Why Eric Morris Wasn’t Super Impressed with Drew Mestemaker’s 54-Yard Highlight Play Against Houston

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STILLWATER — On Saturday night, Drew Mestemaker added arguably his best throw of the season when he hit receiver Wyatt Young for a 54-yard pass that currently ranks as the team’s third-longest offensive play of the season.

When asked what impressed him about the play on Tuesday, Eric Morris sounded a bit muted as if he’d seen better. To be fair to the head coach, he actually has.

“Yeah, probably not fair to ask me that question because you know I had the privilege of coaching Patrick Mahomes and Cam Ward,” Morris said. “And I’ve seen, you know, we used to make these tapes of them throwing no looks and rolling and doing all this crazy stuff in games, practice the whole nine yards.

“So that’s probably not fair to ask me that question just because it’s probably a little bit more normal in my eyes than what it should be, just because I’ve seen it over the course of the last 10 years or so.”

Just to recap the play Morris described as “normal” sees Mestemaker line up on the right hash.

He waits a beat after catching the snap, as if it’s any other play. He then spins to his right and rolls all the way back to his left until he crosses the left hash. At which point, he lets it rip while still on the move.

“Throwing off platform and getting his body in great position to be able to deliver,” Morris said, coming dangerously close to actually praising the throw. “Like to get your body in a position to throw that running full speed left is not easy to do, but it’s something that we do practice.”

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Morris reveals that the Cowboys repped the play something like five or six times last week. It’s not clear if that’s the total amount or if the Cowboys ran it that many times to each side because Morris also revealed that OSU was ready to call that either direction.

“Liked it a little bit better on the left hash and letting him roll right,” Morris said. “We had it in on both hashes, and so you know I just think when you go out there and you see somebody do something with your eyes, obviously that’s the first time probably you know a bunch of people in America seen him roll left and throw that.

“And we had probably five or six reps of it during the course of the week, and he’d been super accurate getting it out there, and so trusting him to be able to get out there and throw. So it didn’t surprise me, but I’d also seen it a couple different times where it was just as pretty.”

Despite his ho-hum response to Mestemaker’s new highlight, Morris gave his quarterback an “A+” for his ability to throw on the run this season.

As for the throw itself, at the point of release, Mestemaker was nine yards behind the line of scrimmage. The ball traveled roughly 49 yards through the air landing cleanly in Wyatt Young’s hands.

On rewatch it seems possible that Young slowed just a hair for the catch, but whether he did or not it wasn’t something obvious and it certainly didn’t detract from the amazement most (outside of those who have worked with Mahomes) would have at the play.

“It was unreal,” receiver Miles Coleman said. “You know, I see that kind of every day, but you know, seeing it live and seeing like just the consistency with him, it’s been amazing. It was a great route by Wyatt, and just seeing that throw rolling to his left, it’s one of a kind.”

He was asked about the play a few different times on Tuesday as reporters cycled around the room. Coleman’s excitement at reliving that particular play never seemed to dim.

“I’ve seen him do it for a while now, but it still surprises me each and every day,” Coleman said. “His consistency in every throw, the velocity, his accuracy is one-of-a-kind. He’s a special player and he’s the ultimate competitor.”