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I mentioned it in one of the draft threads on Mahomes but man this puts it into perfect focus.
The baseball background with him is remarkably obvious. A baseball player is going to have 15 different arm angles he can throw from (especially if he ever played infield). They can sling it from a dozen different throwing platforms and with their bodies pointed in all kinds of weird directions.
Lifelong 'Quarterback only' guys don't do that. They're mechanically precise and clean as can be in their delivery, but the maelstrom will kill them because they need a steady throwing platform.
Mahomes arm strength is unique but it took the baseball training for him to be able to make some of those crazy ass flip throws he's making with his body all contorted. Dude's a rush, man.
Side note - he still throws off his back foot without needing to more often than I'd like. Small nit to pick but he does it. He's also still a little slow in getting rid of the ball; not quite in rhythm.
That all said, he's better in both regards than he was in the pre-season. A year of coaching is evident and he's improved significantly because of it. This kid is going to be an absolute monster as more and more of those rough edges are smoothed out but his ability to make something from nothing shines.
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