Historically, including the two times Mahomes has actually won the MVP, the award goes to the quarterback with the gaudiest stats and highlight reel performances.
That's a big reason why, despite his regularly disappearing in the playoffs, Lamar Jackson will be a perennial MVP candidate (until the day he has to retire two seasons from now because his body was snapped in half).
And certainly going by that standard, Lamar should be a frontrunner again this year, alongside Josh Allen. Both QBs are putting up huge stats and making insane plays.
But the QB doing the heaviest lifting this season happens to be the same one who is undefeated.
We saw what happens when a really good QB is deprived of his best weapons yesterday. It was Brock Purdy, and he was largely useless.
Mahomes has made plenty of mistakes but if he cuts down on his most egregious errors, and keeps willing this team to victory after victory, then I absolutely think you have to look at him as MVP. The award is "Most Valuable Player," and Mahomes has proven that even if you kneecap the skill positions all over his offense, he (along with Reid's elite gameplanning) can lead his team to victory after victory.
Naturally, he doesn't care, because he only cares about Super Bowls.
But this guy is the GOAT, and he needs to have a trophy case proving that. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mr. tegu:
It’s weird to me people think Mahomes doesn’t care about stats and individual awards.
Every player does despite what they will say but if anyone doesn't care it is Mahomes. All that matters for his legacy now is how many Super Bowls he can get to. [Reply]
He's not lighting it up stat wise, but he comes up big when it matters most. Given the skill position guys he has to work with, I'd say this season has been pretty impressive. Put any other qb on the Chiefs, and they're 2-4 at best. [Reply]
He's been the 3rd most valuable player on the Chiefs to this point.
Jones and McDuffie have been more valuable than PM through 6 games. Hell, Hunt has been more critical the last 2 (our short yardage run game has saved our asses since he got here).
No, he's not the MVP. He's not even close. [Reply]
Pretty sure Reid found an old copy of Schottenheimer's playbook. Unless something changes with the roster, the Martyball era is here with the added advantage of unleashing Mahomes in case of emergency. [Reply]
Originally Posted by myselff77:
Pretty sure Reid found an old copy of Schottenheimer's playbook. Unless something changes with the roster, the Martyball era is here with the added advantage of unleashing Mahomes in case of emergency.
Let's not insult Reid by mentioning him in the same sentence as one of the most overrated coaches in history. [Reply]