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]
Remember how it was Eddie Kennison of all people who consistently ate Champ Bailey’s lunch? Sometimes corners just don’t match up well against a specific guy for whatever reason. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
He's never been a great deep ball thrower his entire career and he's had very few attempts at it in recent years. Not sure why anyone would be too surprised by that miss.
The shocking missed throw for him was to Kelce. That's one he makes 99% of the time. Still led the game winning drive though, so all's well that ends well.
Despite his arm strength, he's average with his deep ball. He doesn't put enough air under it to allow his receivers to adjust, and since he's significantly cut down on his attempts, it really shows.
That being said, his line is awful, he doesn't have a great receiving cast, his TE has lost 3-4 steps, and his RB lacks speed until Pacheco gets back.
This team needs Hollywood and Pacheco to help that god-awful situation at LT. If they aren't going to sign Bakhtiari or D. Smith then move Thuney outside who is probably better than Smith at LT anyways. Or move Taylor to LT so the pressure isn't coming from the blind side. [Reply]
Originally Posted by emaw1979:
Despite his arm strength, he's average with his deep ball. He doesn't put enough air under it to allow his receivers to adjust, and since he's significantly cut down on his attempts, it really shows.
That being said, his line is awful, he doesn't have a great receiving cast, his TE has lost 3-4 steps, and his RB lacks speed until Pacheco gets back.
This team needs Hollywood and Pacheco to help that god-awful situation at LT. If they aren't going to sign Bakhtiari or D. Smith then move Thuney outside who is probably better than Smith at LT anyways. Or move Taylor to LT so the pressure isn't coming from the blind side.
I just don’t think he’s very confident in them. We spent the past few years using deep balls as a bailout and with WRs like Mvs who can’t adjust to the ball we kind of had to put it where the defender can’t catch it. I think we need Hollywood and lots of reps to help break out of it. A guy who you can depend on to pretty consistently be where he needs to be. Worthy has speed but he still seems to really be working out those small adjustments to the ball.
He’s never gonna be crazy accurate deep. But he also threw plenty of catchable balls to tyreek. [Reply]
Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
I just don’t think he’s very confident in them. We spent the past few years using deep balls as a bailout and with WRs like Mvs who can’t adjust to the ball we kind of had to put it where the defender can’t catch it. I think we need Hollywood and lots of reps to help break out of it. A guy who you can depend on to pretty consistently be where he needs to be. Worthy has speed but he still seems to really be working out those small adjustments to the ball.
He’s never gonna be crazy accurate deep. But he also threw plenty of catchable balls to tyreek.
Yeah, I should have clarified. I meant Hollywood back for the offense to thrive, not just for the deep ball. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
Remember how it was Eddie Kennison of all people who consistently ate Champ Bailey’s lunch? Sometimes corners just don’t match up well against a specific guy for whatever reason.
Yep, I remember Stevie Johnson used to get all up in Darrelle Revis’ ass even in his prime. [Reply]
I think it’s worth remembering that a lot of Patrick’s most iconic deep balls (WASP, 2018 & 2019’s AFCCG deep balls to Sammy, the 70 yarder to Hill, etc) would simply not be possible with this offensive line. Patrick seems to be very intentional about getting his feet planted before unloading on 50+ yard balls. Hard to do that when you’re worried a rusher is about to obliterate you. [Reply]