Because of all the interest in this thread, I've place all of the video content of Patrick Mahomes II's college career, and draft day goodness into a single post that can be found here. Enjoy! [Reply]
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“He’s so locked in on, ‘How am I going to get to the end zone? Hmm. There are those big guys over there, I think I’ll go over here.’ And then — boom — like a cobra.”
While Winkler doesn’t plan his week around NFL games, he’s seen Mahomes enough to know the Chiefs quarterback is something special. “On Sundays, my youngest son Max, sometimes my oldest son Jed and some of their friends come and they watch (football) or I watch by myself,” Winkler said.
“I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it. I don’t always understand it. And I am drawn to the technique, how great a person plays. “And now I watch all of these people and it is not that I disparage other players, but when you watch Mr. Mahomes play, there is no nonsense. There is a man who is so concentrated. The finesse, the improvisational nature of his ability — he has captured my imagination.”
Mahomes is known for adapting to what defenses give him, which means he sometimes will make an adjustment to a called play. Sometimes that means he’ll take off running. Other times, he’ll scramble and throw on the run. It’s the sports equivalent of an actor improvising.
“In the structure comes the freedom,” said Winkler, who starred as The Fonz on “Happy Days,” and later was in “Arrested Development,” “The Waterboy” and many more projects in his five decades as an actor.
“So all of the men who play football know exactly what it is, all those complicated plays and where they go and what they do and the trickery and everything else. And then inside that structure comes someone like Patrick, who not only is able to carry it out, but he is, at the moment, in the absolute magical second when he must slow time down in his brain, he is able then to create yet another piece to an already established play. That is just magnificent to watch.
“There are actors who can make a moment in between two moments that you never would have considered existed. You can’t even slide a piece of loose-leaf paper in between the traditional doing and then the improv. You know what I mean? I’ve seen it on stage. You know, there’s a similarity.”
"Mahomes might be the best I've ever seen. Full package. His arm talent is off the charts. He's very smart, but his feel is a separator. But also, his feet and accuracy are separators. He's the MVP.
"(With Mecole Hardman going on injured reserve), that (Kadarius) Toney trade was key to me, not only for right now but for the future. We liked him coming out of school. He's such a natural once he touches it - he's elusive for even good tackling corners. Andy (Reid) must have been salivating to get him." [Reply]
Originally Posted by Halfcan:
^That is amazing. Mahomes is winning MVP and Super Bowl MVP this year.
Rare occurrence that hasn’t happened in 23 seasons.
10 players have won the Super Bowl and MVP in the same season:
Bart Starr in 1966
Terry Bradshaw in 1978
Mark Moseley in 1982
Lawrence Taylor in 1986
Joe Montana in 1989
Emmitt Smith in 1993
Steve Young in 1994
Brett Favre in 1996
Terrell Davis in 1998
Kurt Warner in 1999 [Reply]
Originally Posted by KChiefs1:
Rare occurrence that hasn’t happened in 23 seasons.
10 players have won the Super Bowl and MVP in the same season:
Bart Starr in 1966
Terry Bradshaw in 1978
Mark Moseley in 1982
Lawrence Taylor in 1986
Joe Montana in 1989
Emmitt Smith in 1993
Steve Young in 1994
Brett Favre in 1996
Terrell Davis in 1998
Kurt Warner in 1999
