[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Imon Yourside

Right Kay even said Mahomes will be MVP but the Chiefs will take a step back.

Okay but if Mahomes is the MVP this means one if not both of these things:

1) he outperforms a ridiculously crazy 2018 season in either subjectively, objectively or both (!!!);

2) no other quarterback came close to his level of play on a relative level AND there wasn't a Barry Sanders or Lawrence Taylor type of year out of any other offensive or defensive skill player.

In the first case, 2018 Mahomes was able to almost single-handedly carry a lackluster (at best) defense all the way to an AFCCG. Wouldn't outperforming that season mean the team around him hasn't gotten any worse than the previous year?

In the second case, the assumption is that there likely wasn't any other QB performances that came close to Mahomes' in the season, implying playoff-caliber teams comprised of '15 Chiefs analogues (good but not marvelous offenses with good to very good defenses), a top defensive team a la the '18 Bears or '17 Jaguars, the Patriots, and rounded out by some weaker divisional champs and wild cards that are average on the aggregate but got a lot of lucky bounces. If Mahomes is the standout singular performance in 2019, wouldn't that also be enough of a factor against the rest of the league?