{"id":1092124,"date":"2020-01-29T16:23:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T21:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1092124"},"modified":"2020-01-29T16:23:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T21:23:14","slug":"is-patrick-mahomes-the-nfls-version-of-michael-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/is-patrick-mahomes-the-nfls-version-of-michael-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Patrick Mahomes the NFL\u2019s version of Michael Jordan?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you want to start a spirited\ndebate, throw out the names of two greats from different eras in a sport and make\nthe case why one is better than the other. If all-out brawls are more your\nstyle, pick athletes from two different sports and anoint the guy whose career\nis just starting as the earlier icon\u2019s worthy successor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That came into play recently with a column putting forth the premise that <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/sports7.us\/why-andy-reid-and-the-kansas-city-chiefs-need-to-finally-win-the-big-game\/\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/proof-that-patrick-mahomes-is-everyones-favorite-nfl-player\/\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a> will have <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/posts\/like-michael-jordan-patrick-mahomes-will-be-absent-of-a-rival-01dz9k5459pz\">no rival<\/a> in the NFL in the same fashion that Michael Jordan was at a level of his own in the NBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patrick Mahomes fills the vacuum coming in the post-Tom Brady era<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mahomes is the new Brady. Biggest plus for him right now is there is no Peyton Manning around his own age to challenge him. (I don\u2019t buy Lamar, Deshaun or Jimmy G as long range anywhere near his equal.) If he stays healthy, he\u2019s poised for a long reign of dominance.<\/p>&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1219035092535955465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With apologies to the guys playing perhaps half a dozen other positions, only  quarterbacks in this pass-happy era of football are eligible for the \u201cface of the sport\u201d moniker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are superb QBs out\nthere, but the NFL is hitting a stretch in which the old guard of Tom Brady,\nPhilip Rivers and Drew Breese is down to its final few snaps. Aaron Rodgers and\nBen Roethlisberger may last a bit longer, but neither is going to retire with\nanywhere close to the number of Super Bowl rings as Brady or a reputation for Breese-like\nreliability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dak Prescott? Carson Wentz? No, they\u2019re pretty good but they don\u2019t make the <a href=\"http:\/\/\ufeffhttps:\/\/chiefswire.usatoday.com\/2019\/11\/13\/kurt-warner-thinks-kansas-city-chiefs-qb-patrick-mahomes-is-most-complete-qb-ever\/\">jaw-dropping plays<\/a> that Mahomes has produced in just pro two seasons after a cameo appearance as a rookie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/deion-sanders-refuses-to-crown-patrick-mahomes-over-lamar-jackson\/\">Lamar Jackson<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/are-patrick-mahomes-and-deshaun-watson-friends\">Deshaun Watson<\/a> show some potential and there\u2019s always a flavor of the month coming into out of the college ranks. But if Russell Wilson doesn\u2019t play the Peyton Manning-style foil to Patrick Mahomes on the field and in endorsements off of it, then the spotlight potentially becomes the exclusive domain of the 24-year-old Chiefs QB for as long as his knees hold up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meeting the Michael Jordan standard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P2-w_WzDYzU\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan was an instant star\nupon joining the Chicago Bulls, averaging 28.2 points, 5.9 assists and 6.5\nrebounds in his rookie season and shooting better than 50 percent from the\nfield. He only got better from there, averaging 30 points a game in eight of\nhis 13 seasons with the Bulls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most significantly, he raised\nhis team to a new level, driving the Bulls to six league championships in eight\nyears in a town starved for success, with the Bears\u2019 1986 Super Bowl triumph\nthe only hardware from the four major sports since the Blackhawks in the 1960-61\nNHL season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That becomes the hurdle that Mahomes must ultimately clear to stake a claim to the title of <a href=\"https:\/\/chiefswire.usatoday.com\/2019\/11\/14\/kannsas-city-chiefs-chairman-ceo-clark-hunt-on-patrick-mahomes-extension-leadership-injury-michael-jordan-super-bowl\/\">player and personality<\/a> without peer along the lines of Jordan. Kansas City is essentially a two-sport town, and the Chiefs are in a much better position to win a Super Bowl or three before the Royals regain their footing against MLB\u2019s large-market teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a sport in which quarterbacks tend to get too much credit for victories and too much blame for losses, it\u2019s nonetheless up to Patrick Mahomes to leverage his elusiveness and passing accuracy into championships that would give him the Jordan-esque mystique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Still, we\u2019re admittedly talking apples and oranges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Super Bowl LIV: How the 49ers defense can contain Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes | Get Up\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Fu0TVKPXO8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mahomes vs. Jordan\ncomparisons with respect to domination of their sports are fun already and can\nbe expected to get better with time. But the nature of basketball and football is\nso different \u2013 Mahomes will never be called upon to play defense, let alone the\nbrand of defense that Jordan played &#8212; that an argument about who was the more\ndynamic force can probably never be settled. Heck, we\u2019re still debating Magic\nvs. Bird and Arnold Palmer vs. Jack Nicklaus \u2013 and those guys competed\nhead-to-head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the day, though, Patrick Mahomes honestly has a shot at owning the football spotlight the same way that M.J. did in basketball. The first step in that direction comes on <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/why-patrick-mahomes-doesnt-have-history-on-his-side-in-the-super-bowl\/\">Super Bowl Sunday<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Mahomes could be on his way to becoming the face of pro football in the same fashion that Michael Jordan ruled the NBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":1092126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4996,4835,15983],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is Patrick Mahomes the NFL\u2019s version of Michael Jordan? - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes could be on his way to becoming the face of pro football in the same fashion that Michael Jordan ruled the NBA.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/is-patrick-mahomes-the-nfls-version-of-michael-jordan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is Patrick Mahomes the NFL\u2019s version of Michael Jordan?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes could be on his way to becoming the face of pro football in the same fashion that Michael Jordan ruled the NBA.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/is-patrick-mahomes-the-nfls-version-of-michael-jordan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-29T21:23:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-29T21:23:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mahomes.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3935\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2242\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Moriello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Sports7J\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Moriello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/is-patrick-mahomes-the-nfls-version-of-michael-jordan\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/is-patrick-mahomes-the-nfls-version-of-michael-jordan\/\",\"name\":\"Is Patrick Mahomes the NFL\u2019s version of Michael Jordan? 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