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Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar
Mahomes got an insane amount of hype early on. But, I mean, you have no choice but to hype a guy who puts up 50 and 5000 in his first year, and then follows it up by winning SB MVP.
He’s taken a lot of unfair criticism the last year or so. And there’s definitely been a double standard. No better example than “NHF” or whatever the hell the acronym was that was created for Josh Allen. Last year, when that happened to Mahomes like 8 times, it was “he’s really struggling.”
Mahomes isn’t allowed to have a single off day, or even a mediocre one. He’s held to a higher standard than any QB in history. And yet, the same people downgraded him to 5th best QB in the league or even lower, 2nd best QB in his own division, and a tier 2 “playground” QB. Go figure.
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Oh I completely agree with you here, I’m not saying the media doesn’t suck. They treat Mahomes like he’s some flash in the pan guy who has been regressing every year. It’s despicable.
What I’m saying is it doesn’t seem to matter with fans and advertisers. They know where the money is, and they keep plastering Mahomes all over everything. The Chiefs are the top game on CBS almost every time they aren’t playing a night game.
Part of it just feels like fake drama they have to create because he’s just so head and shoulders above everyone. Anyone who watches him play and understands football knows how amazing he is. If they just kept talking about it, people would lose interest. They have to hype up the “next” guy to keep clicks coming.