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Hopefully he comes around to being a better overall player... I think JT is coming along well blocking. He isn't as good as those two just yet there but I feel like I've seen him have some nice blocks, especially in the passing game. I think the PFF grades from this week looked pretty good for JT, albeit in limited time. Plus he's a threat every time he's out there. Unfortunately the other two just aren't.

Good point. He's definitely better in 10-15 yards. I think that's his biggest improvement. Edit: can't count in am, lol This passing chart doesn't look like at By one, lol. He threw more "deep" passes than Mahomes (NOT comparing him to Mahomes in a skill way lol), or at least more beyind 10 yards.

The D had two huge stops. Kept us in the game. But keeping Mahomes from a FG is virtually impossible at the end of the game. Still, not great before the 4th quarter and a lot of bone headed mistakes (esp by Horn). The D definitely needs work.

My only caution is we don't know how the playbook has changed to accomodate his specific skills or lack thereof. But... That's true of any QB. The offense was not held back by the passing game at all. He does need to find ways to score in the red zone but that will come.

KC has a very good defense this year. It is 5th overall. Yes, still worse than last year, but their offense is considerably worse. Their passing D may be their "weakness" but they still allow fewer than 20 ppg. BY completed several deep passes yesterday, and he was able to threaten downfield in ways he didn't seem capable of before the benching. I'm not necessarily worried about his ability to connect deep anymore. What to me was impressive was that he did all this without a run game. We used the pass to set up what little running success we had. Wild.

I don't think it's necessary to succeed, but it's clear Bryce doesn't have the arm strength to really fit the ball into tight windows with arm alone 15-20 yards down field regularly. He can throw really well at that distance with anticipation, but he just lacks the same arm strength as some other notable high draft picks. However, the question becomes - can he make up for that in other ways? He might be able to, because he played a very good KC D ( tho passing wise it is more middle of the pack - still a good D).

Did someone say... Winning season?!?!?!?! ( )

This stuff is great Icege, appreciate it!

Bryce has improved in the deep passing game, but moreso in those intermediate throws that are 15-20 yards down field. He was very accurate on them yesterday and made some very nice throes. And that 30 yarder was just flat dropped, or this chart would look even better. Many of us are still concerned on if the physical tools are there, but at least there's progress... And meaningful progress, taking the defending champs down to the wire, tieing the game late. Real nice job by him yesterday.

It's not unreasonable but I would say the investment just doesn't matter anymore. To me, being #1 or Mr irrelevant shouldn't guarantee him a starting job next year. I will say the last few weeks have gone very far in changing my mind from "not sure I want him on the team at all" to "well poo, maybe he could win a starting job next year if he keeps improving."

I think we see the last few weeks a little differently but I don't blame you for those thoughts on baby steps as progress. Regardless of how one lands on that, he needs to keep improving.

I feel the D is more pressing now than the O (outside of QB)... We do need another WR tho.Coker was out this week, but XL needs to work on his damn hands. Thielen can't have much more left in him, either. Too bad Diontae was a cancer...

There was a reason he's bounced between so many teams lol

Right - this was a very good game from him, but it's one game. Even this four game stretch is good but it's not incredible in the way you settle on him no matter what for another year. Competition makes these guys better, and Bryce has yet to earn an undisputed position as QB #1 next year IMO. And that's coming from someone that has been really excited by his progress the last few weeks.

Fair enough, I'm not that kind of doctor, hahaha.

Ahhh I somehow missed it was changed from a concussion, I thought they were evaluating a neck injury. Thanks for the clarification! He's definitely been improving

There's a lot at play there, including missing JT and Coker. But he definitely needs to get better in the red zone

That makes sense, but I tend to consider concussions to be serious injuries and it seemed likely that was at minimum what happened. Great news overall given how it looked!

Dude led a game winning TD drive despite a drop by XL that woulda gone for 30... The Thielen throw is a TD without DPI.

Their defense isn't bad either. They just aren't the offensive juggernaut they used to be, outside of Mahomes magic

This is a good sign for sure. Still is likely a significant injury but that's major!

Yup. Bryce will likely play us out of position to draft a better QB prospect if he plays the rest of the season this well, but we will want to bring someone in from FA.

Easily Bryce's best game. One of those times where stats only tell part of the story. He played better than his numbers. If JT and Coker recover fully, I think we'll get a really good chance to evaluate improvement from him and go into next season with a very good idea of what he is and isn't.

Yeah for sure, really incredible game. The defense had a couple of good stops against a good offense. Still a chance here, their backup FG kicker...

Ugh, our fuging defense man