wide open on the stop before half, don't know why he didnt just rip it.

[@silverfoxmckeand1125]

Finally someone who knows football. Thank you

[@christopherbrown1391]

Yeah eventually he will see everything just like veteran quarterback and be prepared with Brady it became the only way to beat him you need a good front 4 so he will learn just like all good quarterback do the losses are the ones you never forget.

[@samwroblewski748]

He’s now lost twice in the post-season around an extra heavy DB/coverage package. If he hasnt started learning to read the field post snap, or at the very least comfortably make patient throws in a safe pocket, then he’s in for way more trouble than folks will care to admit.

[@SycoticForeverNeverAF]

@@samwroblewski748 nah that first loss in the superbowl was due to a god awful o line and andy reid not running the football. Thisnloss was due to AGAIN andy reid not running the football. He has now lost 6 conference championships because he didnt run the football. Do you see a theme here?

[@samwroblewski748]

@@SycoticForeverNeverAF the Bucs played a two high shell and tight coverage the entire game and then sprinkled in a 3-high safety look. Yeah there was pressure, but it was deliberately done and it complimented a coverage where the zones weren’t obvious. Bengals don’t have the same level secondary, so they dropped a LB into coverage and let three rush half the time. That’s twice Mahomes has been beaten by coverage. He’s in year six, that’s not a good sign.

[@nicholas104]

@@samwroblewski748 Mahomes has improved though. Have you not seen this season? He has shown that he can beat two high safety (even after everyone was saying that's the blueprint to beat the Chiefs)by making those short throws. If you listened to the person in this video they were dropping 8 into coverage. That's not just going two high safety. That's leaving three linemen to stop the run dude. That's hard to throw against for any QB. This is when the coach needs to make a real decision and run the ball. Andy messed up big.

[@antball775]

The real issue was lack of a running game when your up 21 points and you can’t run the ball to put the game away this is what happens I laugh when they say the running game and running backs are dead this is a prime example that it’s not

[@KSU-ce2uc]

So basically we go outcoached and Andy didn't help Mahomes out by just choosing to run the ball coming out the 2nd half until we were stopped.

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

... and Mahomes holds onto the ball too long, forces the ball into bad situations, leaves the pocket when it's not necessary and had poor defensive reading skills... just to name a few.

[@alkavonstra5479]

@@jerryjeromehawkins1712 That happens when you get hard coverage, unnatural environments, stubborn play calls and swaying momentum. The Bengals' D changed drastically to accommodate, and with Coaching staff not wanting to change and ramming head first into a wall, he was forced to play into a near impossible situation. I guarantee you put 95% any other QB in the NFL, they get the same results. Sure, you could just simply cast Tom Brady out there and say "hey, this is why you're shit at the game" but that's unfair matching. You're taking someone who's practically seen nearly every defensive play style in the book and setting him in Mahomes' spot just to spite any possible reasoning. Yes he made a few bad plays, but those were mainly pieces he's taken on over the course of his NFL career, due to consistently poor O-line performances, extreme defensive aggression, and recent unnatural developments that most other QBs hardly get. When you take someone like Jared Goff as your opposing QB, you're not going to make a whole damn saga of defensive knowledge on theories to beat them, because they are already mistake-prone. Mahomes' gets that kind of treatment, and it's up to him to find a way to break through, as in playing patient, taking what is given by the opposition, and start turning the tables on coaching adjustments and play book counters. If he can't do that, then hey he's like a lot of other QBs that have withered away in the NFL.

[@nicholas104]

@@jerryjeromehawkins1712 That's hardly an issue for Mahomes. Andy was being a dumbass in the second half. He's gotta learn to run the damn ball.

[@gerardlimtiaco5925]

In the second half, Mahomes throwing motion and footwork became very similar to Tim Tebow's - especially with the first interception he threw to the Bengal DT.

[@patricklemire9278]

This is why Eric Bieniemy isn't a HC. Zero flipping adjustments in big games.

