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Originally Posted by O.city
He just doesn't throw it high and lead guys as well as he should. I can't figure it out.
A couple times this year, he's had Watson on a post and he just doesn't throw it out in front of him.
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He's overcorrected, IMO.
You just can't overthrow a guy with a full stride and give them no chance, so he started underthrowing them a bit.
Then you have folks (it's a hobby on CP) blaming the pass catcher for not "Going up and getting the ball!"
Fellas, there have been a half-dozen guys in NFL history that can do that. Hill could. But there's a reason 'Mossed' became a verb. That shit is RARE. You're asking a guy who's running on a dead sprint with his momentum taking him downfield to simply go straight up, turn his body and secure a catch with a guy coming downhill into his lap.
The simple act of stopping and going straight up is essentially impossible for all but the absolute elite of the elite. The rest need to decelerate, gather and then explode. MVS can't do that because he's not Tyreek Hill. If you underthrow him, he's not going to catch it. And it's not something that he 'needs to do!' - it's something that he physically CANNOT do because he's not a goddamn freak of nature.
There was a perfect example against the Raiders and of course the usual suspects "Why doesn't MVS just go up and get that!" - because he's running a goddamn windsprint down the field and had to jump, turn and catch a ball all in one motion. Mere mortals don't do that - HoF players do. Quit asking MVS to make that catch because if/when he does, it's really just dumb luck. Really good players don't make that catch, let along slightly above average ones. You've gotta make a better throw.
What I'd like to see Patrick do a little more of is throw to an open area and let his WR adjust laterally. That's a lot more doable. The throw doesn't have to be as precise because the WR can adjust his angle to it without trying to fully put the brakes on his momentum. So throw to the inside/outside of someone like that and let them try to change their angle.
But those throws directly over the top? Shit man, they're just REALLY hard throws to make and if they aren't really good throws, they're damn near impossible catches to bring in.