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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Tom Brady won a championship in 2018 with Trent Brown, a cast-off RT who was forced to start at LT after their presumed starter was injured and lost for the season in camp. He had Marcus Cannon, past his prime and never very good to begin with, at RT. His IOL was Andrews, Mason and Thuney -- a good IOL, but not great. He was throwing to a washed Edelman, Gronk on his way out of the league and Josh Gordon. None of them had more than 850 yards receiving.
In 2015 he threw for 4700 yards and a 36/7 TD/INT ratio with Sebastian Volmer and a pile of scraps at LT along with 3 rookies on his interior line and that very same pretty average Marcus Cannon at RT. He was throwing to Gronk, Edelman (who missed about half the season) Danny Amendola and Brandon LaFell.
I've spent decades watching Brady, Manning and Montana MAKE their offensive linemen. And they never did that by running around with their hair on fire -- they did it by running the offense on time. All too often, Mahomes doesn't. That's when he gets in trouble. He was at his best THIS season when he was just working the offense and getting the ball out on time. |
I can be critical of Mahomes but I really can’t **** with this comparison. Mahomes just led us to two Super Bowl wins himself. The first one was with a LT who is no longer in the league, a 7th round rookie RB, and a WR collection of Juju, MVS, Kadarius Toney and Skyy Moore. The second one was similar, a LT who is no longer in the league and a WR collection of Rashee Rice, MVS, Justin Watson and Mecole Hardman.
And that’s not to mention the 2019 Super Bowl with a weak interior OL.
Mahomes has definitely elevated the play of the guys around him and he’s done it pretty consistently throughout his career. We lost one game and it’s a bummer, but let’s not get too crazy.