Patrick Mahomes Week 12 film review and bonus "run the ball Andy" stats
Looking at the Chiefs QB against Vegas, as well as Andy Reid buying into ground and pound for at least a night.
You know the drill. Every week (well, most weeks) I’ll be charting every dropback by Patrick Mahomes this year, just like I’ve done for… well, his whole career. As I laid out in the Week 1 film review (which is unlocked so you can see the methodology in more detail), statistical analysis of quarterbacks, especially in small sample sizes, doesn’t really tell us the whole story or even most of it. So I chart things that the QB can control, such as accuracy, pocket presence, franchise throws, going through reads, and more.
It’s late in the week, so let’s get right to it; Patrick Mahomes is officially stacking good performances on top of one another. And even if one of them is against the Raiders, I’ll take it.
Sunday against Vegas, Mahomes a solid day by his standards and threw in a couple of “sweet moses” plays/throws in for good measure.
This is one the best throws of the season from Mahomes, and interestingly enough I sort of missed it in the moment. I knew it was a GOOD throw with accuracy down the field, but it wasn’t until I was looking at the all-22 and Madden cam angles that I really pieced the whole thing together. From the defender being in terrific position, to the distance down the field, to the trajectory of the ball (to avoid letting the safety come over the top), to the fact that he did it on the run… this is about as perfect as it gets.
Let’s talk about the rest of Mahomes day against a defense that just cannot figure him out, year after year, and how there are still a few things to clean up even as he continues to play well. And after that, I’ve got a little bonus content about Andy Reid embracing the run game in the right moments for at least one night.
-Week 1 (UNLOCKED, lays out the terms and methodology)
-Week 3 (no article, but the numbers are there in a week he was virtually flawless)