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]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Just telling like it is. Watch the All-22 when it comes out. Not many WRs make that catch. Maybe just the elite ones. A WR that has literally only played the position for 4 years, two in college/two in the NFL, is at a major disadvantage.
Regardless, it was a bad throw by Mahomes. The worst of the day.
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Just telling like it is. Watch the All-22 when it comes out. Not many WRs make that catch. Maybe just the elite ones. A WR that has literally only played the position for 4 years, two in college/two in the NFL, is at a major disadvantage.
Regardless, it was a bad throw by Mahomes. The worst of the day.
We all know Hill makes that catch and takes it to the house.
I would even expect Watkins to do the same. [Reply]
Yesterday in a sports bar watching the game, I had a Steeler fan tell me he thinks Mahomes is better than Favre, Rodgers, Aikmann, Brady, Manning and Elway.
You should have seen the smile on my face! :-) [Reply]
All-Time PAA stat. Mahomes is pacing for 104 PAA this year, which would break the record of 96 PAA by Tom Brady in 2007. Aaron Rodgers pacing for 78 PAA this year, which would match his 2011 season. Pretty crazy how good both of them have been this year.
Originally Posted by milkshock:
We all know Hill makes that catch and takes it to the house.
I would even expect Watkins to do the same.
Danan Hughes said it was a bad route. I haven’t rewatched it closely enough to confirm, but I’ll assume that it correct.
If it was not a bad route, then it seems like one of those plays where if he catches it, we say “great catch”. If he drops it, we say “you gotta catch that”.
Not the easiest catch in the world by any means, but also far from impossible for an NFL receiver. [Reply]
Originally Posted by milkshock:
We all know Hill makes that catch and takes it to the house.
I would even expect Watkins to do the same.
Um, maybe. While Tyreek is faster, and can stop/start quicker than any other receiver in the league, he also is shorter, and has a significantly smaller catch radius than Watkins, and probably even Hardman. In other words, he's got shorter arms and smaller hands.
But due to his unearthly ability to stop and change direction I wouldn't put it past him to be able to grab that ball. Though we've also seen him miss several of those exact types of throws. Reference Pat's second pick in LIV; the ball was thrown behind Hill, it was also thrown around the beltline or lower, and was coming in hot. Hill's ability to stop and get himself turned around was shown off there, but his smaller catch radius helped create the bobble and ultimately the INT.
Watkins can't stop like Hill or even Hardman, but he's got a significantly larger catch radius, and better hands than either Hill/Hardman, so he'd have the the best shot at reeling that ball in. Assuming he could get stopped and turned around in time. I think it's more likely that he couldn't, and he'd try to reach back for it instead.
I don't understand why some of you can't just watch the replay and see the obvious for yourselves. I had the benefit of watching the aspect angle on NFL.com's Gamepass, but really just watch the replay at half speed and all of this becomes pretty obvious. It was a bad throw by Mahomes, period. [Reply]