[@ramaraksha01]

Freeze it at 4:23 - I think it is Kelce that is wide open right at the goal line, below the big C And behind him are 2 RED SHIRTS - One of them, someone says, is Pringle jumping up and down trying to get Mahomes to notice him! 2 white shirts way to the left, leaving these two wide open! Where was Mahomes looking? There are no receivers to the right, they were all to his left! 3 TARGETS FOR AN EASY TOUCHDOWN! I do wonder if Mahomes got hit and may have been in a concussion but hid it and tried to play thru it?

[@mustaffa1611]

the people who know the nfl is fixed is laughing hysterically at this video.

[@frankystrings]

For all you "why didnt they run it more" people the Chiefs tried being conservative in week 17. But the Bengals prevented them from scoring and then used big offensive plays to win. To prove my point, cincinnati scores on a 40 yd screen right before halftime. Most nfl coaches KNOW NO LEAD IS SAFE you have to be aggressive.... So Kansas city definitely felt there was pressure to keep producing points.

[@dogdog4470]

do a “was malcom butler good at all?”😂

[@JohnSmith-qu9cq]

Can you do one on why Bengals lost against the Rams to dispel the rigged super bowl arguments

[@chasemetzger8696]

Good stuff Sam!

[@danielcid1913]

Could this adjustments by the Bengals defense might work for the Rams defense in the SB? I mean they can only rush 3 of the 4 beasts they have and drop everybody else into coverage.

[@SamuelGoldNFL]

Great question. I really hope they'll try at least. I think it's possible for sure

[@SycoticForeverNeverAF]

The rams actually run the football quite a bit so it will draw the bengals out of this coverage

[@anthonyclark6222]

Absolutely not the bengals have a elite back in Joe Mixon they will just run the ball on a 3 man rush

[@anthonyclark6222]

@@SycoticForeverNeverAF The bengals are like top 5 against the run

[@ravenmoon5111]

@@anthonyclark6222 Where did you get that? The Bengals ranked 27th against the run. They are not good at stopping the run at all

[@RJBuildsPcs]

Patrick Mahomes is human. Sometimes, lol.

[@SamuelGoldNFL]

Unfortunately for the rest of us it doesn't happen very often!

[@Christopher._M]

@@SamuelGoldNFL statistically that's actually a lie. He often has whole half's where he doesn't do much. In the regular season alone about 1/3 of all his games look this way. I'm not even joking.

[@bryanmorgan3568]

If u got 8 in coverage and only a 3 man rush id definitely would do a run play cuz field is wide open in the middle. I agree the ends dropping back confused him

[@PowerSpreadXO]

