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Henry McKenna
NFL Reporter
Sorry, Baker.
You can’t let it go to a coin toss with Patrick Mahomes. Because even that — something even the conspiracy theorists couldn’t claim he has control over — is where Mahomes will get yet another W. When Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs won the overtime coin toss, Baker Mayfield seemed to know it was over.
Mahomes won the game, 30-24. Mayfield never touched the ball in overtime. And I’d bet he regrets not doing more with his final three drives of the game when he managed to score just once: a game-tying touchdown.
We’ll talk more about Mahomes. But Mayfield put up an admirable fight and a clean game against the Chiefs. It’s just that, at this point, we all know that’s not enough to beat them.
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1. Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills (↔)
Allen hasn’t lost his aggressiveness. But he’s playing with just the right amount of fear in him.
This was the cleanest I’ve seen him play all season, particularly when graded on a curve for an impressive Miami defense.
Credit to Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver. He put together a game plan that forced Allen to play with patience. It was a plan filled with bait to exasperate Allen into mistakes. Allen kept calm. Even without Amari Cooper, Allen trusted his pass-catchers to chip away at the Dolphins, and the Bills small-balled their way to a win.
Allen finished with an interception, but I didn’t see him throw a single turnover-worthy play. (The interception came on a Keon Coleman drop.) This isn’t the most exciting version of Allen to watch. But that’s the whole point — at least from a defensive coordinator’s standpoint. They’re taking away the splash….
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Publish date : 2024-11-05 18:10:23
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