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Originally Posted by Danguardace
Not sure if this has been brought up before.
People say Mahomes played badly but basically 4 drives in the first half 1 was a 3 and out, 2 were scoring drives and 1 stalled at midfield.
Mahomes then (due to the half time show and 49ERS drives) went roughly 57 minutes before he touched the ball again. Not making excuses but could explain why he was a little off after half time.
I wonder how many similar situations have happened in previous superbowls.
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He played 'badly' for himself. Against his career, short as it's been. If anyone else not named Aaron Rodgers or Russell Wilson had been the QB, the pundits would've said he was playing fine or good.
The two INTs weren't good, and that's what most people think of right off the bat, but outside of that, Mahomes played just fine.
And the first INT he admitted he tried to move the LB by drifting to his right, but the pass rush forced him to stop moving to his right, and he had to get rid of the ball earlier than he wanted. The 2nd INT was really his worst pass. He just threw it behind Tyreek, period.
Bottom line, for Mahomes stratospheric average level of play, he didn't have a good game. For just about anyone else, he was better than average.