He's kicking down the fullbacks throat because the f**king fullback is Billy Slater or Greg Inglis, who are f**king incredible and very few if any halfbacks not named Cooper Cronk or Jonathan Thurston, are able to find ground against them
It has EVERYTHING to do with those 5 players
JT, Smith and Cronk are able to win the field position battle with their own kicking games, which means Pearce is kicking usually in bad spots and kicking to Inglis/Slater who both happen to be two of the best athletes and best positional fullbacks in the game and routinely take balls on the full or on the first bounce.
Honestly, how can anyone who watches RL say that having the games best halfback, five-eighth, fullback, centre and hooker doesnt have a huge impact on the ability of the opposition halfback to operate effectively?
Madness.
The reality is Mitchell Pearce is hated because he's not good enough to win SOO series. And the reason he isnt good enough is because the best 5 players in the game all play for QLD, and i'd argue 10-15 of the best 20 players play for QLD.
Until that changes, Pearce, Mullen, Reynolds, Carney, who ever else you want to try, they will fail.
It doesnt matter what NSW do, QLD will keep winning until such time that Cronk, Smith, JT, Slater and Inglis either retire, or slow down to a level where they arent the best 5 footballers on the field.
It's that simple.
that's all that matters. 
