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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Edited your post to show my commentary. There's more to those plays than you described.
First of all, what did he do different from Alex Smith? Proved multiple times he has better pocket presence. Showed ability multiple times to throw on the run, even more impressive that he did it rolling left. Multiple times threw at the sticks instead of the checkdown. Gives his receivers a chance when he throws the ball away (we saw that multiple times in the preseason). In the face of pressure, he still tries to make a throw with none of those passes looking at all risky.
And by the way, I don't think this was the game he showed what he can do. This was a game where he showed what he had learned. In previous games, he was absolutely outstanding using his mobility not to run, even pressure situations the took a miracle to get out of. This was a game where he replaced some of that freelancing with very smart throwaway balls and where he looks to get rid of the ball much, much faster.
There is no way you can possibly think that Mahomes didn't flash this preseason that he has a hell of a lot more to offer than Smith. Of course it's a risk. But I don't think it is because there isn't any more upside to Smith. We know exactly what he is.
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there's the hypocrisy though. Many of those plays are what AS would have done too, checkdown, coverage and protection issues.
Mahomes does have spark, and potential. He is the future. The FUTURE. He's still very inexperienced and needs more time IMO. ANd many who are way smarter than me (us) seem to agree. We do far more damage to him rolling him out there this season. This isn't college, he hasn't been a multi-year backup.