I believe refs are judged on blown calls so it really isn't in their interests to coddle any quarterback by supporting them with bad calls. Most of the coddling of quarterbacks that does take place is one by actual NFL players.

One can make the argument that Brady is now coddled on late hits whenever he scrambles because of his age/status. Brady sometimes slides late and players still make superhuman efforts to avoid him. But during regular season I've plenty of NFL players coddle Mahomes when they could have hit him much harder on runs. They probably do not want to be known as someone that possibly ruined Mahomes career on a cheap but legal out of bounds hit. Lamar Jackson until relatively recently was getting very few late hit calls on him but this year he has gotten some of those calls.

The NFL may market its stars a little bit but end of the day, one could get rid of every starting quarterback and the 50 best skill position players after that and within 2-3 years, the ratings would be back to near normal. The same can't be said for the NBA....

In the NFL the product sells itself so there is no reason for the league itself to want to coddle players too much.

That doesn't mean the NFL doesn't want to protect quarterbacks/receivers from injury/concussions...they obviously do since if half of those players end up with brain injuries, it makes the sport look bad. But it is not like irreplaceable star players are truly driving the ratings.

Gambling probably drives the NFL more than anything else and the stars like Mahomes are not needed for folks to be gambling on games.
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Also broke his wrist during that game
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It's over. It's done.

Yep, through 59 career games Mahomes has 141 touchdown passes, while Dan Marino had 142. First time Mahomes hasn't been on top of that list for a while.

Oh, by the way, third place is 109 by Andrew Luck. https://t.co/BWhjxY35Eo

— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) December 12, 2021

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sex - i guess he had two throwaways?

i remember the pass to kelce where he got mugged, and the one to gordon that was a bit wide to the right


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Mahomes' Raiders Highlights
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That Marino stat is funny as Mahomes will always be better than Marino given the trophies he has already put on the shelf (Marino is missing a big trophy!)
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My wife last night on the Plaza

"I met Blake Bell ..." 😳 pic.twitter.com/bk8OjOSPGN

— Royal ChiefCat 🎄🎅 (@ksueller54) December 13, 2021

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.@Chiefs @PatrickMahomes to @cheetah on 3-17. These plays break your sword. And when the #Chiefs connect on these they are hard to beat. #Chiefskingdom. #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/mnV7xcZJFQ

— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) December 14, 2021

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Mahomes passed Alex Smiff on the Chiefs all time passing yardage leaders list yesterday.

Trent Green up next.


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5 seasons vs 3.5
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all Mahomes

Another kind of execution here from 15

Routes initially covered well, 15 stays patient, feels the open area to get to to start scramble drill

As he gets his eyes up, he sees the LB initially covering Pringle come off to defend him. Easy completion

S/O Trey Smith 🥞🥞 pic.twitter.com/l3LCZA41FZ

— Ron Kopp Jr. (@Ron_Kopp) December 14, 2021

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Biggest question I have left:

Will the “Chiefs are Cooked/Mahomes is Figured Out” truthers lick their wounds & admit defeat tomorrow OR will they triple down on the lunacy & use Mahomes’ *two bad passes* as evidence???

Guess we will find out, starting on @FTFonFS1 in the AM!

— nick wright (@getnickwright) December 17, 2021

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That’s Patrick Mahomes you were talking about. Great players have bad plays. Have some respect.

At the end of the day great players are going to do what they do eventually, make great plays.

— Bobby Stroupe (@bobbystroupe) December 17, 2021

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And let’s go live to Butt Hurt Land…

Mahomes should thank the Lord Above for Travis Kelce. And Tyreek Hill. Mahomes continues to struggle with his accuracy and confidence. But he has the two least coverable receivers in the NFL who often do most of their damage after the catch.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) December 17, 2021

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“Just a really sh*tty throw.” - Mahomes on throw to Hardman at goal line

— Mick Shaffer (@mickshaffer) December 17, 2021

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