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Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz
DRob. Of all people. Was actually a reliable deep threat and decent receiver for us. Are we really going to assume DRob has this "higher level" understanding of defenses like Kelce does?
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Drob is a great example and im glad you brought him up, because i had him in my mind when i made my posts.
No one thinks Drob and a young Mahomes were mind melding. Mahomes was letting that shit rip. That's what im talking about.
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Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz
He can turn it back on, we've seen it. But I'd call it a case of the yips and lack of confidence rather than an imperialistic "you better read my mind or I won't throw to you"
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I don't think he has the yips nor do i think he lacks confidence. I think he's at such an advanced level that it's taking from his instincts. The game has slowed down for him so much that he's no longer relying on his talent, but often times OVERTHINKING things when a high velocity throw in the moment is all he really needed.
He has admitted that in his younger days he couldnt read a defense and he was just slinging it. Pure talent.
Now, he has such an advanced understanding that he's litterally dismissing routes based off of pre-reads and not allowing the play to develop; sometimes the defense disguises well, or sometimes the defense just flat out blows a coverage.
He thinks he sees a S about to break on Kelce so he throws it high, when all he really needed to do was peg him between the numbers.
Mahomes is in that awkward stage of elite football IQ and just loosely wheelin' and dealin'.
I think that what we are witnessing are those growing pains and his BEST seasons are still ahead of us.
But in the mean time, this is what we're getting. It's not great. But maybe necessary.
But lets stop blaming protections, schemes and receivers and acknowlede it for what it is.