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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
{sigh}
Yup.
Smith wouldn't have tried that throw to Kelce and hell, maybe he shouldn't have. It's a throw Mahomes has made in his sleep 20 times because he has the arm to get that in there before anything can close up.
But man, that throw to Hardman is a throw that Smith makes 10 times out of 10. Because it was just easy money. It's a little flip out wide and if you put it out there, there's no picking it off.
He was freaked the **** out. He was afraid he'd hang it up and get it cut under. And when he sees the tape he'll understand how wrong that was. But when he was out there in real time he was scared to hell and gone.
He just had so many bad hops and unlucky bounces (one more to effectively end the season) that he started seeing ghosts. He passed on that Hardman throw a couple weeks ago as well when he had to scramble for the 2-pt throw to CEH.
He just got rattled this year. Hopefully the off-season helps him shake it off. Kid's been a gunslinger his whole life and I think some pretty overwhelming pressure to be great all the time finally got to him.
We saw just how young PMII really is. He's caught between being too young to know any better and old enough to not give a shit.
I hate to see that. Not for me as a fan (again - we won a title so I can die in peace). But for Mahomes. He's taken so damn much on himself and he finally cracked. And he's gonna kick the shit out of himself for it.
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Mahomes is still young. Still learning the position at an NFL level. He will learn to just hand it off if the box is light because that makes him more dangerous.