Nice Analysis. You are absolutely right. That 2nd Half was one of Mahomes worst halves of his life and it didn;t have much to do w/ 8m zone. It's called LETDOWN after one of the greatest games ever played the week before. I do a Power Spread Podcast on Anchor/Spotify and in my Preview of the Chp game I took the Bengals for one reason - Letdown. WRs were open in the 2nd Half all over - even in your video... 1:38 - Watch closely - Mahomes comes off Hill too soon as he's about to break open at the 35 - Hardman Left Flat a more risky shot but Mahomes didn't even look over there. He also had Kelce on the sramble but that was a tough pass. 1:45 - Pringle had a step on Hilton - Mahomes led him too much. Mahomes is better than that. Also lazy read again - never looking left w/ DRob breaking open vs this 7man Zone with Wilson as Spy. 2:00 - Good Robber action but easy read for Mahomes - immediate recognition middle congested - quick look to his RB on a Swing rt - WIDE OPEN! Worse yet - he had a LB racing over in the man coverage! BENGALS IN ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE HERE! - NOTHING - Mahomes asleep! WAIT - NOT OVER! On the scramble he had Hill deep heading towards Rt SL! Big one at the start. Big one at the end. HOW IS THIS A GREAT SCHEME BY ANARUMO AND ANYTHING BUT AN UNUSUALLY POOR PERFORMANCE BY A TOP QB?? You are right about YAC in a West Coast Spread, but Andy is a BYU guy - and now Power Spread - so his Pass Spread more than that at this point. The 8M zone should be Powered against with a top Run Blocking Line that KC now possesses. Then the Misdirection/PA + RPOs all using Mahomes legs first - arm second--- improv is what he's actually best at - so like you said - this beats 8m or 7m zone - absolutely - perfect for Mahomes and KC - unless they are playing with little energy and emotionally flat! 2:23 - look at the WR over the top on the Smash Route! (btw more Air Raid than WC - Reid isn't simply a west coast guy) - wide open big play. Not "too much time" simply bad play - lazy eyes - lazy read... emotionally spent! Plus, he had "pressure to make plays" on the earlier film you are showing - the last play w/ the scramble - HE STILL DIDN'T MAKE THE PLAY! 4:00 - Your analysis is excellent here! So many out there making these vids don't even seem to know what a C6 is -- everything C2 to them... there's also a difference between Quarters (pattern matching) and Cover 4. And C3 and 3M (pattern match) and on and on.. But on this - it's a more aggressive Zone by Anarumo - than all his conservative stuff most of the game -- and executed very well by his players! You are right that Mahomes seemed out of it again - Hardman broke open late - but just staring down Hill at that point. 4:21 - Watch Pringle - 13 - TOUCHDOWN! - keep watching... he's open again on the sble for ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN! - he's actually seen leaping up and down after the first touchdown miss! Hardman was angry at Mahomes - yelling on the sidelines then Hill yelled at him. kelce pringle drob - hill was the only one who kept his cool with Mahomes ineptitude You explain the rest of the ineptitude well. The only other thing I will point out is on the BJ Hill int -- Hendrickson was in zone rt behind him -- MAHOMES THREW A DOUBLE INT!! - haha - had Bj not put his hands up - hendrickson would have intercepted-- Give the Bengals credit - great Culture created by Taylor - they play hard - execute at a high level - but the truth is - Anarumo was scared of KC Offense - like McDeromott was - like the whole NFL is.. the week before, Anarumo's scheme vs Tennessee was really aggressive - vs Oakland it was up and down. He made an adjustment in 2nd Half - even more conservative w/ a surprise blitz or two. A normal mahomes would have eaten this up alive and will in the future. Anarumo could have done the same thing in the first half and the bengals would have shut mahomes down. The Bengals players won in spite of their DC's failure this game. The players were fired up - the chiefs were totally flat. The Mahomes / Oline - that played the Bills would have had another 550 yds vs this gameplan + adjustment if they could have kept their energy going in the 2nd half!

[@mrmitchell23456]

What I wanted the bills to do

[@ravenmoon5111]

According to E. Apple they identified some tells in the Chiefs that allows them to know in advance where they were going. That explains their sudden ability to shut them down. He also said their O isn’t complicated. They just rely on Mahomes and their receivers.

[@otherworld11]

Bienemy simply didn't take what Cincinnati was giving them - run the ball, man. Quarterback draws....etc...Ultimately, the better team won, though.

[@zachwinoker6917]

Hendrickson picks that ball, at least knocks it down if Hill doesn’t. He should get 2 interceptions for that play

[@Aaron-yh6bf]

Whoooo-dey!!!!!!

[@jeremyjames3633]

They played Cover 6 in the second half

[@ligafftheindifferent3495]

Mahomes and or the Chiefs were throwing too much against this stuff. Dropping 8 cannot stop the run, yet CIN did this a lot. Now on something like 3rd and 13, dropping 8 might simply be a really good idea that should be standard.

[@ramaraksha01]

Yes the Bengals were saying go ahead and run or dump a pass to the tight end or RB leaking out but Mahomes had his eyes only downfield looking forever for the big "ooooh" pass!

