[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

• completion 1st d - Rolled left, threw accurate pass running to his left
• dink to LOS - Checkdown
• scramble and sack instead of TIA - Well scrambled away from pressure. Should have ended the play better.
• short throw behind receiver - Inaccurate on timing route. To be expected from a guy who's had a few weeks to work with receivers.
• scramble, throw it away at receivers back - Again, escapes pressure. Very smart decision to throw the ball away.
• long bomb OOB - A throw Alex does not make. Pass rush is immediately in his face and he decides to overthrow the ball to see if the receiver can catch up for it. Very smart play under pressure.
• too high over mifddle, lucky not picked off - not a good pass
• 1st down over middle - Incredible pocket presence. Again, rolling left throws a dart. Alex would have rolled right into the sack.
• close to 1st - Good slant route. This is a throw Alex would make.
• scramble for short gainand 1st d - another Alex like play
• Missed this one - Beautiful out route thrown at the sticks. Quick decision, a sideline throw that Alex is usually afraid to make
• long bomb to endzone, way overthrown - This looked more like a throwaway to me than an overthrow. Had a guy in triple coverage. These are the types of plays you'd expect he'll make less of as he learns to read defenses
• too high pass to LOS - checkdown
• Another miss- Escapes pressure rolling left, throws first round dart on the
• ball thrown too far OOB no TD - What are you talking about? Beautiful back shoulder throw. Travis does a terrible job getting his feet down
• fumble for a loss
• low pass, no completion - Thrown under immediate duress. A low pass but not a good safe "throwaway" with a chance for completion
• dink 3yd pass, immediately covered - designed screen pass

Now, he did have a few nice plays, but what about the majority of that is any better than what AS does on average. Not talking about his outliers, but AVERAGE.

I'll take your word for it as against Seattle's starters. But the misses in the video weren't drops, they were bad throws IMO.

And this was pointed to as his best game wasn't it??

Edited your post to show my commentary. There's more to those plays than you described.

First of all, what did he do different from Alex Smith? Proved multiple times he has better pocket presence. Showed ability multiple times to throw on the run, even more impressive that he did it rolling left. Multiple times threw at the sticks instead of the checkdown. Gives his receivers a chance when he throws the ball away (we saw that multiple times in the preseason). In the face of pressure, he still tries to make a throw with none of those passes looking at all risky.

And by the way, I don't think this was the game he showed what he can do. This was a game where he showed what he had learned. In previous games, he was absolutely outstanding using his mobility not to run, even pressure situations the took a miracle to get out of. This was a game where he replaced some of that freelancing with very smart throwaway balls and where he looks to get rid of the ball much, much faster.

There is no way you can possibly think that Mahomes didn't flash this preseason that he has a hell of a lot more to offer than Smith. Of course it's a risk. But I don't think it is because there isn't any more upside to Smith. We know exactly what he is.