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Originally Posted by O.city
All my life I've heard about this "clutch" gene bullshit and how all that matters is how you perform in crunch time.
Well, I'm gonna go ahead and say that Mahomes pretty much did that with flying colors. Now all these idiot talking heads like Mangini and company can talk about how he was so mediocre in the early parts.
So basically, they can all **** right off and we can pretty much not give a shit about what they say anyway.
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I totally believe there is. There are clutch players who lack talent (Tebow), decent enough late game players who don't take enough risk (Alex Smith), and players who move at such a frantic pace late in games that it sets the team in a panic (rivers). Even Peyton manning... As good of a closer as he was played late games with his pants on fire.
The comparison I always make is Jordan and Lebron. I have tons of respect for Lebron and he's a decent enough closer. But he doesn't have the Jordan killer instinct. Where you will mow over your competition at all costs. I believe football introduces a whole other element of leadership because you can't win games by yourself. I commented years ago how impressed I was watching Tebow on mic'd up. The game was on fire and the guy is joking around and leisurely managing the huddle. We saw lamar a few weeks back sulking on the sideline. Mahomes threw two lousy picks and you never saw him pout. Apparently he was pumping tyreek up and telling him to take the game over. We've got a guy with talent, poise, and killer instinct. That's something really special. We've seen it all along but the world learned about this Sunday.