Watkins got a great burst off the line, then used a little push off to get some separation and catch a perfectly timed throw from Mahomes. Bouye on the outside and straight up went to work. This is the kind of play coaches love, Watkins was isolated with a strong corner in A.J. Mahomes waited for Watkins to get behind the linebackers and hit him with a dart underneath the safety for a nice pickup of 21. The Chiefs spread the defense with an empty set, and the Jacksonville defense dropped into a base Cover 3 at the snap. The Jaguars just made this way too easy for Mahomes. On his second drive, Mahomes went right back to Watkins on an inside post. Watkins got up to 21.4 mph on this run, good for the fourth-fastest play of the week. At that point, all Watkins needed was a block from Demarcus Robinson and a shimmy to Jalen Ramsey to find some daylight and hit the burners.
Safety Ronnie Harrison tried to jump the route and come up with an interception or a big hit, but was way too late on his break and came up with nothing.
They didn’t move much, but a little space was all Mahomes needed to fire a strike to Watkins over the middle. Patrick Mahomes motioned him to the right and faked a screen to pull the defense out of position. Hill was lined up in the backfield, and he demands attention wherever he is. Watkins got the fireworks going early, taking the third play from scrimmage 68 yards to the house. Let’s take a look at how Watkins carved up the Jacksonville secondary for the game of his life.
Watkins had a career day on Sunday, popping off for nine catches, 198 yards, and three touchdowns. Well Blake, if you have next week’s lotto numbers I’ll take those too. When I finally got the page to refresh I looked at my roster and ESPN’s auto-pick drafted none other than Sammy Watkins. “Whatever,” Blake disagreed, “he plays in the best offense in football and if Tyreek Hill gets hurt he is going to be Kansas City’s number one receiver.” Later that night I was on the verge of taking Dede Westbrook in a draft when my computer froze. I told him he was solid all around but didn’t love Sammy Watkins, mostly because of his foot issues and overall disappointing career. Like it always does, our conversation turned to fantasy football not long after we were seated and my friend Blake asked me what I thought of his fantasy team. A couple of weeks ago my friends and I woke up with blistering hangovers after a party, so the next logical step was to go to the diner to get some food in our systems and repent for our sins from the prior night.
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