With Patrick Mahomes clearly not at 100 percent, the Jacksonville Jaguars had a ripe opportunity for a divisional-round upset on Saturday afternoon. But they still had to play the game. They still had to take advantage of openings the Kansas City Chiefs would leave them when they came. That seemed to be a bit of a struggle!
Take this offensive play from the late second quarter.
Trevor Lawrence launched an absolutely beautiful deep toss to Christian Kirk, who got behind two Chiefs’ defensive backs on a play that should’ve put the Jaguars in the red zone. Except Kirk dropped it. Woof.
In his live analysis of the play, NBC color commentator Cris Collinsworth called Lawrence’s perfect pass an “overthrow.” I’m curious as to what he was watching because the Jaguars’ star QB dropped it in the bucket for Kirk:
Lawrence went DEEEP to Kirk who drops it. Almost a massive play.
Cris Collinsworth called this an "overthrow"? what is he looking at?pic.twitter.com/iRrVrMdpEZ
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 21, 2023
To be clear, Kirk was still enjoying a solid game. Even though he was underperforming his pregame over and under of 62.5 receiving yards through three quarters, Kirk still had Jacksonville’s lone touchdown at the time. He still acted as Lawrence’s security blanket and primary option, and that is not to be taken lightly in a postseason game.
Still, in a tight playoff battle, if you were the Jaguars, you would’ve hoped to see the playmaker come through for his quarterback on a pass that traveled over 60 yards in the air. Because Collinsworth was wrong: Lawrence did not overthrow his receiver. At all.
NFL fans roasted Collinsworth for calling Lawrence's sweet pass an "overthrow"
Football twitter when Cris Collinsworth called that Trevor Lawrence dime an overthrow pic.twitter.com/GqTAnzOMsv
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) January 21, 2023
In the world of Chris Collinsworth this is an overthrow.
In the real world this is a DIME.
pic.twitter.com/Q7ElToBVCU— Jake Jordan (@JakeTheBillsFan) January 21, 2023
No way Collinsworth was saying that was an overthrow by Lawrence? That was on the money. Kirk needs to make the catch
— adam (@_adamhess) January 21, 2023
Still can't believe Collinsworth called this an overthrow pic.twitter.com/1vpmxGR7jF
— Rich (@richjmadrid) January 21, 2023
Collinsworth was just praising an incompletion earlier and then called a 70 yard dot an overthrow lmao what.
— RB (@RyB_311) January 21, 2023
What is Chris Collinsworth talking about? That wasn’t an overthrow. He dropped the ball.
— Randy Wilkins (@pamsson) January 21, 2023
Gotta catch a 60-yard dime like this. Collinsworth calling it an overthrow is the WR in him coming out lol https://t.co/vO1IYnhBUm
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) January 21, 2023
Trevor Lawrence gets an incompletion for that dime and Collinsworth called it an overthrow. I am sick
— Max Toscano (@maxtoscano1) January 21, 2023