[@bryanmorgan3568]

This was a good coverage to stop the deep ball but they should of ran it

[@frankystrings]

@@ramaraksha01 the Chiefs tried being conservative in week 17. But the Bengals got easy stops and then used big offensive plays to win. So Kansas city definitely felt they had to press on the gas

[@ramaraksha01]

@@frankystrings What? they were up big! And then the Bengals changed tactics - dropped 8 men, rushed 3 - the opposite of putting 8 men in the box to stop the run When teams to do that, they are inviting the other team to pass and vice versa The Bengals were saying go run the ball & the stupid Chiefs never adjusted! Kept looking to throw the ball! They could have picked up huge yards if they had taken what the Bengals were giving them - gashed them with the run, shortened the game!

[@frankystrings]

@@ramaraksha01 difference of opinions. Shoulda woulda couldas. Again, there have been many coaches that go on record and say no lead is safe. A team like the Bengals have proven that. The only thing you can say they messed up on was not taking the field goal.

[@isaacsantana6560]

Nice video

[@joekingsley7642]

Bengals were able to pressure (and get to) mahomes while rushing either 3 or 4 guys. When u can do that, it changes e everything. Great analysis. Looked like when the giants beat the patriots that year they almost went undefeated.

[@SamuelGoldNFL]

It's insane how a 3-4 man rush was so effective. Many of them got one-on-ones too

[@joekingsley7642]

@@SamuelGoldNFL This is how the rams Def is gonna hurt the bengals. They will get to burrow fast. He needs to lineup shotgun and do a lot of quick routes across the middle. Hopefully chase will break a couple tackles for big gains.

[@ikevkev1541]

This bengals defense gonna confuse Stafford they gonna try ball control not sure it's gonna work tho.

[@marzuqiqbal8786]

they had a spy too thats why he couldn't move out the pocket quite easily

[@drrichardwiesenhuber]

He took some serious hits before playing crap.

[@dontrethamisfit]

It's simple. Run the ball.

[@martywatson9796]

Bengals didn't fool anybody, Mahomes and Andy did exactly what the NFL script told them to do! They took a dive just like they did in week 17 . Although in week 17 they also had help from the refs to insure the Bengals made the playoffs. This has been the plan from the beginning of the second half of this season.

[@petes6521]

Any Reid wasn't such an offensive genius in the second half was he? The Bengals dc outdid him thoroughly in the second half.

[@tonyblackburn5002]

It was in the script.

[@dakingceasar88]

Idk why they got away from the run

[@twostop6895]

Pat Mafraud and Andy Reid out coached as usual

[@aidandm5987]

the reason he looked off is because at halftime they texted him and told him to throw the game, the elites sacrificed a child and the demons told them that it was the Bengals time to win... Mahomes threw the game, it's pretty obvious. The first INT is proof. Not even Nathan Peterman would have thrown that ball. smh

[@ironcross66106]

They fooled him by paying him a ton of money to take a dive.

[@skpjoecoursegold366]

good thing they're not playing the 49ers...................0-2.

[@wreckim]

Awesome analysis. I also think Mahomes depends too much on his athleticism. He has to be a more accurate thrower period, but especially in the pocket to tight coverage to win these tight games. That's where Brady shines, it is old news of course.

[@nicholas104]

Not the best take. Mahomes is an accurate QB. This is more so an issue with what the coaching staff did throughout the game. The Bengals were dropping 8 in coverage half the time, and they hardly ran the ball? That's awful play calling.

[@versewonderstrikes5353]

Basically the Bengals have a good defense

[@2kolbe010]

Teams got to learn how to cover travis kelce. Its hard but you can’t do what the bills did

[@KingDerek58]

Mahomes intentionally threw the game. Jesus Christ if you ppl can't figure out the NFL is scripted after watching that then you just aren't mentally there.

