During the regular season of the NFL Centennial the eyes were focused on Baltimore Ravensmainly his quarterback Lamar Jackson. His speed on the run, elusiveness, and style set the pace for the league for 17 days – none other than the Ravens had 14 wins in 16 attempts – but once January came, attention caught her. Patrick Mahomes coming from behind the entire postseason and giving his team a Super Bowl win for the first time in half a century.
That helped Mahomes negotiate a contract that guarantees him $ 450 million. Being the MVP of the season requires a great performance, but raising Vince Lombardi is the goal of the hundreds of players who go through the league year after year. Someday Jackson hopes to find himself right there. “I have to win a Super Bowl. I have to get to where he is. Quantity is crazy “, opined on the value of Mahomes’ contract, adding: “But he deserves it.”
Jackson similarly came to Mahomes in the league. During their first year, after being selected by their respective clubs in the first round of the Draft, they remained on the bench and learned from veteran quarterbacks (Joe Flacco, Alex Smith), although Jackson took the field more often. For their sophomore year, the two took the league by storm.
In his MVP year (2018), Mahomes reached 50 touchdown passes by air and 5,097 yards, plus a pair of rushing touchdowns. On the other hand, the year of Jackson’s MVP, the Louisville graduate also had the highest amount of touchdowns in the league (36) although he excelled for his carries (1,206, 7 TD). Both passers, in addition, have a powerful attack, and, on the other hand, John Harbaugh is one of the coaches of his generation that Andy Reid has influenced.
Alex Smith’s influence on Mahomes
Multiple experts and analysts agree that the maturity with which Mahomes operates in the field is largely due to having observed Alex Smith. One of the characters supporting such a deduction is the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Steve Young.
“Alex is someone who has had a great influence on Patrick Mahomes. Patrick was reckless and wild after college, but he had all that talent. If you have those characteristics and want to come see a professional, who else would you want to be close to than Alex Smith? ”Young told the KNBR Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks program. “It was extremely important,” Mahomes said in the week of the Super Bowl.
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