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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
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.
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.
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"Do what Calvin Johnson or Randy Moss did and "come back to it"."
Well, yeah, I mean, do what the freaks of all freaks could do. Sure, yeah, right.
I think he banks on the potential for the catch/flag too much with the underthrows. YOu won't get as many walk in TD's, which we've missed a few of.