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Originally Posted by Detoxing
That sums it up for me as well. I thought he showed marked improvements in nearly every phase. He was calling blitz pickups, threw a freakin' dime to Conley, an excellent back shoulder throw. His posture in the pocket improved, he stopped holding the ball by his hip and he had an overall command of the offense.
I think we also got a good glimpse of his limitations. He's a pocket statue whose accuracy dips considerably when forced to move.
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The most telling part of that play was his throwing platform. That's where Mahomes shines. As a former baseball player his arm is just conditioned differently. Mechanically he can make throws from different angles and control them. That's invaluable in a scramble drill.
Bray can't do that. That's why his accuracy falls to shit out of the pocket. His arm angle really dipped on that pass and it's because he didn't have a base and doesn't have the arm conditioning that allows him to throw from multiple platforms (oddly enough, Cutler may be the most impressive example of this in the NFL, at least a couple years ago; dude could throw from anywhere).
Without that conditioning, he just flat missed. He'll miss more often than he doesn't because he truly can't control it from those angles - he's guiding rather than throwing (physiologically speaking, he's guessing). That doesn't mean he's worthless, it means hes a damn backup.