I think you're stretching it. I think he is what he is. And that with the way the team was desperate to get the ball downfield, if he didn't have the leadership to say
"eff the coach guys, I know your open, and I know I can get you the ball, and I know we're out of the playoffs, and I know every week in the paper they are calling me Trentative and Captain Checkdown, and it's obvious that the coach has little authority in this organization, you can call me crazy, but I'm gonna throw the ball FIFTEEN WHOLE YARDS downfield this time if it's there"
If he couldn't do that, then he won't ever be a good leader.
I don't think that it happened that way though. I just think that for whatever reason, he either can't or won't make the throw. What was DJ gonna do, bench him for Fitzpatrick? Oh yeah.