*****The Patrick Mahomes Thread*****

[Dante84]

IT ****ING HAPPENED



OP UPDATE:

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!

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Caleb has always had a chip on his shoulder when it’s come to Patrick. In college he was getting asked about his comparisons to Patrick so often that he snapped one day and said “the only difference between Mahomes and I is that I can throw the ball further.”

On one hand, I can empathize with how questions like this could get frustrating when you’re trying to blaze your own trail and it’s being assumed you’ve been influenced by someone who never influenced you.

On the other, Mahomes was compared to Favre quite often until his Brees/Brady esque 2022 season (Year 6 in the league), and never once took the “risk taking gunslinger” comparison as an insult and let his play rather than his words bury those comparisons (funnily enough, Josh Allen has always looked like a Favre with legs to me but rarely gets that comparison).

Caleb approached college with the same bravado and it made the haters extra delightful when he had high profile chokes against Tulane and other lesser teams. We’ll see if he shakes his college reputation like Mahomes did, because he’ll have to do it with stratospheric like expectations (because unlike Mahomes & Favre, he’s being compared to the best).

Definitely seems as of right now that Caleb will need to succeed and succeed early. If he doesn’t I could see the criticism crushing him and if he’s anything like he is in public when he’s in the locker room I could see his teammates turning on him.

[Urc Burry]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Caleb has always had a chip on his shoulder when it’s come to Patrick. In college he was getting asked about his comparisons to Patrick so often that he snapped one day and said “the only difference between Mahomes and I is that I can throw the ball further.”

On one hand, I can empathize with how questions like this could get frustrating when you’re trying to blaze your own trail and it’s being assumed you’ve been influenced by someone who never influenced you.

On the other, Mahomes was compared to Favre quite often until his Brees/Brady esque 2022 season (Year 6 in the league), and never once took the “risk taking gunslinger” comparison as an insult and let his play rather than his words bury those comparisons (funnily enough, Josh Allen has always looked like a Favre with legs to me but rarely gets that comparison).

Caleb approached college with the same bravado and it made the haters extra delightful when he had high profile chokes against Tulane and other lesser teams. We’ll see if he shakes his college reputation like Mahomes did, because he’ll have to do it with stratospheric like expectations (because unlike Mahomes & Favre, he’s being compared to the best).

It’s definitely a thing. It’s weird, but it’s real. I’ve seen a lot of interviews of him, and he flat out refuses to mention Pat’s name at all

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Caleb has always had a chip on his shoulder when it’s come to Patrick. In college he was getting asked about his comparisons to Patrick so often that he snapped one day and said “the only difference between Mahomes and I is that I can throw the ball further.”

On one hand, I can empathize with how questions like this could get frustrating when you’re trying to blaze your own trail and it’s being assumed you’ve been influenced by someone who never influenced you.

On the other, Mahomes was compared to Favre quite often until his Brees/Brady esque 2022 season (Year 6 in the league), and never once took the “risk taking gunslinger” comparison as an insult and let his play rather than his words bury those comparisons (funnily enough, Josh Allen has always looked like a Favre with legs to me but rarely gets that comparison).

Caleb approached college with the same bravado and it made the haters extra delightful when he had high profile chokes against Tulane and other lesser teams. We’ll see if he shakes his college reputation like Mahomes did, because he’ll have to do it with stratospheric like expectations (because unlike Mahomes & Favre, he’s being compared to the best).

And he’ll have to do it with Eberflus and not a great bears team.

I said it in the Caleb thread, the fact that he missed what makes Mahomes great - which is the work on top of the natural stuff - would be a red flag for me.

Maybe it’s a one off and the kid is a worker, but I dunno. The filthy stuff is great but Mahomes is a winner because of the study and the grind.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Can't wait for him to bust...badly

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

And he’ll have to do it with Eberflus and not a great bears team.

I said it in the Caleb thread, the fact that he missed what makes Mahomes great - which is the work on top of the natural stuff - would be a red flag for me.

Maybe it’s a one off and the kid is a worker, but I dunno. The filthy stuff is great but Mahomes is a winner because of the study and the grind.

Yup. Talent as a QB without the work ethic gets you Jamarcus Russell.

[crispystl]

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni

Can't wait for him to bust...badly

Yup, I don't think he has the mental fortitude.