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Originally Posted by MagicHef
Yes, he did have a really great start to his career. I’m not sure why everyone here wants to compare him to a QB who retired more than 20 years ago, but some recent names seem to be missing from that list.
Wilson would be at 33. Obviously not as good as Mahomes, but beating everyone else. What’s also interesting to me is that Wilson was at 3 TDs per INT for his first 100 TDs, and since then he has been throwing 3.6 TDs per INT.
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Despite Mahomes historical start to his NFL career, its safe to say he came into the league with the reputation of a bit of a gunslinger (off platform throws, trying to squeeze balls into windows most QB's wouldn't try, etc.) Generally, this has worked pretty well for him. He did have 12 INT's his first year starting, but then cut it back significantly the next 2 years. Obviously, last year it increased a little back towards the number he had his rookie season (13, instead of 12).
I'm not sure by your previous posts if you're trying to indicate Mahomes is becoming more interception prone and Wilson is becoming less? I'm not sure one year makes a trend. I would consider it more of an outlier at this point. It's no secret that Mahomes suffered some bad luck last year, particularly deflections off Tyreeks' hands. Passes that should not have been interceptions became interceptions. Now, has he had some good luck in the prior years with the opposite being true? Yeah. But generally, I think that's true of all QB's. There are some stretches of fortunate bounces and unfortunate ones.
I would say, at least for elite QB's, generally as they age and become more cerebral and less reliant on their athletic ability (because they have to), they tend to cut the interceptions down. Several examples of that (Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, etc.) Even your guy Russ has seemed to trim his down a little. I think you'll see that with Mahomes too eventually (even though his TD/INT ratio is already historically low). He'll get even better as he ages, as most elite QB's tend to do . . . . . . .