Film Study: Just How Clutch is Patrick Mahomes?

[@robcanisto8635]

the answer: very clutch indeed

[@melvinshine9841]

He is, literally, the most clutch quarterback in NFL history thus far. Mahomes is 9-2 or 10-2 in the postseason when trailing by 10 or more, with those two being the second Super Bowl where he was running for his life all game, and the 2018 AFC Championship where he tied the game then didn't touch the field in overtime. He's had one genuinely bad, "we're losing because of you" *half* in his postseason career. Even in the regular season, based on win percentage, the Chiefs would still be a Wild Card team if they started every game down 10 points.

[@gopats7187]

Mahomes won all 3 of his super bowls after coming back from double digits

[@theresaherman]

Old guy here. This was a neat video about the clutch moments of Patrick MaHomes. Very well done. I totally agree with your assessment. For the most part, he’s been right on the money with successful big plays. From the start, I could only think of the 2nd half of the playoff game with Cincinnati where it seems he was in a black hole of a total funk. I don’t believe it was all on him. The play calls were terrible, too much passing and not enough runs. If KC gets that FG before halftime, it’s 24-7. If they control the clock with a mixture of run and pass, then score a TD on their opening drive in the 3rd quarter, taking about 7 or 8 minutes off the clock, they go up 31-7. That game is over, and they can pack their bags for the Super Bowl. But for some reason, they didn’t adjust to the bengals defense and KC just went brain dead, allowing them to take the lead. In that final drive, MaHomes was a mess with execution. They started at the Cincinnati 4 yard line with about 1:40 on clock and 2 timeouts. How do you NOT score a TD in that case, with SB on the line? They end up kicking the FG from about the 30 yard line. What a disaster of play calling and execution. Then the bad decision to throw into double coverage in the overtime. Not MaHomes finest moment.

[@derekmathews1557]

No it wasn’t. They should have just kicked the field goal at halftime but the fact is he learned from that. It’s okay. But in 18 playoff games he’s won 15 of them.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Yeah, that was the worst I can recall seeing him play.

[@taputechnic]

I think you HAVE to include the Wasp play. If he doesn't connect, they punt, and the game is virtually over. Also, I think the main way to beat him is to keep the game close, and go ahead at the buzzer. If Mahomes's back is to the wall, that's when he's most dangerous.

[@damianirl]

I think you gotta blow him out. Aside from the bad second half he had against burrow he hasn’t lost a close playoff game when he had a chance to score unlike the overtime loss to brady

[@samuelamankwa]

Mahomes said that he choked in The 2021 AFC Championship game in the 2nd half and was having a hard time dealing with 3 man rushes also Andy Reid was apart of the blame because he didn’t run the ball enough

[@Angrygreycanuck]

Athletes like Mahomes operate at a completely different frequency that only a very few are capable of. Where his story leads is anyone’s guess but, holy shit, good book so far.

[@noahmichael2213]

The only bad playoff football Mahomes has had is in the the second half of the AFC Championship game in 2021/22. That was the worst he's ever played in the playoffs by far and if they opt to kick the fg before half instead or running a weird play they may still have won anyway. But maybe it was good they lost that game because if they win maybe they don't trade away Tyreek

[@gzz45]

bro even on that int that ball was in the receiver hands

[@derekmathews1557]

Well Tyreek has to learn how to use his body and his hands better.

[@gzz45]

@@derekmathews1557 facts my goat woulda had 4 rings rn

[@derekmathews1557]

@@gzz45 , yep that was a missed Super Bowl for the Chiefs and everything. But Mahomes will win that elusive 4th Super Bowl.

[@staphaureus4637]

To be fair, Mahomes practically threw a ball that should have been intercepted in that OT against the Bengals. From the 2nd quarter to OT, that was the worst I’ve ever seen Mahomes play and where it was pretty much all on him (imo)

[@jacksonpayne3477]

@@staphaureus4637 he was awful, it was so inexplicable, I have never seen him play that poorly.

[@Lucifer_isthereal_god]

What this video beautifully shows is that Mahomes has made one play in his playoff career that you could say was crucial to his team losing and that bad play was when we had Tyreek, mahomes relyed to much on him so thats when Mahomes evolved into the lethal Killer that has won back to back superbowls. If that int against the bengals doesnt happen he doesnt win back to back rings. So thank you Cincinnati for all the 3-0 bs now my GOAT has 3 rings and cemented himself as one of the 3 most accomplished QBs in NFL history.

[@jordancadwell6549]

GOAT argument in real time

[@chiefscountry]

Just as clutch as Tom Brady!!!!

[@Bigpapamatt]

Video ain’t even about Brady 💀

[@chiefscountry]

Him and Brady are the best QB's of ALL-TIME!!!

