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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla
I wonder if the picks haven't bothered him a bit, beginning on Opening Night when it wasn't his fault. I assume he'll begin to let it rip again and let the chips fall where they may.
QBs throw to covered guys all the time (See: Wilson's catch for a TD against KC last week), including Pat. Once that tentativeness subsides a bit, I think we'll be good to go.
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Where I think the "Man his WRs suck" crowd may get a little traction is that the Mahomes I'm seeing this year reminds me a little bit of the 2021 version of him but this version doesn't have Hill to just feed 10 targets/gm for an easy 75+ yards.
He looked like this at times in 2021. Tentative to the point of really only looking at 2 guys, Kelce and Hill. Now without Hill it's just Kelce.
But what I don't understand is the regression from 2022 when he simply didn't give a shit what number the guy was wearing. If he liked the look he got, he was letting it rip. Clay seems to think it's the absence of JJSS but I'm not sure how that impacts stuff like the throw he wasn't willing to make to Watson on Sunday that turned into a fumble. Or the various times he's looked at MVS and pulled it down.
What I thought 2022 demonstrated was that PM had moved beyond needing a wubbie out there to throw the ball to. And I think he's fallen into some bad habits - perhaps because of how varied he was in his targets against Detroit and how poorly that game went. But man, he's gotta get over that.
Do what you do, bud. Go be the guy you were last year because we KNOW its in there and yes, you have the weapons and protection you need to be that guy.