Yup. And would explain why his throws started diving low towards the end of the game.

Just stop it. Mahomes does not have a stressful life. Lol.

Dude is set for life w a contract most NFL players can only dream of and he plays a game for a living.

What a tough life.

I think it's reasonable to question whether he has some issues from recent concussions and head shots. I saw an article yesterday speculating whether his career may be in jeopardy--which is nonsense, I think.

But I think it is reasonable to ask whether he needs or needed a couple of weeks off after the Titans game.

I bet it's his toe. His mechanics are off, that leads me to think he's compensating due to something physical.

Just curious, ever raise a child? "It takes a village" is term for a reason.

And I'm just guessing here on the reasons why but he's not the Patrick we're used to at the moment. There's a funk with the entire team right now.

Unless there's an article out there about how he's up at 2am on game days with a screaming child, we really have no information on how they're handling it. I know you said you're just guessing, as we all are, but in that particular case I think it's a big assumption given his fiancé is probably well aware of the weekly demands and need for sleep during the season.

Same with commercials and other personal life things... I'd doubt he's shooting commercials in the middle of the season, and if it does happen, I would assume he's spending the same amount of free time he's always had and not sacrificing practices and film study, etc.

Those are things people always want to point to along with "he's got paid!!", but he wasn't Bills/Titans/NYG bad the first month of the season either... it was mostly just a few bad interceptions leading up to playing the Bills. All of those other things didn't just manifest themselves in October.

This thread should be pinned so that the Mahomes doubters can rightfully be ridiculed mercilessly for the next 2 decades.

The "he plays a game" is such overused envious BS. It's this kind of nonsense thats leading to mental breakdowns left and right.

It's a tough life. He works real hard at it. He's already had two major surgeries and probably pays through pain most weeks. And for as much fame as he gets, he also has to deal with a ton of obligations that come with being a superstar. For a guy like him, it can absolutely be stressful and draining. On top of that caring for his kid and it sure looks like he's very involved. You don't have to feel sorry for him but you can have the understanding that nfl life is plenty stressful.

I don't think anyone points these things out to suggest mahomes is forever distracted. Just that for this particular offseason he has a loootttt of things going on

I don't see how criticizing his current performance equates to anything that is worthy of ridicule. I'm not calling to cut the guy, but it's pretty clear he's playing like a below-average NFL QB right now.

It's not a tough life. A tough life is going to jail for something you didn't do, being a soldier during a war, single Mom raising two kids etc..

Im not saying his life is perfect or stress free. I'm just saying compared to the average American his life is pretty sweet.

If he can't deal w his current level of stress then Chiefs are in serious trouble.

I haven't seen anyone say he sucks and is done and will never be the same again. Most people are pointing out that he's struggling right now, which he is.

The last three seasons were not a fluke. He'll get back to being that QB. It's just a matter of when.

I agree I'm just spitballing (hey, it's ChiefsPlanet, it's what we do) but it seems to be team wide and I'd consider Patrick the field general on offense and Honey Badger the field general on defense and both seem...frustrated.

It runs downhill.

I think plenty of people are suggesting just that... the "too focused on non-football things". I mean, not smart people, but plenty of people.

And I agree with your other post, I'm sure it's a stressful life and he seems to be the type who would want to please everyone the best he can, and maybe at the end of the day it's having an impact.

And there's of course a fine line between being Superman and being Clark Kent.

It's also strange to me that all of these theories of "what's wrong?!?" pop up right now, in the past month, like he hadn't been handling all of these things prior to October... and with little insight into facts beyond the life they show on social media.

A CEO can make tens of million dollars. Would anyone say their life isn't stressful? Guys like Patrick mahomes work really really hard and particularly in football it's enduring pain, living in hotels, tons of press obligations, tons of media and sponsorship obligations. And in today's environment the public pressures to do a good job and as we've seen from those who don't, the major stress when you don't do your job. It's not always a sweet life. It's why even the most successful athletes like tiger and Mj have had complete mental breakdowns

Several elite qbs had a setback season after having their first kid. And again, this is on top of just getting that new contract and sponsorships that come with it, and battling back from surgery. Nobody said he can't handle it. But understandably he has more on his mind than usual right now.