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Originally Posted by ToxSocks
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.
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.
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I honestly agree with all of this except the protection part. I will hold firm on that. I need to find the stats but Mahomes has been hurried and beat to hell the last 2 years.