Patrick Mahomes Week 6 film review; Trust issues and sharing the blame
Patrick Mahomes Week 6 film review; Trust issues and sharing the blame
Examining every dropback by the Chiefs star quarterback against Denver, which was a rough overall game.
You know the drill. Every week (well, most weeks) I’ll be charting every dropback by Patrick Mahomes this year, just like I’ve done for… well, his whole career. As I laid out in the Week 1 film review (which is unlocked so you can see the methodology in more detail), statistical analysis of quarterbacks, especially in small sample sizes, doesn’t really tell us the whole story or even most of it. So I chart things that the QB can control, such as accuracy, pocket presence, franchise throws, going through reads, and more.
First things first… I’ll be in Kansas City for the Chiefs/Chargers game this weekend.
Every year, I have a privilege of coming to a few games at the greatest place on Earth. And every year, it never fails to disappoint. And given that the opponent is the Chargers, who never fail to create weird games, I’m guessing this weekend won’t disappoint either. I hope to see some of you there! In the meantime, let’s talk about Patrick Mahomes’ Week 6 snaps.
I can safely say that this was arguably Mahomes’ worst game of the year, right up there with Week 4 against the Jets. In that game, he had accuracy issues and didn’t make his usual quota of terrific plays to make up for it.
Against Denver, things were a bit different. He DID have genuinely terrific plays and throws, and his accuracy was on point the vast majority of the night.
However, he also had a much larger number of errors than what I’m accustomed to seeing in terms of missed shots/receivers in particular. And from what I can see, it comes down to a single word:
Trust.
Let’s talk about some of the struggles Mahomes had Thursday and where it at least appears to me the root issues come from with the offense. While all of it is correctable (and we have 5 years of evidence that it’ll get corrected sooner rather than later), it’s at least eyebrow-raising that Mahomes was, for the second time in three weeks, part of the problem.
If you’re looking for the previous weeks’ film reviews, you can find them here.
-Week 1 (which lays out the terms and methodology)
-Week 3 (no article, but the numbers are there in a week he was virtually flawless)