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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Honestly Mahomes is underrated at this point.
You see people compare Herbert and even Josh Allen to him...and honestly I'm not sure they are in the same stratosphere in terms of week to week, season to season ability to be consistently elite.
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Experience and situation also needs to be taken into account too.
Mahomes was drafted 10th overall because a first place team who won 12 games the prior year traded up for him and he sat all but one game that year playing for a first place team. So from the beginning he had a really good situation as s player. He's now in year 6 of his career all with the same HC and the last 5 with the same OC and a lot of continuity with the coaching staff.
This year Mahomes is balancing out the athleticism he has with smarts and experience to push his game to another level. 12 months ago...he had to dial things back because he had been struggling much like what we see with Josh Allen right now. He had to learn the balance of being patient and when to take risks to make big plays.
So Mahomes is an awesome elite QB, and he is the Alpha of the current group of under 30 QB's in the league. But there's a pretty good stack of guys in Allen, Burrow, Jackson, Herbert, and Hurts who are 24 to 26 and less experience behind him who will challenge. Even Tua might hang around as the Joe Flacco am I elite guy with that group. Deshaun Watson despite being out of the game for nearly two years is still the same age as Mahomes.
So as these other guys complete their rookie deals and get to their next contracts it will be more even to compare them. The issue for Herbert is that the Chargers might waste two years with him being a productive guy on a cheap deal that they can surround with Superior proven talent. The two better comparables for him are Tua and Burrow. One has been to a Superbowl, the other is on a first place team, and both currently are on teams in playoff spots. 7 weeks is a lot of season to play, but if the Chargers miss the playoffs and Mac Jones doesn't...it won't be a good look for them.