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 Rain Man:
I don't know if it's the best or not, but the 2018 game 3 throw to Conley against the 49ers is a strong contender, with the added boost of being such an early-career eye-opener.
People always sleep on that insane throw on the lateral play Kelce made to LeSean McCoy.
The play was amazing by Kelce, but the Mahomes throw was impossible. Drifting to his right, hitting Kelce who was sprinting in the opposite direction. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
Top 5 for me.
4th and 9
WASP
Super Bowl Superman
Throw to Tyreek against Raiders that got called back, OR the bomb to Worthy
Slammed in the chest and throws it 40 yards downfield into a breadbox perfectly
Probably forgetting a couple that might also make it in that list :-)
Here’s why I think that throw might be better than those: Mahomes was stuck, couldn’t plant his feet and could barely see downfield. He also threw it projecting where Hopkins would be.he was getting hit in the chest when he lit that thing fly.
It also wasn’t a bad throw. It was just high enough above the first defender and just short enough to not be overthrown for the safety to pick it off.
It was literally a perfect throw in an incredibly difficult situation.
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Here’s why I think that throw might be better than those: Mahomes was stuck, couldn’t plant his feet and could barely see downfield. He also threw it projecting where Hopkins would be.he was getting hit in the chest when he lit that thing fly.
It also wasn’t a bad throw. It was just high enough above the first defender and just short enough to not be overthrown for the safety to pick it off.
It was literally a perfect throw in an incredibly difficult situation.
I'll say this -- it was so good that it makes it feel almost lucky to me.
I just can't convince myself that he put that fucker right in that bucket on much more than a chuck and a prayer. And that Hopkins simply did a fantastic job adjusting to it.
It's like getting Trey Smith in the 6th - I mean I'd love to say that's just fantastic scouting, but c'mon, even WE passed on him 4-5 times. It was a little bit of intelligence and a little bit of luck.
Sometimes when something works TOO well, I can only think there's an element of luck to it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Here’s why I think that throw might be better than those: Mahomes was stuck, couldn’t plant his feet and could barely see downfield. He also threw it projecting where Hopkins would be.he was getting hit in the chest when he lit that thing fly.
It also wasn’t a bad throw. It was just high enough above the first defender and just short enough to not be overthrown for the safety to pick it off.
It was literally a perfect throw in an incredibly difficult situation.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I'll say this -- it was so good that it makes it feel almost lucky to me.
I just can't convince myself that he put that fucker right in that bucket on much more than a chuck and a prayer. And that Hopkins simply did a fantastic job adjusting to it.
It's like getting Trey Smith in the 6th - I mean I'd love to say that's just fantastic scouting, but c'mon, even WE passed on him 4-5 times. It was a little bit of intelligence and a little bit of luck.
Sometimes when something works TOO well, I can only think there's an element of luck to it.
There is. But it was still an outstanding throw that is damn near impossible to make. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni:
Scrambling TD against the 49ers in his home debut. Arrowhead lost their shit.
Another one that I liked was his TD pass to Sherman in his first full season as the starter. It was a beautiful sideline pass that hit him in stride for a TD. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I'll say this -- it was so good that it makes it feel almost lucky to me.
I just can't convince myself that he put that fucker right in that bucket on much more than a chuck and a prayer. And that Hopkins simply did a fantastic job adjusting to it.
It's like getting Trey Smith in the 6th - I mean I'd love to say that's just fantastic scouting, but c'mon, even WE passed on him 4-5 times. It was a little bit of intelligence and a little bit of luck.
Sometimes when something works TOO well, I can only think there's an element of luck to it.
Been watching Patrick do "lucky" stuff since his freshman year at Tech. At some point we just have to shake our heads. There is no explanation for what he does, lol
That said, I believe Patrick has been more unlucky than his peer level QB's around the NFL the last couple years. I watch other games and it's crazy how often the other QB's seem to get away with bullshit plays. Joe Burrow got away with 3 turnover worthy plays last night. Seems like Josh Allen gets away with plenty of stuff. CJ Stroud as well. Lamar isn't perfect either. Even Mayfield seems to have better luck than Mahomes lately. [Reply]
One pass that we never talk about is the touchdown to Damien Williams early in the comeback against the Texans in the 2019 Super Bowl playoffs. Williams peeled out to the left and Mahomes put it right into his arm as he was running. He was running full speed and never broke stride. [Reply]
