There was some podcast that talked about Mahomes and his air yards per TD. Four years ago, it was something like 17 yards per TD thrown, 3 years ago, it was something like 12 yards per TD, 2 years ago, it was something like 8 yards per TD and last year, it was down to 4 yards per TD.
Now I have to be honest and say that I have not watched every single TD of Mahomes and perhaps he had most of his TDs in his career with air yards per TD being almost equal to his yards per TD, meaning that he was throwing his TD passes for receptions at around the 5 yard line with the receiver then walking into the endzone, if not catching TDs in the endzone, but I really do not believe that is the case.
Mahomes decided that his receivers could make his life easier by letting them run after the catch on shorter and shorter routes, especially with his top receiver leaving for Miami.
Fields will make his own life easier by taking some of those layups and letting his playmakers make plays. The more he does that, the more yards he will get, the easier it will become (practice), the more spread out the defense will be, thus, the easier for the defense to breakdown on coverage every now and then, the easier the rushing game will be because of less defenders in the box, the easier Fields will be able to pickup a first down with his legs with zero defenders close enough to even touch him and, finally, the more time of possession the Bears will be able to eat up.
None of these guarantee a victory, but they sure will improve their odds of a better record than 2022 where they lost many games by one score with worse WRs, O-line, TEs, D-line, LBers, DBs along with every other group of the Bears, be it player or coach.
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