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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Here's the issue - JJSS could've been wide-ass open and Mahomes would've never known.
He never gave that play a chance to develop at all. JJSS hadn't even made his break yet and Mahomes, for no reason, had pulled the ball down and run forward.
"Nobody was open!!!" is the cry. I don't really agree - a throw was there to be made to JJSS though yes, it would've been tough. Again, Pat, you're a superstar and this roster is built through you, tough throws are throws you HAVE to make.
But that's not even the biggest issue. The biggest issue is that he on the play before there was any way to know if anyone was going to be open anyway.
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Yeah so doesn't that kinda speak to/align with what I'm seeing - and that's Mahomes playing a lot like Alex Smith when under pressure. He doesn't mentally trust the protection enough to patiently go through his reads and half the time, it's for legit reason.
I mean he has the physical ability to still make some nutty plays which Alex didn't (at least with his arm). But where it's the same is if his first read isn't open, his eyes are dropping, the feet are happy, and about 1/3 of the time it's ending with a sack. The other 1/3 it ends incomplete. And then you get 1/3 of the magic stuff.