Patrick Mahomes’ Next Evolution Could Be His Best One Yet | The 33rd Team
LEAGUE OF HIS OWN
In 2021, we saw the biggest shift in how defenses sold out to stop explosive passing. Mahomes saw two high coverages on 50 percent of his non-red zone dropbacks, while the league average was 42.2 percent. Like the previous year, Mahomes saw more Quarters coverage, while the two players who saw more split-safety coverages, Ben Roethlisberger and Matthew Stafford, saw more straight-up Cover-2.
Roethlisberger was there because, by his final seasons, his game devolved into standing in the pocket, getting the ball out as quickly as possible, and throwing low-percentage go balls down the sideline.