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Originally Posted by RunKC
Demetrius Harris TD was his 3rd read.
Granted it was on the run, but it's still so impressive considering that he's an air raid QB from college.
Think a lot of that is due to Andy coaching him though.
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So we're essentially arguing in semantics.
It looked to me like Harris had broken his route and was just trying to find a place to settle in the middle; basic scramble drill stuff. That's not a 'read' as much as it is good improv.
Two different skills. Manning/Brady probably stands in the pocket, actually finds the tiny little seam that opens for a fraction of a second and drills a ball in there before all hell breaks loose (or gives up and fires it out the back). Manziel takes the snap, rolls around a for a bit and tries to find someone in space during the maelstrom. The former made a read, the latter made a play. Both approaches have merit; a perfect approach goes from the first to the second (Rodgers, Elway, Young).
Now I suspect that Mahomes will always trend towards the latter and in busted plays that's a good thing - but I think he needs a slightly better barometer of 'busted' right now. But yeah, he's much further along than I thought he'd be.