[@Chuck_Hooks]

Mr. Irrelevant took Mahomes to the last 10 seconds of overtime

[@mobilehutch]

​@@Chuck_HooksCmc had 160 yards and caught a td pass from a WR. Purdy was about as good as Jimmy in 54

[@Chuck_Hooks]

@mobilehutch Purdy had an excellent game. Mahomes threw a pick and Purdy didn't.

[@derekmathews1557]

@@Chuck_Hooks, Purdy played a good game. Mahomes played a better one.

[@Chuck_Hooks]

@derekmathews1557 Doesn't say much for Mahomes considering Purdy was Mr. Irrelevant.

[@quantum_beeb]

When you do the rewind when you talk, can you rewind to the beginning of the play and show the routes/coverage?

[@jairojrnj]

More clutch and magical than TB

[@TylerGG]

Come on man the bengals flame the throw to tyreek is perfect, tyreek jumps to early an T. rex arms the ball and drops it

[@jeravincer]

Editing bro!

[@dfp_01]

He's so clutch, if you stepped on him, you could shift gears. He's so clutch, he could be mistaken for a group of animal eggs. He's so clutch, women around the world want to carry their valuables and cosmetics in him.

[@AWD_T]

It's Mr. Clutch if you really want to be honest

[@JarodHaws]

your opinion on the check down against the bengals kinda discredits you youre rating mahomes not his teammates if he didnt recognize the check down they dont get anywhere at all and thats on the receivers not him

[@jayceh]

If you're up by less than 9 late in the 4th but your offense is sitting on the bench with time on the clock, you're not winning the game.

[@MyMason911]

That tyreek hill long ball to me is another 49ers choke job. Tyreek is just sitting there waiting for it. There are too many of them. In the nfc championship vs the rams they had probably a bigger meltdown. Oh this team man. It doesnt matter if its mahommes or not they do this vs other qbs 🥴

[@ahmertension]

a bit unfair to that excellent play - you can see that the only reason Tyreek gets open is because the route calls him to switch directions once he sees the safety turn.

[@MyMason911]

@@ahmertension the 49ers defense should have been on tyreek like velcro fighting to win it.

[@ahmertension]

@@MyMason911 they ran the same play in the AFC Championship a year before, and it not only fooled the Patriots completely, they went off the field complimenting the route and how it totally fooled them. maybe you can give credit to a legendary play design.

[@stuffanimalsfnaf4363]

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[@getreal7964]

So 9% of the time the other team will be ok and survive when Mahomes has to be clutch, 27% he'll keep KC in it and 64% of the time you'll lose to KC - no matter how ridiculous the clutch situation is !!!

[@ericimi]

not as good as josh allen but hes close.

[@DmoneyS44]

Josh allen at his best is amazing but he is too inconsistent

[@rexrowland8331]

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[@dfp_01]

He's not as athletically gifted as Josh Allen, I'll give you that, but Mahomes is better statistically and leagues ahead in terms of team success despite Allen playing with much better defenses.

[@rashaadofisrael]

Not as clutch as everyone makes him out to be great qb but very overrated. The only problem I have with the hype is that I wanna see the dominance y’all see in the form of when I watch a player it’s obvious that the player can’t be stopped and I don’t feel like that watching him I feel like it’s all situational like teams beating themselves not so much him dominating his side of the ball ironically and just as unimpressive as he is kelce actually looks unstoppable cuz every time I look up he wide ahs open 😂… it’s unimpressive becuz it ain’t like he running routes so elusively that he get open but it’s like the defense making a conscious effort to not cover him lmao

[@ivanblank3667]

Suggestion: Go compare Brady's career stats from before he was 30 to Mahomes' career stats, and then go watch Mahomes' highlight films. 2023 was a very down year for him. It's his *second* year where he *didn't* have over 4500 yards and 35 TDs. As for Kelce... It *is* amazing how he ends up being uncovered. I wonder why he is always wide open... It might have something to do with the time that he spent as a QB learning defenses, but whatever it is, it is very hard to believe that it is a coincidence at this point. As for whether he can be stopped... I'd ask Josh Allen about that.

[@ahmertension]

if he was as dominant as you want him to be, then he would not be in a position where he needs to be clutch. You only have to be clutch when you've let the game get away. One of my favourite things about Mahomes and the Chiefs is that at times it feels like they never really click into top gear until their backs are to the wall, and then they go HAM. They've made 6 AFC Championships in a row and won 3 SBs out of 4, so I'd say that's pretty dominant, while still being loose enough to provide magical comebacks. Rare combo.

[@rashaadofisrael]

@@ahmertension I misspoke earlier about him being clutch cuz that’s not my issue with the hype of him at all I’m basically wanting Lamar Jackson dominance but playoff consistency it ain’t Pat fault he ain’t my guy and I understand y’all see all the stuff he doing as magical n heroic but I just can’t get wit it bruh I’m sorry

[@ahmertension]

@@rashaadofisrael that's fair

[@fumihiro8564]

If it was so easy to stop him, how come almost nobody can?