07-18-2021, 05:40 PM
(07-18-2021, 03:53 PM)SuperBowlBound! Wrote: So do you think Mahomes is good enough to make a below average team contenders?
I think he is a top 10 QB who lucked into a great situation with very talented wide receivers and probably the greatest tight end to ever play the game. He had an above average Off line until they were injured and he had Andy Reid as his head coach. Once his line was weak he no longer looked like an MVP QB.
His 2021 Super Bowl stats:
1 Fumble
26-49 passing for 270 yards with 2 Interceptions
Ran the 5 times for 33 yards
Sacked 3 times
QBR Rating of 49.9
No QB in the league is going to make a below average team contenders. I would venture to say that no QB in NFL history is able to do that. The game is too complex to do so. A QB can take a below average offensive cast and make them good, however. He has no effect on the defense, though. So, the answer to that question is “no, but no one else can either.”
Yes, his stat line wasn’t great, but if you give any QB a bad offensive line it isn’t going to end well. The same argument applies to Brady, Peyton or any other all time great. To be honest, one of the throws he made was quite possibly the greatest throw I have ever seen in all the time I have watched football. Williams dropped it, and it would have been a touchdown.
As it stands today, Mahomes is on a completely different level than Burrow is. It isn’t even close. I hope that Burrow can get there and I do believe he is going to be a good QB, but I’m not willing to bet on him to the point where I’d take him over Mahomes. Not yet, at least. We have only seen nine games of him.
