Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
laser! you gotta love the footwork on this though.
Best part about the footwork is that incredibly subtle slide off the hash-mark to improve his angle.
His drop is straight back along the hash, right? But he's got that LB in the middle and if he stays right there, the throw is probably still available but not quite as clean and his margin for error goes down. Stay there and just a little bit of a misfire is batted up into the air.
He takes that real subtle sideways step to his right that gives him an easy pitch and catch with no real risk to it at all, then steps and fires.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Best part about the footwork is that incredibly subtle slide off the hash-mark to improve his angle.
His drop is straight back along the hash, right? But he's got that LB in the middle and if he stays right there, the throw is probably still available but not quite as clean and his margin for error goes down. Stay there and just a little bit of a misfire is batted up into the air.
He takes that real subtle sideways step to his right that gives him an easy pitch and catch with no real risk to it at all, then steps and fires.
Just spectacular feel for the position.
Watching Cam Erving wall off a dude was nice as well. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
I’ll tell you what, a lot of these national media guys that were sucking Watson’s dick are still skeptical of Mahomes
Ever hear of 'Nichols law of Catcher Defense'? It's a presumption that any catcher who can't hit must actually be a good defensive player. It's stupid; a lot of catchers can't do shit either way.
The football equivalent would be "DJ's Law of Limp Wristed Passers". If a quarterback has a noodle arm, he must be a really smart, polished passer. And think about how universally applicable it is? Can you think of a QB with an average arm who doesn't get that 'smart player' label stuck on him? Some of them have average arms and are ALSO stupid and raw.
These national asswipes keep sucking off Watson and calling Mahomes a reckless gunslinger despite Watson have FAR worse turnover issues in college than Mahomes had. Why? Because Watson has a bitch arm. So they just presume he must be smart with the football because obviously he doesn't have the rocket to be risky.
They're just wrong. There's not a single thing Watson does better than Mahomes on a football field apart from run in a straight line. It's just irritating and that's why I will continue to root against the guy. [Reply]
