[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

The throw that led me to believe Mahomes was back was the throw to Gray.

Not because the throw itself, but because he threw it at all.

For the last several weeks he's looked so unsure and tentative. I don't think he unloads that ball. I think he hitches, drops his eyes and starts looking for a way to scramble around.

His throw to Robinson on third down early in the game was another one. He got to the back of his drop, scanned, fired. He didn't hold the ball waiting for Kelce/Hill to break open. He ran the offense, found his guy and unloaded it.

It hurt and was hard to say, but the offense had a Mahomes problem for several weeks there. He just had to work through it and last night he did exactly that. The Raiders made a few things easier for him, but he played to his standards and that was the biggest difference.

I do worry that he's just never gonna have a great deep ball. As strong as his arm is, he could put the air under it for guys to adjust on it but for whatever reason he just doesn't. Favre did the same thing quite a bit - all that arm but such a flat deep ball that it has to be a perfect throw to connect and that's just asking a lot for a throw 40+ yards downfield.

I agree, but that deep ball to Reek was literally an inch off. Given everything happening in that play and the myriad physics involved, the amount by which he missed is, literally, negligible (even if the outcome wasn't). Several of his other misses have been similar, albeit with other dudes running different speeds. Could he make life easier on himself and put more air under it, thus allowing for a greater epsilon of error? Absolutely? Would that still be Pat? I'm not sure it is at this point in time.