Patrick Mahomes: The Best QB in the NFL & for Dynasty

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All that being said, there has to be some amount of statistical regression coming at some point. He'll still be the best pick every year for leading fantasy in scoring and be the top QB, but he'll have "normal elite years" like 4,500/35 TDs rather than "historically elite years" like he put up last year and is on pace for this year. Or maybe I'm wrong and he's going to be the QB/football version of Wayne Gretzky and completely obliterate every statistical mark and lap the field.

This is the new normal.

There is no statistical regression coming outside of injury.

The rules of the NFL have been changed dramatically to allow for more speed, less contact, and more space. Smaller players that wouldn't have survived "over the middle" in the 90's can now thrive. Andy Reid is the premier designer of space plays. The Kansas City Chiefs have the most speed in the league at WR and TE.

And with perhaps the best arm we've ever seen in the NFL, Patrick Mahomes has arrived at the perfect time to pulp the oranges and juice the stats.

This is the new normal.

This is Sparta.

[bjd5211]

All that being said, there has to be some amount of statistical regression coming at some point. He'll still be the best pick every year for leading fantasy in scoring and be the top QB, but he'll have "normal elite years" like 4,500/35 TDs rather than "historically elite years" like he put up last year and is on pace for this year. Or maybe I'm wrong and he's going to be the QB/football version of Wayne Gretzky and completely obliterate every statistical mark and lap the field.

This is the new normal.

There is no statistical regression coming outside of injury.

The rules of the NFL have been changed dramatically to allow for more speed, less contact, and more space. Smaller players that wouldn't have survived "over the middle" in the 90's can now thrive. Andy Reid is the premier designer of space plays. The Kansas City Chiefs have the most speed in the league at WR and TE.

And with perhaps the best arm we've ever seen in the NFL, Patrick Mahomes has arrived at the perfect time to pulp the oranges and juice the stats.

This is the new normal.

This is Sparta.

As great as he is, I doubt he's going to AVERAGE 50 TDs per year. I do think he's a good bet for 35+ a year though, which is still pretty insane.

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As great as he is, I doubt he's going to AVERAGE 50 TDs per year. I do think he's a good bet for 35+ a year though, which is still pretty insane.

What sort of odds would a bookie give you right now for him to have 50+ this year? OK, what if it was this year AND next year?

The fact that it's even a viable bet that might give an oddsmaker half-a-pause has to tell you something.

[TheNuts]

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Thanks for that. I didn't realize it's an issue. But Brady and Brees are proving that it's still nowhere near the issue it is in baseball.

Reid can use the excuse that he has never won a super bowl because he didn't want his qbs arm getting tired in the second half of games?

Brees & Brady also have nowhere near the velocity on their throws that they once had, their high level of play comes more from football intelligence than it does arm strength.

One of the biggest qualities of Mahomes is his arm strength, can he learn the game like Brady & Brees, sure but it remains to be seen.

Mahomes arm talent is one of the things that make him so dangerous.

They are 40 years old. 40 year Olds cant thriw as hard as 24 year Olds. It does affect some guys for sure, since some guys fall off sooner than others. I'm not going to assign any blame other than age to Brees and Brady dip in velocity. Maybe with qbs passing 50 times a game every game it may become more prominent.

[TheNuts]

Thanks for that. I didn't realize it's an issue. But Brady and Brees are proving that it's still nowhere near the issue it is in baseball.

Reid can use the excuse that he has never won a super bowl because he didn't want his qbs arm getting tired in the second half of games?

i'm just chiming in on that one side point. arm fatigue is a concern in football, too.

although...it's not like they got blown out of the playoffs last year. they lost in OT to the dynastic force of nature that is Belichick without getting an OT possession. its hard to blame the offensive play calling there. the 4th quarter was electrifying by any measure, involving all manner of football drama.

I don't recall if that one game was the offensive play calling, but the 2017 botched playoff game against the Titans was. I think we have had a pretty clear pattern to show that most of the time Reid is going to screw up his team when it matters.

That playoff loss to the Titans also showed Reid thought he was better at coaching than his players were at playing. Hill touched the ball once or twice the whole game.

[Goirish374]

I don't recall if that one game was the offensive play calling, but the 2017 botched playoff game against the Titans was.

I’m an educated man but i cannot speak intelligently on the 2017 KCC playoffs.

I think their most recent playoff is important because they came within a hair’s breadth of winning which would have put them in the Super Bowl, it is the most recent example we have and so could be construed as change—and its also the most relevant example of the Mahomes/Kelce/Hunt Clone offense that we have.

[Jigga94]

I don't recall if that one game was the offensive play calling, but the 2017 botched playoff game against the Titans was.

I’m an educated man but i cannot speak intelligently on the 2017 KCC playoffs.

I think their most recent playoff is important because they came within a hair’s breadth of winning which would have put them in the Super Bowl, it is the most recent example we have and so could be construed as change—and its also the most relevant example of the Mahomes/Kelce/Hunt Clone offense that we have.

Gotta think if KC went to the SB last year, they win

[Phaded]

And this is why you never extrapolate. Just like that, he gets 1 TD across two games and the extrapolated numbers are shot.

(Note: not suggesting it's time to worry at all)

[JoshGordonsDealer]

And this is why you never extrapolate. Just like that, he gets 1 TD across two games and the extrapolated numbers are shot.

(Note: not suggesting it's time to worry at all)

I disagree. I think it’s time to sell sell sell for whatever you can get. If you own him in one of my leagues, it’s ESPECIALLY time to find a buyer like me.

[Dynasty DeLorean]

COULD he throw for 50 tds a year? Probably. WILL he though is a completely different story. I think dropping back and taking hits (and thus getting banged up and/or higher chance of a real injury) from waiting for all these deeper routes to develop is going to start getting old after a while. Would not be surprised if in the long run the team starts managing him a bit more and saving him for the playoffs, assuming the team is good enough for them to do that. Who knows, they might even draft a running back that is good next year.

[bjd5211]

COULD he throw for 50 tds a year? Probably. WILL he though is a completely different story. I think dropping back and taking hits (and thus getting banged up and/or higher chance of a real injury) from waiting for all these deeper routes to develop is going to start getting old after a while. Would not be surprised if in the long run the team starts managing him a bit more and saving him for the playoffs, assuming the team is good enough for them to do that. Who knows, they might even draft a running back that is good next year.

I hope they do get a RB, Mahomes was better with Hunt. Nothing has changed with Mahomes, he's still far and away the QB1 overall and maybe the most valuable fantasy QB ever, but he was never going to AVERAGE 50 TDs.

[Mjvb5]

50 TDs I don't think will be normal, 40+ and 5000+ yards yeah i can see that being a typically average year for him

[Patsfan86]

If they used Damien Williams more he would be averaging 70 Tds a year

[Forza_Azzurri]

If they used Damien Williams more he would be averaging 70 Tds a year

That’s only if he through to him 70 times.

[doublesticks]

It's hard to judge the offense right now because guys like Robinson and Pringle have gone from luxury options to the top 2 WRs due to injuries and Kelce looks like a shell of himself for some reason.

The way that team is put together, they have to spread you out with the pass in order to run...they couldn't protect last night with their duct tape and string OL, so the pass wasn't there and obviously, neither was the running game.