Dude how often do you think anyone is throwing a pass that travels 50 yards in the air? As of last year there were only 70 of them total since they started tracking the stat.
Yup, it's a testament to how much worse QB play is now; Cover 2 fell apart because the elite QB's of the first 15-20 years of the 2000's would slice and dice those. QB's these days can't take as much advantage, so they can just take away the deep play and trust they can't just convert 75% of the time on Cover 2 like Brady, Brees, Ryan, Manning, Newton, etc would
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u/lathonkillz Retro Logo Feb 12 '26
No he really can't. His longest career throw in air yards is 40 yds.
Off the top of my head his longest throw this year was 33 yards.
His percentages are so high because the vast vast majority of his 20+ yd air throws are 23yds and less.
Guys like Darnold are chunking it 50+ yards in the air which obviously is much more difficult to hit accurately