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Robert Zeglinski

Cris Collinsworth called a perfect Trevor Lawrence pass an ‘overthrow’ and NFL fans roasted his WR bias

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:

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"

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