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 Tribal Warfare:
Patrick being ranked 7th in Decision making made me LOL.
Still less absurd than dinging Mahomes on his mechanics because he's not a 'conventional' thrower.
If you can do what Patrick Mahomes does - do that. If you're capable of being Jordan Love and throwing with 'clean' mechanics from an open pocket - who cares? Everyone can do that.
It's the ability to make accurate throws in a maelstrom that matters for a QB and Mahomes absolutely does that. It's extremely rare that his mechanics cause a problem for him - as rare or more so than any of those 'clean' passers ahead of him on the list.
I don't think he has the strongest arm in the league. Prob 2nd or 3rd but he has to be Top 2 at the very least in decision making. That is a joke. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Still less absurd than dinging Mahomes on his mechanics because he's not a 'conventional' thrower.
If you can do what Patrick Mahomes does - do that. If you're capable of being Jordan Love and throwing with 'clean' mechanics from an open pocket - who cares? Everyone can do that.
It's the ability to make accurate throws in a maelstrom that matters for a QB and Mahomes absolutely does that. It's extremely rare that his mechanics cause a problem for him - as rare or more so than any of those 'clean' passers ahead of him on the list.
Yeah - that article's dumb.
Yup. That category made me laugh.
Insteada calling it "Mechanics", the category shoulda been been called, "White boys who throw like 40 year old Tom Brady".
Originally Posted by BWillie:
I don't think he has the strongest arm in the league. Prob 2nd or 3rd but he has to be Top 2 at the very least in decision making. That is a joke.
With everything considered, if you go by Orlovsky's rankings you'd believe Burrow is the best QB in the league. Mahomes should be top 3 in every category, possibly the GOAT when it's all said and done. [Reply]
I catch Orlavsky on McAfee's show every once in a while. He occasionally says something really dumb that the guys give him strong pushback. Not sure if he believes what he says or is just hoping for a sound bite. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Stewie:
I catch Orlavsky on McAfee's show every once in a while. He occasionally says something really dumb that the guys give him strong pushback. Not sure if he believes what he says or is just hoping for a sound bite.
He really sucks at his job. He just talks demonstratively [Reply]