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*****The Patrick Mahomes Thread*****
IT ****ING HAPPENED
OP UPDATE: Because of all the interest in this thread, I've place all of the video content of Patrick Mahomes II's college career, and draft day goodness into a single post that can be found here. Enjoy! Last edited by Dante84; 05-17-2017 at 09:40 AM.. |
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1. Trust the pocket. Pat would bail on the pocket too quickly at times and would actually make the play more difficult on himself and his team. He had a crap OL, but even when they did a good job for him he would still bail out of the pocket too soon. 2. Decision-making. This one you can try your best to coach the gunslinger out of him, but his natural tendency is to go for broke on every play. If he is unable to control that tendency, he will be an INT machine at the NFL level and it will prevent him from reaching his potential. 3. Protecting himself. He is a warrior and his natural instinct is to take whatever hits are required to get the first down, etc. This one I hope they can coach out of him or he will be an injury bust in the NFL. He has already had a number of self-inflicted injuries due to his refusal to ever give up on plays. They have to make him a lot more conservative on this aspect of the game. |
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Don't forget, Smith has issues that are not fixable either. Poor pocket presence. Panics at phantom pressure. Doesn't see down the field when pressured. Won't throw receivers open, will only throw to open receivers (sometimes).
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Gruden brought up a great example at the end of the Texas game. We were driving to try to tie the game. Still had a timeout on the board. Pat missed an obvious check-down throw and threw into triple coverage in the end zone. Sure enough interception cost us our chance to tie the game. We were not that far from the end zone either. Pat said the check-down guy could have made it to the 7 or 8 yard line. With a timeout on the board, you have to take that check-down when all the guys in the end zone are covered. I think he understands that he has to change this aspect of his game. But the question is can he control his natural instincts? Even if you know the right thing to do, the question is can you control your adrenaline and everything under the lights or will you revert to bad habits? |
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Brad Childress Matt Nagy Andy Reid I have so much trust in these men to coach this kid up. |
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But as we have said before, these flaws are the reason he wasn't picked #1 overall. He has that kind of talent and Pat is fortunate he was not polished enough to be picked by the Browns. That is QB Graveyard. Andy Reid is a great QB coach and will likely get more out of him than the Browns ever could. |
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I used to want to hose down my tv with endless rounds of buckshot when Kingsbury would say that. I doubt we'll ever hear Reid say, "Yeah, he threw some bad picks and made some lousy decisions, but I was just letting him (Pat) be Pat." Quote:
My guess is that this will be the SECOND major thing that Reid immediately gets out of the boy's psyche. Maybe we can recruit Deion Sanders to explain to Mahomes the concept of making a "business decision?" ![]() This will, hopefully, come with the discipline that is present with solid, proven coaches like Reid and his staff. We didn't have that at Tech. We're getting there, slowly (TOO slowly), but Kliff was too generous with Pat and let him have his own way. Of course, I don't think Kliff has ever had a QB like Mahomes, either, in fairness to Kliff. Quote:
I'll take the warrior any day so long as there is a wise-old wizard that teaches and instills in the warrior discipline, focus and know when to take two steps back in order to leap five steps forward. Like you, I'm stoked about seeing him in a Chiefs uniform. Can't wait for everything to start rolling! --JD |
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Geez, I'll try to make sure my posts meet your lofty standards from here on out. And while I may be praising just to praise you seem to be an arrogant prick just to be an arrogant prick. ![]() |
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Also a huge city with a ton of pressure. Kansas City is like a bigger Lubbock, more laid back kind of place where Pat can work on his game quietly behind the scenes. It's not a huge city with all of the East Coast media obsessing over your every move. Mark Sanchez never stood a chance there, especially after the Jets traded a ton of draft picks to get him. |
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No, you're right. Mahomes' ability to nod his head at a blowhard ESPN talking head tells me we're in for at least a half dozen SB rings!! |
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