Watson's hail marys do show what a friend freak wide receivers can be to a young QB. I hope we make an effort to stockpile some talent there. We had the worst group of wideouts in the AFC West even before Conley went down. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ChiefGator:
Yep. Watson looks better than I thought and he certainly isn't the weak-armed QB that he was billed as. It was pretty well known that Watson was probably more NFL-ready, but with a lower ceiling. I'm not so sure that ceiling is so low anymore. Impressive young man really.
I agree. His long balls look good, nice tight spirals. He seemed to have a nice instinctual touch on those balls, rather than just tossing them up IMO. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Black Bob:
I wanted Watson over Mahommes and still do. I think we got the wrong QB but time will tell. Mahommes is much more likely to be Jake Locker than Brett Favre.
Mahomes was the right choice, but everything doesn’t have to be binary like we make it out to be on CP. Watson could turn out to be a fine player too.
I think what people are missing is that these “jump balls” were right where they needed to be - right on the receivers hands in most cases. The fact that the ball was placed so the receiver could use vertical space to make the catch and only his man could get the ball doesn’t make the throw meaningless. This is a legitimate NFL throw that great QBs have to be able to execute accurately, and he placed a several of them perfectly. Facing a defense so adept at forcing turnovers, throwing 5 TDs and no INTs means he was probably placing the ball very well down the field.
Smith, for now an MVP candidate, was less accurate down the field even in a game where he played well.
Nobody is saying Watson doesn’t have a long way to go yet before he’s arrived, but the pre-draft trash talk that he isn’t a legitimate NFL QB obviously is not looking too smart right now. [Reply]
While Watson was impressive on some things last night, he still has a long way to go to be successful in the NFL. Sure, 5 TD passes look good in the stats and someone's fantasy team, but those 3 Hail Mary's could have turned into 3 INTs just as easily. I think we got the right guy. [Reply]
The problem with Watson was never going to be "he can't chuck up a prayer to the end zone"
The problem, which we haven't seen yet because they're protecting him, is "He doesn't have the velocity to throw strikes to the out routes and get the ball there in time to avoid the interception like Mahomes easily can because Mahomes throws 62mph and Watson throws 49." [Reply]