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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I can't quite tell who's at the top of the screen, but that's his target. He's looking at him and you can see the wide slot was designed to draw attention.
But the guy at the top of the screen, instead of coming back towards the LOS to maintain a throwing lane, drifts towards the middle and into the coverage. Poor zone awareness.
By the time he came off that receiver, he might have had the underneath throw to the WR on the chip. And was that Gray that was maybe settling?
But really, he probably should've fired it as soon as the guy at the top of the screen started to settle down for his cut. The slot underneath him had drawn the help and there's a window there to get some yardage.
Mahomes can't hold that ball on 3rd and 20. He just can't. Throw it on time or throw it away because you KNOW they're coming and the only thing that can really make this a ballgame again is a turnover deep in your own end.
Mahomes gacked that play.
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That's pretty much how I see it initially. Whoever that it at the top of the screen is open, at least technically, and Pat is looking right at him. The WR is drifting upfield and towards the center, which brings the other defender into play (maybe), so it's a concern, but no one else is really open. i mean, whoever that is in the middle, he's triple covered (probably Travis?), and whoever that is slightly underneath isn't really open either.
That leaves Gray at the bottom. And while he's 'open' at the 4sec mark, Pat's not even looking at him yet. Also, Gray is a solid 10+ yards short of the sticks when he turns around and makes himself a target @ the 6sec mark (With a defender over the top of him. Which basically makes him not a real target, right?