NEW YORK 鈥?Patrick Mahomes and three other Kansas City Chiefs players made The Associated Press 2018 NFL All-Pro Team on Friday. They were joined by the first rookie teammates since 1965 鈥?Colts guard left Quenton Nelson and linebacker Darius Leonard.More Packers coveragePhotos of the Week: 1/6/19 – 1/12/19Packers confirm Pettine returning as defensive coordinatorPackers believe they’ve found the ‘perfect candidate’ in Matt LaFleurPackers make it official
Youth Kareem Hunt Jersey , hire LaFleur as head coachStaTuesday: How first-year Packers coaches have faredRams defensive tackle Aaron Donald was the only unanimous choice in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league.“That’s surreal,” Donald said. “It’s a blessing. Wow! You see the hard work pay off.“A lot of credit to my teammates and my coaches for pushing me and helping me.”Mahomes, Kansas City’s second-year sensation, drew 45 votes at quarterback and was joined by teammates Travis Kelce at tight end, Tyreek Hill as the flex player and Mitchell Schwartz at right tackle.Nelson and Leonard are among four rookies on the squad, a first for the AP team. Seahawks punter Michael Dickson and Chargers safety Derwin James also made it. The last time rookies from the same team were All-Pros was 1965. And that was not a bad combo: Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers, both Hall of Famers.“These are the kind of guys who have the DNA, the makeup of everything that we are looking for,” Colts coach Frank Reich said. “All the intangibles, all the character qualities, everything about them. It’s a really hard filter to get through to get marked that way and both Quenton and Darius had that on their card. So that says something about their maturity and how fast we think they will develop.”And already have developed.Chicago also had four All-Pros: edge rusher Khalil Mack, cornerback Kyle Fuller, safety Eddie Jackson and punt returner Tarik Cohen.Two players made All-Pro for the fifth time: Houston edge rusher J.J. Watt and Carolina linebacker Luke Kuechly.“It means a lot to get back to the top level of the game
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Youth Travis Kelce Jersey , who got 49 votes. “I knew that was going to be big if we were going to be successful. I knew I was going to have to up my role in that, up my mindfulness in that. I was really conscious of that and just making sure I was, when it came to getting back to the defense I looked at it from a different lens.”Hopkins got the most votes on offense with 46.“This is validation,” Hopkins said. “I feel like these people are the people who actually know football, who study football, who have been around football for years, so do be on this list and to be first team is a great feeling. But it makes me want to work harder and continue to be on that list.”
AP Pro Football Writers Rob Maaddi and Dennis Waszak Jr., and Sports Writers Mike Marot, Kristie Rieken and Greg Beacham contributed to this report.Patrick Mahomes Week 4 film review: something good and something bad This is part one of a three-part weekly film analysis on the performance of Patrick Mahomes.Never in my wildest dreams did I expect this to occur so early. I have high expectations for the career of Patrick Mahomes. A signature win like the comeback in Denver isn’t supposed to happen in the fifth game. There was no margin for error in the fourth quarter. The kid was dragging his team through penalties, drops, busted coverage, poor tackling and an opponent treating it like their Super Bowl.Doubt about Mahomes eventually reaching his full potential died on Monday Night Football. All of it. That performance transcends any idea that this was a fluke stretch. Some quarterbacks can get hot. Flukes don’t get hot for three games and then save their best for the biggest moments when everything is going wrong.Something goodI thought this had a case for the best throw of Mahomes’ season when it happened. Then the fourth quarter happened. This would make an appearance later in the week in the something special article most weeks. We're going to gush about some of the rapid improvements Mahomes made in negotiating the pocket this week. This was one of many examples of a perfectly-timed step up and escape from the pocket. Not only did he negotiate the pocket perfectly, but he also worked with his eyes upfield and pumped a throw to Tyreek Hill before seeing a void and Kelce coming late on the scramble drill. That was a smart
http://www.authenticskansascitychiefs.com/cheap-laurent-duvernay-tardif-jersey , quick decision that may have somehow been the least risky throw. And we have yet to say something about the throw. No one attempts this throw. Tom Brady and Drew Brees are two of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of the game and they're incapable of doing this. Mahomes can do things differently.Throwing across your body, diagonally into the middle of the field is typically not advised. He delivered from an awkward platform, in an often densely populated middle of the field with more airtime than you want the ball to be in under those circumstances. But, arm talent. Mahomes was calculated enough to execute this play while protecting the ball. He has done special things and still hasn’t thrown an interception. The kid was made to do this.Something badI may be a prisoner of the moment, but I would feel guilty being too picky today. Today's something bad doesn't fall on the quarterback. This second half throw resulted in the Chiefs attempting a field goal from the 3-yard line in a close game on the road. I was fully prepared to rip Andy Reid for a decision to surrender the chance for six. I still disagree with the call, even though it ultimately didn't matter.I like the idea of moving the pocket on this third-and-goal. Mahomes doesn't have anyone open and with a defender closing, puts his foot in the ground and makes the defender miss. Since he was in a sprint out design, stopping his movement to the sideline means that more defenders are closing. He had to get rid of the ball quickly.The ability to process in chaos and have the presence of mind to see Demarcus Robinson working toward him so quick, the ability to deliver the ball on a rope and accurately, all with a guy on the verge of hitting him, is absurd. Mahomes hit Robinson in the chest. It's a shame Reid even had to make a fourth-down decision. Quarterback anecdoteEvery week, I add a quick note about something I’ve picked up about the quarterback position through my time learning and playing the game.Pass-play progressions are not one-size-fits all. The defensive coverage dictates the order in which the quarterback will process the play. Part of what makes preparation so important is getting as many coverage clues as possible to help speed up the process of confirming coverage so you can focus on working through the structure of the play.
