What is wrong with Mahomes' deep ball?

[Bearcat]

I get the "he's never been good at the long ball" stuff for those 3rd and short bombs, but a few long passes today weren't "**** it Worthy down there somewhere" and throw it as far as humanly possible, they were relatively easy throws for what, like ~30-40 yards?

And yeah the line sucks, but this is the same quarterback who used to throw cross-body 40 yards across and downfield to guys on a dime or throw it 50 yards downfield on the run, and he's struggling with relatively simple throws with no one in his face or breathing down his neck.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I get the "he's never been good at the long ball" stuff for those 3rd and short bombs, but a few long passes today weren't "**** it Worthy down there somewhere" and throw it as far as humanly possible, they were relatively easy throws for what, like ~30-40 yards?

And yeah the line sucks, but this is the same quarterback who used to throw cross-body 40 yards across and downfield to guys on a dime or throw it 50 yards downfield on the run, and he's struggling with relatively simple throws with no one in his face or breathing down his neck.

Patrick Mahomes has been pressured 54% of the time today, per @ESPNStatsInfo.

That's the highest pressure rate he's faced in a game since 2020.

— Seth Walder (@SethWalder) December 15, 2024

My suspicion is that it might have something to do with this

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

My suspicion is that it might have something to do with this

Only if you didn't watch the game or know what throws I was talking about, or read my post where I said he wasn't getting pressured on those throws at all, or that he used to get pressured frequently and still throw accurately downfield.

Besides that, yeah thanks for the suggestion, I never would have thought of it.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Only if you didn't watch the game or know what throws I was talking about, or read my post where I said he wasn't getting pressured on those throws at all, or that he used to get pressured frequently and still throw accurately downfield.

Besides that, yeah thanks for the suggestion, I never would have thought of it.

I have a habit of skimming posts trashing Mahomes for missing some throws in meaningless December games while his offensive line is consistently getting destroyed as bad as it has in 5 years, my bad.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Only if you didn't watch the game or know what throws I was talking about, or read my post where I said he wasn't getting pressured on those throws at all, or that he used to get pressured frequently and still throw accurately downfield.

Besides that, yeah thanks for the suggestion, I never would have thought of it.

On those little xy charts for under pressure he was routinely all my himself in the upper right corner.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

On those little xy charts for under pressure he was routinely all my himself in the upper right corner.

Give him the time Josh Allen is getting in the pocket this year and you’re looking at a completely different discussion but it seems most would rather not have that discussion.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Give him the time Josh Allen is getting in the pocket this year and you’re looking at a completely different discussion but it seems most would rather not have that discussion.

I get it. We can’t expect him to make big plays under pressure or from clean pockets because he has PTSD.