Originally posted by qnnhan7:
He's like Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson. He will wow you with highlight plays. And capable of pulling out a win for his team. But it's not sustainable through 16 games. At some point he needs a good defense and offensive supporting cast, then it's very likely a SB year if he has them.
If they somehow get to the playoffs, supporting cast or not, he's very capable of upsetting the playoff opponents.
His arm strength and accuracy is unreal
It's not sustainable if you are missing key components:
Watkins
Hill
Even with Indy's decimated secondary, without those two guys, that offense looked very average.
Wylie
Fisher
When Wylie went down, the PP, already hurting with Erving at LT, became full junk.
Indy could run at will even before Jones went out. After that it was just a fait accompli. Of course, with Costanzo, Nelson on the left side of the line, it will make a lot of DLs look bad. Once Jones went down, Kelly added to the domination.
As good as Mahomes is, last night proved what everyone knows, when you don't have all your pieces, you are not going to win against a good team.
Last night was a good growth night for Mahomes. He has been on a two year honeymoon to this point. He will have to learn what Rodgers and Wilson have already learned - how to win when your main targets are missing. It can be done just as Rodgers proved yesterday with Davante Adams missing.
Mahomes will learn.