[@erasercool]

Mahomes is talented , but you can already see the problems in his game ..... wants to make the hghilight reel to much .... needs to learn to set his feet , flollow through with every throw ..... I see alot of Favre in him

[@eltzrothm1]

Honestly, I think coaching is why the Bengals will win. The Rams get too cute with play calls.

[@djshoalsjr2724]

They didn’t fool anyone. There was folks wide open in the second half! He threw that game. Good for the Bengals, but that was ridged. Exactly, why they didn’t kick the field goal is all that needs to be said!!! Bro and the video your showing is showing people wide open. He threw that game.

[@yeshuaisking1247]

bro he never holds on to the ball for that long, he always throws it out when he has no chance, he even did it in the first half, they were told to lose on the second half, the vegas money is what rules ... he kept nodding his head after the picks, on the pick by the lineman he even pumpfaked so the lineman would know to be ready to intercept. its a big joke to be honest, I don't buy the yips or he was nervous stuff, you cant have that big of a mental contrast from half to half specially after what he did against the bengals, this rigged game I do not buy, the quote meltdown was manufactured by who has power.

[@danny314lawrence]

All the chiefs had to do was RUN THE BALL in the second half.

[@eddielawson7230]

I'm from the Cincinnati area , but until this years team , I've never been a big fan. I feel the Bengals did good adjusting their defense in the second half , but the Chiefs offence was so bad that if they were really throwing the game , they could have made it look somewhat realistic. I mean the offense was too bad to be throwing the game, it would be obvious and on steroids throwing the game with that bad 2nd half offence. So I believe the K.C. offense and coaching just flat out went bad , but not throwing the game.

[@roger80465]

During the second half, I said that KC just got outcoached. I'm not knowledgeable enough to see how it happened but this video showed I was right, even in my ignorance. I hear it said often that one team was outcoached. This gives me more insight into exactly how that happens. Thank you.

[@frankieallen0]

The Cincinnati Bengals are very very good.

[@reverseflash882]

LETS GO BENGALS

[@echo4wiskey800]

Fancy Play Syndrome, from Mahomes and the coaching staff... This is what happens when you cant run the ball...

[@shawnchristianson324]

This game was fixed. Mahomes suddenly forgot to play QB. I think not.

[@robbiewarrene]

The problem with his development in this front is that the play calling doesn't help either. The chiefs use of quick game and their all hitch that they were running a lot in the first half just stopped being called. The chiefs went right back to mid season "lets try to throw deep" or lets scheme open routes down the corner and with high coverage looks like this and knowing the strengths and weaknesses of their receiving core they shouldn't have done this. In the bills game the bills also came out with this kind of look but because of how close the game was the chiefs never tried anything downfield or too risky and they played more methodical which lead the bills to have to try something new. The problem at this point is that reid and Mahomes BOTH need to stop trying to put their foot on the throat of their opponents with these deep shots that will "end the game" because their efficient down to down play is far more dangerous and is unstoppable. Also Reid needs to run the ball more on these 2nd 6's with a light box and an insane run blocking o-line.

[@robbiewarrene]

and Mahomes can't be overthrowing his check downs it's unbearable to watch him do that. And with the pick to the d-lineman, why would you throw that, I think it was a hitch screen and less of an RPO because it looked the 0-line was trying to get out in space and they basically left the left side of the d-line unblocked but either way Mahomes has got to throw that into the dirt.

[@seandavidson3602]

Ugghh. I appreciate you showing how they confounded Mahomes, but even you are slandering the Bengals with passive language. Instead of "the Bengals beat them in over-time" you say "they ended up winning in over-time". It's a passive voice implying that they didn't beat the Chiefs, but somehow through some fluke didn't lose to the Chiefs

[@larryjones521]

We shut him down and shut all y’all UP!

[@jxsanc1238]

And joe burrow keeps on getting all the credit

[@MrCrossface007]

There is no science to this. He threw the game. Point blank.

