Saw absolute idiots blaming Worthy for not making a toe tap catch when he was wide the fuck open with a runway to a touchdown had the ball not been on the sideline. Excuse the agressiveness, but people have been saying he has negative football IQ when the guy is literally praised, unprompted might I add, for how he's picked up the playbook and in game route adjustments. The production isn't always there, but he's not a dumb player by a long shot. He's a rookie and that part seems to be lost on people.
Not to mention, Mahomes has been absolutely awful targeting him deep. Mahomes has missed the dude on 4 legitimate long TD opportunities. Throwing behind him on a crossing route, leading him out off bounds 2 times in 3 weeks when he won on his route, and just plain overthrowing him another time. He could be having a much bigger year for how much he's been getting behind the defense.
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Nah I think what a lot of people are acknowledging is that mahomes has been off on his throws but worthy is an NFL receiver and has to get better about knowing where he is in space. As an NFL receiver you have to help your QB just as they have to be better at putting you in the best position to succeed. Two things can be right…Mahomes needs to be far better at his ball placement on deep throws and worthy has to be better at the fundamentals such as getting two feet down.
Two things can be true. Mahomes has to make a better throw. And even with the throw he got, Worthy HAS to make that catch. That was a simple toe drag catch standing up. You have to make that reception.
So it’s Mahomes fault for not making a better pass so that worthy could catch it and turn it upfield. And Worthy’s fault for not atleast salvaging that throw with what should be simple field awareness. It would still have been a huge gain even without the TD. Rookie or not, you have to be aware of where you are on the field and not drag your foot before you even catch the ball. On no level do you get taught to do that.
But I’m really tired of Mahomes saying he has to do things better. It’s just getting repetitive at this point.
Pat is holding the ball too long. Dump the ball off wtf!Play calling should keep variety of targets, depth of designed catches so pat gets reminded of his objective on this offense. And then throw with some fucking accuracy and don’t force it when it isn’t there. nothing new.
Really Mahomes has led Worthy out of bounds three times in three weeks. It’s pretty atrocious.
The real issue is Mahomes has mechanically regressed. People blame the offensive line (fans scapegoat things to not blame Mahomes a lot), but even with the LT issues, Mahomes is clearly much worse at his fundamentals than he was two years ago. It feels like he’s just not disciplined enough to maintain them on his own like most players at their stage in his career.
Worthy COULD have toe tapped it, clearly. But this was absolutely more on Patrick.
Are you Worthy’s mom? Could the pass have been better? Sure.
Should he absolutely at least have brought it in in bounds. F yeah!!
I think what’s not discussed too often is how good/great receivers just make plays on imperfect throws. Not defending Mahomes. You’re right — the balls could be more accurate. But Worthy has to have the basic sense of where his feet are and he just doesn’t yet. When you look at elite receivers, they just have a much wider catch radius and they don’t require a perfect ball to make a play. When they make a great catch we rarely say the throw wasn’t great. Mahomes’ accuracy is being heavily questioned because Worthy is literally doing nothing to make the catch. You saw this with D-hop making an insane catch last week (two weeks ago?) — and it was clear that this was the first time in a long time his receivers made his job a bit easier. I imagine Worthy will improve. And we know that Mahomes will.
Worthy has the worst sideline awareness I’ve ever seen
Also, Mahomes missed a very wide open Worthy for a huge play in the second half of the game. Mahomes was just not seeing the field well enough.
Agree.
Worthy so skinny, pat thinks he’s farther away, but he’s actually just smaller and close up.
I don’t give a fuck if he missed the TD. Worthy not getting his feet down was an absolute joke in the same way he fucked up against Tampa. Their chemistry down field isn’t there yet but to act like him not getting his feet down is Pat’s fault is pathetic. Adjust to throw and make the fucking catch.
“Idiots” is a little strong. A better receiver makes that catch.
Yes the pass was suboptimal but we make those plays usually and I don’t think it’s crazy to expect a professional WR to make these catches
It’s a rookie mistake, plain and simple. Most veteran wide receivers would get their toes in bounds on both this catch and the one against the Bucs. Worthy just hasn’t learned how to do that yet. I’m sure this is something they’ll practice a lot during training camp because sideline catches aren’t going away. Tons of QB’s do them and their fans don’t blame the QB because their WR’s actually make the play.
Plenty of qbs don’t see the entire field. Burrow missed a wide open Chase last night.
Mahomes is great (best ever) when he can throw the ball on a line. If he puts air under it, he’s not very accurate at all. Short or long throws.
Worthy is going to have to get better at contested catches (I saw improvement!) cause Pat is going to throw it where the defender can get it. Worthy is pretty good at making adjustments to the ball in the air, but he can get even better.
That’s two plays now that should have been wide open Worthy TDs but Mahomes is throwing it right on the boundary line.
Yes a seasoned vet WR probably has enough room there to get two feet down, eliminating the TD since they’d be falling out of bounds, but holy moly was it unnecessary when he’s that wide open.
Mahomes needs to improve his throwing mechanics. There will come a day where his aging legs/ankles won’t support his improvisational scrambling. Of all the great QBs, his ball looks the most mid.
Worthy is getting way too much shit in this thread. Yes, a better receiver makes the catch but we should expect more from our generational SB winning QB. This isn’t like last season where the OLine was constantly letting us down with dropped balls, Pat has played below his standard and needs to wake up
Worthy needs to drag the feet. Mahomes needs to make better throws. Both are true
This gotta be worthys dad or some shit
Both things can true at the same time. Mahomes should have placed the ball in a better spot. He needs to put the ball in a better spot. Thats what most of our recievers need.
With that said, Worthy should have got his feet inbounds. There was enough room to catch the ball, just like last week. Its becoming a trend that he isn’t aware where the sideline is.
> people have been saying he has negative football IQ
Yeah this problem is why I won’t come into game threads anymore. It was fun while it lasted but now it’s just toxicity.
I’ve been saying it for two years…the excessive ads and social stuff is taking Mahomes’ head out of the game. Could also be having a family but still, guy needs more time practicing and more time at the facility.