Mahomes Grade Game 2

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

What you make be overlooking is the fact that he may rarely get to his 3rd read because he has the ability to make any throw. He only needs a small window to DOT the receiver so he's going to be hitting that 1st/2nd read 90% of the time. His first pass of the preseason was a deep strike because thats the play that was called. We will have to rely on Reid to call those plays.

I'm not overlooking it. There are, in many cases, very good reasons he isn't going 3 deep. As you've noted, the plan isn't to get to a 3rd read and often the ball is coming out correctly to 1 or 2. Perhaps the protection isn't allowing it. All those things are true.

But to say he's going to 3+ reads is giving him credit for things he's not actually doing yet just because he hasn't demonstrated that he WON'T do it yet. That's not a great trap to fall into.