Narratives That Need to Die

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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

Possible Narrative: Mahomes is a product of his insane weapons. Pat simply throws to wide-open Kelce or Hill on every play.

The Truth: This is horseshit. Mahomes is most likely THE best ever.

Example: The Chiefs pre-Mahomes as a starter? Maybe a playoff win. The Chiefs post-Mahomes as a starter? AFC Championship game at a minimum. More likely, the Chiefs are Super Bowl Champs/Favorites.

Yep, and there's already some truth to that.... no offensive line to speak of, but still in the SB. Overcomes injuries to his starting RB, without his 2nd WR for weeks, overcoming a 24 point deficit last year because of dropped passes and muffed punts... overcoming an early 9 point deficit in the AFCCG (something that, say, Lamar Jackson had never done prior to the Titans' game).

I'm thinking the truth to that is.... sure, the level of dominance is a product of having insane weapons, and he'd have less margin for error without them.