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Originally Posted by Dagnabit
Hey Crow, what's your take on TT's Pat Mahomes? The only consistent knock on him I'm finding is criticism of the scheme that he's playing under.
From what I've seen, he's got a good touch in terms of being able to accurately deliver both a high-velocity zip between defenders, and an airy "float" on longer routes which the receiver doesn't have to slow down or over-extend himself to complete.
Your opinion?
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I'd bet 90% of college QB's don't run an NFL-style scheme anymore, so I think the paradigm of thought about that is going to have to begin to change. I think you have to begin looking more at what he's asked to do from a read perspective, something I can't answer with even 50% accuracy, and then look at mechanics, pocket awareness, and footwork.
It appears that what he's asked to do at TT is more than just a hot read offense. He seems to keep his eyes down field and go through some progressions. How complex the scheme is for him or how many reads he has, I have no idea. It just seems like he does fine in that regard.
His throwing mechanics on the top half are good. He has a relatively compact, quick release. Things change with his feet. He's not sloppy as much as he has bad habits. He tends to know how to set his feet and make a good, accurate throw. The problem is that he doesn't do it enough.
He has a bad habit of throwing off his back foot. He has a bad habit of scrambling and not setting his feet to throw. He also lets himself get lead feet and doesn't keep his feet active and moving with him as he scans down field. Those things have to be corrected. He loses way too much velocity on his passes when he does them, and that's going to lead to NFL INTs rather than the TDs he got in college.
He has a terribly bad habit of hanging onto the ball too long, dropping it down, patting it, and so forth. I don't like this. Make a decision and throw the football. He's in trouble if he does this in the NFL.
He has a terrible habit of dropping backwards and scrambling out of his pocket, rather than stepping up into it. Given that he starts out of the pistol or shotgun 99% of the time, this is extremely concerning. He has bad habits in a situation that gives him more time than he'll see in the NFL.
It may seem like I'm being overly critical of the guy, because I am. He has a lot of issues with his feet and if he doesn't change them, he's going to bust.
I would not draft him in round 1. Maybe round 2, and hope like hell my position coaches could fix some really bad habits because the kid does have a good arm when he's set to deliver the football correctly. I might change that outlook if I see positive changes in his footwork after he gets some pre-draft coaching, but that's where it is now.