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Originally Posted by Shoes
I think it's fair to be critical of where the pass was thrown but man the expectations for Mahomes are insanely high if we are putting all the blame on him for that play.
What is being lost is that Mahomes has to pick a spot to throw that ball when the pick/rub is happening. Mahomes doesn't get the benefit of seeing the pick happen and then either going downfield or back shoulder, his throwing motion starts as the rub mesh is occurring.
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This was all fairly close to my initial reaction.
But as we've seen/heard more, it doesn't sound like a ball placement issue. It was a sight read that Mahomes missed.
He didn't pick up on Nixon's depth and the fact that the rub route never really had a chance. His best decision at that point is probably to have Pacheco keep it at the mesh, but if he's gonna pull it, outside shoulder is the only throw he could've made there.
And he clearly didn't even attempt that.
I'm not criticizing the ball placement because ultimately that window never really existed on a throw over the top. There's noplace he could've put that ball to complete it, IMO. But there WAS if he hit the sight read right and threw it back shoulder to Moore.
It was a mental error. I think it's okay to say "Yeah, that one's on Pat" at that point. And doing so isn't holding him to some all-world standard. That's a pretty easy pre-snap read.