[Chiefspants]

Yeah, I think we can all agree that Mahomes isn’t playing well by his standards.

But some of the compounding criticisms over the last few weeks are getting a little silly. Blaming Mahomes on a deep ball where Worthy had plenty of room to drag his left foot (at every level, they’re blaming the WR for missing a catchable ball), and suggesting that Mahomes should be able to to just mentally shake off having a constant threat of being obliterated from his blind side is not grounded in reality. Even Tom Brady would get mentally sped up the rare times he would face consistent pressure and lost trust in his line.

Through his career, Brady more often than not had a fantastic offensive line and defense with patchwork WR. Mahomes already showed he could win with that formula (great defense, a good IOL with mediocre tackles, and patchwork WR with Kelce). Mahomes showing he can flip a switch from mediocre play like this last season to winning a Super Bowl is why so many of us are going to push back at statements like “he sucks shit”, and lean in on the evidence that he’ll likely have it figured out by the playoffs.