If there is one thing that we know about the NFL right now, it is that Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the best quarterback in the NFL. He was the league MVP in 2018 in his first year as a starter, throwing 50 touchdown passes and more than 5,000 yards. He followed that up in 2019 with a Super Bowl championship and Super Bowl MVP.
Along the way, he had to overcome deficits and was special. In all three games in the postseason, he led the Chiefs to victories after falling behind by at least 10 points.
He was truly special when the team needed him to be. This stat is scary good and something that not even Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, who led two teams to three Super Bowls, could do.
This stat comes from ESPN’s Trey Wingo. Mahomes was 5-0 this past season (regular season and postseason) when the Chiefs trailed by 10 points or more at any point in a game. That is truly incredible because Warner was 2-44 his entire career.
Again.. it bears repeating. This season alone Mahomes was 5-0 when trailing by double digits. In his HOF career Kurt Warner was 2-44 when his team trailed by double digits. Understand what you're seeing.
— trey wingo (@wingoz) February 3, 2020
What Mahomes did this past season is unthinkable.
Coming back from two-score deficits is very difficult to do. Warner was 76-53 for his entire career as a starter, including the postseason. 44 of those losses game if his team trailed by 10 points or more.
Quarterbacks just don’t do that.
Kyler Murray went 0-9-1 in games where the Cardinals fell behind by 10 points or more.
Mahomes is on another level. Not only did he lead the Chiefs to five such wins, they never lost with him at quarterback and they fell behind.
It is clear that Mahomes is great. But he is truly doing things that no one else has.
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