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Originally Posted by TambaBerry
Going to get a lot of hate with this comment but Mahomes biggest weakness is he doesn't trust his eyes while in the pocket. He loves to do the scramble and make the plays outside of the pocket. It's not entirely a bad thing but then you have what happened against the Bengals. Multiple times he had open guys while in the pocket and he decided to run around and create time instead of trusting himself. He obviously did a lot better this season but went back to Tech Mahomes too much.
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I think when he sees something flash open that early, he's overthinking and 'seeing ghosts' as is the parlance, . . . as in, he's not panicking, but he's wagering that someone is trying to bait him with such an easy throw. He's conjuring the image of someone just outside his vision licking their chops for him to throw such an obvious option. [it's just a split second assessment, but by that point the window is closing and the scrambling is commencing] . . .
Compare to Brady or Raplesburger [who was kind of forced into it by age] when they step and rip without even assessing, by design and drilling. It's not something you decide to do in the moment. Even when he quick hits by design, there's a hint of him trying to will the pass rather than executing and trusting, . . witness those sails to the wheel routes in the flat in the Bengals game, or many of the throwaways accumulating late in the season.
Heck, even on the pinnacle play of the season, the improv to Kelce to put us in FG range, with Kelce WIDE OPEN, he STILL pump-faked and shoulder feinted to phantom coverage, risking the DLman getting to him.
And all this play into the entire mentality that he's the one that has to do everything. He can't 'make a mistake' like being baited into a throw when the defense isn't doing anything to contribute. And if he DOES 'make a mistake' everyone in the franchise might fall apart in despair and it's game over.
They're asking too much of him. He already gives so much, time for the rest of the franchise to pull their weight.