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 Reerun_KC:
So everyone is parroting each other on "His feet were a mess"
So what are the correct setup for the feet and how do you know where the feet were supposed to be...
Because when you throw, you have a plant foot in front that typically is pointed at your target. He almost threw that pass from a horse stance, with both feet parallel and his hips open towards his target. The only reason that wasn't picked off is his ridiculous velocity - even with bad feet position - and the LB couldn't quite get there in time.
That's always been his biggest flaw. Sometimes his footwork gets super sloppy. Doesn't step into his throws, doesn't set properly. He does have such a huge arm he can make up for it sometimes, it's pretty impressive. You normally would not want a QB doing that though. I'm fairly sure he's going to make a mistake doing that eventually, so that guy on Twitter will probably have a field day with it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by saphojunkie:
His feet were a mess. It looks like pretty obvious jitters to me.
Everything after was sexy as hell.
Oh so sexy.
Originally Posted by milkman:
I have no doubt whatsoever that he will become a QB than can make plays and win from the pocket.
He's already made strides form the guy who you see in youtube highlights at TT.
He learns and implements changes faster than a cyborg. It's crazy.
Originally Posted by RealSNR:
I'd rather my QB throw with funky footwork and look like Mahomes than throw with pretty decent footwork and mechanics and look like Watson.
Well.
Said.
I love that picture of the Texans draft room after the Watson pick. That really needs to be a part of the forthcoming Mahomes GOAT collection. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jaa1025:
That play had nothing to do with his footwork. It was still an accurate pass. It was just a terrible decision. He was looking down field, was pressured, moved up and looked to the left flat and didn't see or misjudged the defender.
It was his first pass against a first string NFL offense, it's called getting exposed to the speed of an NFL defense. Once he learns to do a pump fake on those defenders he will have easy touchdown passes as the defender bites on the fake. Defenders won't be able to jump the route if they have think that he might fake the first attempted pass. [Reply]
