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Every week in the NFL season brings a host of new questions … and answers some old ones, too. Let’s run down what we learned in Week 4 … and what we’ll be wondering about in Week 5 and beyond.
ASKED: So, uh … what’s up with Patrick Mahomes?
Let’s begin with this: The Chiefs are 4-0. Any time you’re undefeated at the quarter-pole of the season, you’re doing just fine. That said … Patrick Mahomes is not exactly Patrick Mahomes this season. He’s 17th in passer rating, 12th in completion percentage, ninth in yards per game and 14th in yards per attempt. Only Anthony Richardson has thrown more interceptions than Mahomes’ five. Those are the kinds of numbers that will put you in the playoff conversation … but that’s about it. This season is living proof of the idea that 70 percent of Mahomes is worth 100 percent of any other quarterback.
But it’s another cliche about Mahomes — that he could turn three receivers off the street into a world-beating corps — where Kansas City could run into trouble. Rashee Rice, the team’s leading receiver, is out indefinitely with what the team fears could be a season-ending ACL tear. Add that to the losses of Hollywood Brown and Isiah Pacheco, and it’s a grim run. The only other Chiefs receivers with more than 100 yards receiving on the season are rookie Xavier Worthy and perpetual is-he-washed question mark Travis Kelce. An elite Mahomes can raise up an unremarkable receiving corps. But what will an unremarkable Mahomes do with an anonymous receiving corps?
ANSWERED: Whether the Commanders are legit
When we’re judging quality, certain teams get the benefit of the doubt thanks to their recent pedigree. The Bengals, for instance, are an ordinary-as-hell team, but thanks to their last few years, there’s this persistent presumption that they’ll figure it all out just fine. (Will they? TBD.) The reverse also applies — when a team is just roadkill-nasty for…
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Publish date : 2024-09-30 13:49:50
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