[@SeniorMeow]

Love to see it, so tried of Mahomes

[@_iKabal]

Jeez what’d he do to you? Only been in the league 4 years.. Brady has 6 rings… You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain. That’s what happened to my Chiefs. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@SeniorMeow]

@@_iKabal I didn't say I wasn't tired of Brady too.

[@nicholas104]

@@_iKabal You wanna know the worse thing? Brady has seven rings. I too also hate how much the Chiefs have become hated. They've lived long enough to become the villain. Not by choice though.

[@ercihanates6504]

@@_iKabal 7 actually

[@ramaraksha01]

Fool nothing! It's not like no one has thought of dropping 8 men back to stop the passing - it's just the reverse of 8 men in the box to stop the run Nothing the Chiefs had not seen before - the problem was their failure to adjust If they are stopping the pass, only rushing 3 men, rushing lanes were WIDE OPEN! Keep a back in, block the 3 with 3 - you have 2 linemen free to go ahead of the running back and block! They could have gotten 10-15 yards an attempt! But foolishly, dumbly, they kept passing. The underneath routes were open but Mahomes got greedy just as he got greedy at the end of the first half - kept dancing around for the big play And only at the end of the game when he knew they might lose did he drive them down for the tying field goal which would have been the winning field goal if they had just taken the points at the end of the first half And then in OT, back to being greedy, back to the big play!

[@cesarpalacios5490]

The defense did NOTHING. The conservative play calling by the chiefs won the Game for the orange Cats.😂

[@splby]

Ma-OWNED.

[@ronwolf6409]

You are a fool I if you believe that this game was not rigged……..and Patrick Mahomes didn’t know about it along with the rest of the Chiefs and the Bengals

[@_iKabal]

Thanks Samuel Gold I really don’t know what happened to Mahomes. I’m a lil mad but mostly I just feel numb. Congrats to the Bengals I guess, I just feel like they didn’t defeat Mahomes at his best, but it doesn’t matter. Wow drop 8 is the ultimate: F-you cuz we KNOW you won’t run the ball defense. And they were right. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Shame on Mahomes and Reid for not adjusting yet again.

[@steveg8322]

KC too dependent on alleged “innovation “ by PM. KC play like school yard basketball.

[@nickmanning8330]

Laughable at best. mahomes played the "script" he was told and gave the game to the bengals. Fixed for sure.

[@eugenepoon]

Typical Bills bad luck that they didn't get to face this version of Mahomes

[@samwroblewski748]

All the Bills had to do was not play prevent defense on two reps and they win.

[@eugenepoon]

@@samwroblewski748 My comment was tongue in cheek But had Mahomes played like this against us in the second half, it wouldn't even be close to a one score game in the end

[@---bt8ne]

The Chiefs choked……deal with it. They should have won by at least two touchdowns. You can’t handle the truth…………

[@pete186]

gotta be kidding with this, why does Mahomes hold the ball, longer than he usually does esp when there are open recivers, look at your video, theres open recivers everywhere. This game was rigged, believe it happens. Tom Brady sux, at least joe Brady is a littlebetter at QB.. Oh wow it's the new white face of football being introduced to the world in his first superbowl. Can't have someone like Mahomes succeding in the NFL. Also since the books are public companies now they gotta book an upset like that to make their quater.. Who bet on bungles, no one......

[@HotRoute7]

Nah, he threw the game plain & simple

[@danmatthews5364]

Chiefs beat themselves

[@yairolnoel2984]

Mahomes is joke🤦🏻‍♂️he looked like a jv quarterback doing terrible staff, idk wtf he was doing tbh🤦🏻‍♂️running backwards

[@tonitoni2196]

They have faced 3-4 before.. the get was rigged

[@BlkJackStalks]

15 gay like happy

[@Traders_Paradigm]

More like Mahomes threw the game. NFL is scripted and purely entertainment

[@BlkJackStalks]

#1 Overrated