Because of all the interest in this thread, I've place all of the video content of Patrick Mahomes II's college career, and draft day goodness into a single post that can be found here. Enjoy! [Reply]
It looked like Worthy got knocked off balance a bit, slowing him down. And he doesn't seem to have that 5th gear like Tyreek when he absolutely needs it.
More loft would have been good. But I believe Mahomes threw that ball from the 18 to the 10. Maybe I'm off on that. But if not, that's 72 yards. Unless the wind was blowing the right way, it's hard to get that kind of distance w/o the ballistic trajectory of a lower throw. Mahomes might have been afraid a loftier throw would be way too short. [Reply]
Originally Posted by comochiefsfan:
He’s just got to learn to put more air under those.
If you put it up in the air and miss, at least you give the receiver a chance to make a play on the ball.
If you fire a line drive and miss, the receiver has no chance.
And Worthy is so good at tracking the ball.
Here's an odd theory - you know who really kinda sucked at catching the ball over his shoulder? Tyreek Hill.
He didn't like doing it. On a deep ball, Hill wanted to jump, turn and secure the throw. He had that insane body control but he was never elite at running under a ball.
Frankly, Mahomes even going back to college has NEVER had that guy.
Might it be that he's used to guys who don't really want to catch that ball over their heads on the fly so he got accustomed to lower trajectory throws that give his guy a chance to turn, leap and get square to it to secure it?
Maybe it's just an odd habit born of a decade of throwing to guys that don't excel that bringing that sort of ball in?
Hey Patrick - Worthy does. He's as good as the entire NFL has at tracking that ball and bringing it in over his shoulder. I shit you not, buddy - he's THAT good at it.