Patrick Mahomes
2024 begins with questions concerning the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and their celebrity quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
A troublesome loss to division rivals the Las Vegas Raiders on Christmas Day, their fifth in eight video games, moved the defending champions to 9-6 on the yr. Meaning they’ve received 15 straight video games within the playoffs and received the Tremendous Bowl for the fourth time in 5 seasons and the title for the third time in 5 seasons, with 9 going into the 2024 season. A win-0-loss begin.
Mahomes missed out on Lamar Jackson’s third league MVP award final yr, and he’ll be ignored once more in 2024, with Saquon Barkley, Josh Allen, and probably Jackson as soon as once more higher than Mahomes Favored, and Mahomes barely cracked the highest 10 within the league in MVP.
However this Chiefs offense was limping alongside, with out their typical array of offensive weapons to assist Mahomes’ expertise — and he nonetheless rallied to win a ninth consecutive division title, a quantity that may solely be nice The New England Patriots can surpass (2009-2019 within the twenty first century).
Plus, Mahomes is at his greatest in clutch conditions. Similar to overcoming Kansas Metropolis’s shedding streak late final yr. They surged by January, trailing the San Francisco 49ers by 10 factors within the Tremendous Bowl, which he led to their second straight title.
Now, Mahomes and the Chiefs are aiming for a “three-peat,” a aim that has by no means been achieved in NFL historical past. Signal him off at your individual danger.
