The Ghost of Mike Kelly

The problem with Nichols is he’ll air it deep and everything is fine. But as soon as he throws a pick, or a few deep balls don’t work, he goes back into his shell. Its not that Collaros is 1000 times better with the deep ball, its that he’s more confident of himself it seems to keep slinging it out. Plus his ability to escape pressure and not just tuck and roll/toss it away, allows for much more when it comes to the deep ball. Nichols stats to start the year were insane, but he never sticks with it and falls back to safety-blanket things that will only get you so far (see 2018 west final). 

In terms of the way the offence was run as a whole (pre-Collaros) you could probably have Speedy Banks out there and he would look relatively average with very few touches. Collaros comes in and now we see Adams and Demski’s games elevated—that’s because we have a proper quarterback airing it out to them. None of this timid pass offense that we’ve shown the vast majority of the season. IMO Adams is a bonafide 1000 receiver on any other team in the league this season.  

The problem with Nichols is he’ll air it deep and everything is fine. But as soon as he throws a pick, or a few deep balls don’t work, he goes back into his shell. Its not that Collaros is 1000 times better with the deep ball, its that he’s more confident of himself it seems to keep slinging it out. Plus his ability to escape pressure and not just tuck and roll/toss it away, allows for much more when it comes to the deep ball. Nichols stats to start the year were insane, but he never sticks with it and falls back to safety-blanket things that will only get you so far (see 2018 west final). 

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