We have an assist here from a very special
Twitter, person, individual team member. You ready for
this? Yeah this is from but doc 04 Bud. Doc 04 wanted to be
a part of it, right? I like it. This person asks is
Mahomes being graded,
overly harshly too many leaves there. Due to high standard
that he has created
2021, was his Worst season as a starter but no offseason
do. The injury Allen also had his share of bad games last
year and he had a full
Offseason. I it's a really good question,
but no, I don't,
I don't, you know, graded on what you were in the past and
where you're going, you know, I definitely don't,
he's got, he's created a high standard. Yes.
And he's living up to that standard now was it as good as
he can be? No, it was not last year as I explained. That
that's the biggest thing. And I know Alan wasn't perfect
either. And listen,
both of these guys are going to have times where they don't
look perfect. Because everything about the Offense is
on them.
So like if the defense is just playing really great and has
a great game plan, it can make them look a little crazy. And
then they have to do some crazy things to make the team win
because everything
is kind of played through them and that can lead to.
Yeah. Some reckless moments, fry, both of them. There's no
doubt, but not so reckless. There I go. Whoa, they're out
of control that way or anything that way. Now, the thing with
Mahomes this year. Yes. I again
I understand the
preface of he didn't practice last year, but that's not
an excuse. So I mean, we don't go Oh, oh well, okay, so we'll
erase some of the year because he didn't practice like
this. I got to take it for what it is. He was out there. He was
playing, this is what we saw. This is what we got, you know,
and a little we saw what happened in the AFC
Championship game, was a little bit of a microcosm of things
that
happened. During the year,
there was a stretch again
where Mahomes was not playing well,
you can look at a game here and there, Alan and go. Okay. Him
played great today or whatever. But there was a middle part of
the Year where Mahomes it was like, whoa.
It was a dumb interception or two, you know, a strip sack
fumble from just
holding the ball in the pocket forever
or or moving in the pocket inappropriately and doing
something wrong that way.
And so that's what I'm judging and again, I'm judging it on,
you know, just what we see right now
and what I want to tell people last year, I mean
even last year it was really close between Mahomes and
Mahomes is one Allen was to write. It was nitpicky at what
point during this season. Season
did that the like off in your head? You know,
I love both these guys but I'm making the switch. Well she's
the best guy it.
I think what solidified it at least is just the end of
the year play. You know, I think my, I think Alan, who's Alan
has played more consistently, good football, the last two
years, there's no debate about
that. There's really not in my opinion. Did you have him in
your mind? Number one before, he was nearly perfect against
New England, the postseason and was wonderful to Kansas City.
I yeah, I heard they he was he was right there in that
conversation with me wear it.
You know, just in the back of my brain, I was going man. I'm
not sure, Alan's not better than my homes. Especially
especially, I mean you do the podcast and what the f***
happened? Wednesday is and all that felt like we were their
bills and Kansas City. Almost
every week. We have to talk about them. I'd there's really,
I know there's very few games. I don't watch of these two
quarterbacks on film. I watch. I'm I want to say I watched
every game last year and then watch Mostly every game back.
When I watched all their throws to do this exercise. Yeah I
I didn't go into it going o Allah. It's definitely going to
be one. I just went into it going, man.
I wonder who's going to be one between Alan. Mahoney. Yeah and
I let the tape dictate that right? And there was a place
I think in the year you know where we got to
the Buffalo game.
The Buffalo game
was not as best, but
still not bad. He came back and played the Washington football
game and Mahomes made plays everywhere. But he also did two
or three stupid things and
He also didn't play the
game that well within the pockets are his decisions and
things that were given their. But he made some unbelievable
highlight plays that you just went, oh my gosh, only Josh
Island could do this but then the Titans game, the Giants
game. The Packers game
that was below, average Mahomes play, and it wasn't because
the defense's were so good. Oh my gosh. Wow. No. No, he literally
went through a period of not playing. Well yeah, not seeing
the ball field. Well,
forcing Balls. Downfield, people open underneath and not
taking it and then like, I talked about the movement in
the pocket that was not good there for a period of time and
listen, everybody out there,
I'm saying things
that Kansas City said last year, they all said it,
including Patrick Mahomes.
So that's where I just, you know, again, I love Mahomes,
right. I just, I think that Alan is a little bit of a, just
a
tad bit better right now, where we are. There's also this
feeling watching Josh at the end of I mean, it's like it's
awesome and it feels like it's going up. Yes, right. The homes
has been at this
pretty phenomenal level. All right, right. Not getting worse
but doesn't feel like it's just rocketing to the next level?
Like it might be with Alan. Yeah, I think you know Alan
probably had more room for growth. Yeah. And we're seeing
right, you know
and then he's taking advantage of that
and again Alan had some parts of the year to where you sit
there. Hey the Jacksonville game. You know they had
a dolphin's game. It was yeah it wasn't pretty
but that's where I go back to
To again, everything is on Josh Allen, everything,
like they can't run the ball at all.
They don't have Andy Reid and all those weapons in this great
offense. That's like the league is never seen before and is
just catching on to so they don't they don't have that, let
alone like the Lesser talent.
And yes some of those teams
that had, you know, good game plans knows how to stop some of
the Staples of
Buffalo. The games, don't look great from Josh Homme. But
the difference is, I went back to those games and I didn't go
man, Josh
One was poor and he was bad in the pocket and he was making
bad decisions. I went back to those games and went damn
those. There's not much there
and yet he still won the game with like five or six.
Unbelievable. Josh Allen plays to where we come away and go
well Buffalo's office look pretty good. It look pretty
good
and then and you know I come home I go home. No it didn't
really it just was him making plays
and you know there's there's there's something to that too.
And I think you know that's where
Yeah, that's where the evaluation is tough here. As
far as you know, figuring those things out and that's what
I try to cut through to make the final evaluation.