Quote:
Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
It's wild to think mahomes still hasn't had a deep deep bomb yet. He hasn't had to when you can get it 50 yards off your back foot. Feel like a workhorse RB will help open up the deep game again?
|
I think what we learned with WASP better than anything was just how long some of this stuff takes to develop.
Reid doesn't do much in the way of max-protect and unless it's absolutely critical, you don't want to subject him to a big shot on a 9-step drop. Additionally, if you do need a guy open downfield, Reid's offense is good enough that there is some route combination that will get a guy open 30-40 yards downfield with space rather than 50-60 yards downfield w/ a higher degree of difficulty.
I think the answer is ultimately that he doesn't attempt them because he doesn't NEED to. He can get an 80 yard strike off a 40 yard throw to a dude he hits the second he's open and lets run with the ball. The offense is too good and Mahomes processes things too quickly to need a 70 yard bomb in the air apart from extreme desperation.