Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring, ANSWER: That you are here—that life exists. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
“The Chiefs have been cheating for years and the NFL helps them..”
Normal Dude: “Really?”
“Yep, and the refs have been favoring them for years!”
Normal Dude: “Ok, so I can look into how many penalties are called against them, and how many are called against their opponents”
“They actually already track that, it’s called Penalty Differential”
Normal Dude: “And how much better are the Chiefs in that stat than the rest of the league?”
“Well they are actually the 2nd worst in the league in the last 7 years…”
Normal Dude: “Oh…. Ok”
“But it’s not about how many penalties, it’s about when the penalties are called”
Normal Dude: “ok, like to extend a drive? Does anyone track those penalties?
“Yes they do.”
Normal Dude: “And how far ahead are the Chiefs in that one?”
“Well they are actually ranked 22nd in the NFL during the Dynasty’s run..”
Normal Dude: “Hmm…”
“But forget that, the penalties have directly led to their Super Bowl wins!”
Normal Dude: “Okay, do they track Penalty differential for those SB teams as well?”
“They sure do!”
Normal Dude: “And how do the Chiefs differential compare to other SB winners?”
“Well from 2017-2024, they were the only SB winner with a Negative penalty differential…”
Normal Dude: “So out of 8 SB winners they were the only team to win it with a negative differential once?
“Actually they had a negative differential for all 3 SB wins..”
Normal Dude: “Hmm…”
“But it’s more about the penalties that happen, but never get called”
Normal Dude: “Ok…. And where do the Chiefs rank in that statistic?”
“No one actually tracks it, because it’s too subjective… but I’ve seen a lot of trolls and haters post clips on X.”
Normal Dude: “Sure… (stifles a laugh) that sounds real! 😂”
People tend to forget that Patrick Mahomes’ Superman throw bounced off Darrel Williams’ facemask. If that had been completed, it would’ve been the greatest TD of all time.
Man. That was bizarre.
The players know the rules and it's not a rules official's job to remind players before they hit that they shouldn't break them.
A reminder that Shane Lowry was penalised 2 strokes at last year's Open Championship.
I don't remember anyone suggesting that the R&A and CGM were conspiring against him.
He wasn't happy with the decision but he didn't threaten to WD and spoke to the media after.
No run game. Best wide receiver was MVS. After losing Tyreek Hill there were takes that Mahomes would be ‘exposed’ and all he did was set the record for most yards by a QB in a single season and win a Super Bowl
The greatest season of all-time
I got a table comparing Mahomes, Allen, Lamar, Herbert, and Burrow in 17 different stats so far.
Mahomes is the best in 14 categories.
Burrow is the worst in over half
Percentage of times successfully erasing deficit when trailing by 1-8 points in 4th Q/OT in the playoffs:
Mahomes: 92.9% (13-14)
Brady: 51.9% (14-27)
Brees: 47.1% (8-17)
Rodgers: 46.7% (7-15)
Peyton: 35.0% (7-20)
This is a Mahomes stat, but also sneakily a Adam Vinatieri/Mike Vanderjagt stat. Peyton jumps up to 45.0% if you remove Vanderjagt's 2 shanks vs MIA & PIT.
Likely to do a separate article on this, but part of making sure a franchise QB doesn't peak early is finding him Phase II weapons that can be around for Phase III.
Mahomes is close to Phase III while still throwing to his Phase I TE and it's Year 5 of "Hope" as KC's WR1
This is dangerous territory to be in as they possibly won't have Kelce or Rice on the roster in 2027, and Worthy doesn't look ready to step up as WR1 and they have no replacement ready for Kelce.
But if you look at history, Montana would have had Rice/Taylor/Jones if he stayed healthy in the 90s. All Phase II pickups.
The Patriots gave Brady in 07-09 (Years 8-10) Moss, Welker, Edelman, and Gronk, the last two staying with him thru the 6th SB win.
By the time Marvin Harrison was slowing down in Indy, Manning had Wayne and Clark ready to eat more.
Roethlisberger moved on from the days of Bettis and Ward and had Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell.
Rodgers got Davante Adams and Aaron Jones for his Phase II in GB.
Brees got Jimmy Graham, then later it was Brandin Cooks followed by Michael Thomas.
Why did Marino peak so early in Miami and not continue his offensive dominance in the 90s, defense be damned? The Dolphins never evolved his weapons beyond Phase I (Duper and Clayton). He had his best group right away (Nat Moore too).
That's the worry about what the Chiefs are doing with Mahomes. It's Year 10 and he's still got the same TE who just married the most famous woman in the world, and this is the 5th season since they traded Tyreek Hill and they don't even know if they can count on the guy who is supposed to be WR1 on this team.
It's not. There are only 17 playoff games in history where a team won with no takeaways and 24+ points allowed.
The winning QBs:
Mahomes 4x
Brees 3x
Stabler 2x
Montana 1x
Brunell 1x
Cutler 1x
Brady 1x
Allen 1x
Lawrence 1x
D.Jones 1x
Caleb 1x
Mahomes is #1
Josh Allen might be the first player in American sports history to be anointed the best without ever beating the best. His great accomplishment is almost beating Patrick Mahomes.
Man, wouldn’t that be awesome? To see Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen play each other in a game that mattered? See which one would play better when it mattered the most? Whose team would come out on top?
Scottie Pippen made a valid point.🔥
“My problem is more so with LeBron. If you are the greatest player, if people are saying you are the greatest player, or if people are saying Michael Jordan is the greatest player, why do you need to say it? Michael Jordan has never ever said he’s the greatest player to ever play the game. Why? He’s respected all the other players before him. So, for LeBron to say that, he’s sort of pulling himself out of it because you can’t say you’re the greatest player. You have to allow your peers and the world to say that.”
— Source: ESPN (The Jump)
All of us NBA fans 100% agree with Scottie Pippen's opinion.