Patrick Mahomes
2024 as a year started with questions over the Kansas City Chiefs and their superstar quarterback, Patrick Mahomes.
A dismal Christmas Day defeat to their division rivals the Las Vegas Raiders was a fifth in eight games, leaving the reigning champions teetering at 9-6 on the year. Cue a run of 15 wins in a row, spanning the playoffs, taking in a fourth Super Bowl visit – and third title – in five seasons, plus a 9-0 start to their 2024 campaign.
Mahomes missed out on a third league MVP award to Lamar Jackson last year, while he is set to be overlooked again in 2024, with Saquon Barkley, Josh Allen and possibly Jackson again favoured over Mahomes, who is barely scraping into the league’s top 10 in both passing yards and touchdowns among quarterbacks this season.
BUT, this is a banged up Chiefs offense limping along without their usual array of offensive weapons to aid Mahomes’ genius – and one he has still rallied to a ninth-straight division title, a tally surpassed by only the great New England Patriots dynasty (2009-2019) of the 21st century.
Plus, Mahomes is at his best in the clutch. Just like when overcoming Kansas City’s losing run at the end of last year. They went on a run in January and, down by 10 points to the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl, he carried his team on his shoulders to a second-straight championship.
Now, Mahomes and the Chiefs are targeting a ‘three-peat’, something never before achieved in NFL history. Write him off at your peril.