[Hefner] Through three games, Mahomes has thrown 15 deep passes compared to just five at the same point last year… and that’s without Worthy or Rice.
[Hefner] Through three games, Mahomes has thrown 15 deep passes compared to just five at the same point last year… and that’s without Worthy or Rice.
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This is a lot more of a Thornton stat (and somewhat of an offensive line stat) than anything. That guy can win deep.
The 11 to Thornton is really a standout metric here imo. Especially given he has 18 targets on the year so far.
This is still good even though Thornton is getting most of them.
My optimistic take is this gives Mahomes time to develop chemistry with Thornton and come week 7 he has 3 real threats to throw to.
And how many of those were caught or even on target
I think Mahomes is slowly starting to get a bit more comfortable in the pocket.
Last season it was like hail-mary passes and most attempts were not even close to the target at times
Remember the 3rd down and short where he had a WIDE OPEN receiver at the chains right and he tried to get it to Thornton splitting the defense instead? That’s a play he definitely wouldn’t have attempted last year. If he’d hit 80 it would’ve been another long TD for Thornton, but the bad pass/connection made it 4th.
Fuck it, Tyquan down there somewhere
Yeah and all of them are deep shots to Thornton lol
Only two for Brown is very unfortunate.
I like the aggression getting better at the deep wasn’t necessary to beat the giants but it is to beat the Bill’s and ravens
Week 1 I swear everyone was saying we needed to go for the deep ball more. Watching the game though, we took a ton of shots to Thornton, most of which should’ve been completions. I swear I watched a different game than everyone else. Thornton must have crazy speed/release though, because he keeps absolutely burning guys downfield. As Mahomes and Thornton develop and get on the same page more frequently, I see many more deep shots to him coming in the future (or double coverage, which opens up plays for the other guys)
Clearly he’s feeling more comfortable with Simmons at LT
Have to establish and attempt to run the ball for this to be successful. Good sign tho without Rice/X
Positive vibes
The only bad miss was the wide open Thornton vs the eagles on the last drive. He has been playing well. We need to figure out our run game, stay healthy, and hopefully get worthy and rice back so we can cook on offense.
Kelce being old and the highest paid TE in the league sucks. Hopefully he can get it together.
This is probably mainly because they’ve been losing for the majority of these games when last year they were leading for the most part.
He looked much better in his deep shots.
What I saw last night was a wide open Thornton anytime he took off deep. Glad he had a few catches, but Mahomes was on target for those throws. Love seeing the deep threat again.
He’s probably hovering around 50% for completion on the deep ball too. They need to ratchet it up more stress the defense to their limit once worthy and rice come back
Good it’s fun when the Chiefs do that
0-2 start was a much needed wake up call for this team
Throwing deep balls would be a lot easier if we had an effective running game to take some of the pressure off.