You just gave the qualifications for M V.

P.

So it seems to reason Are we taking for granted a guy that through yesterday for 372 yards, 34 45 4 touchdowns And essentially saying now for your runaway choice for M V P Patrick Mahomes ho hum, that's just another Sunday.

It is just another Sunday, right?

Is that crazy?

We're taking that for granted.

No, I don't think I'm taking it for granted at all.

I think Someone No, No, because what happened is Russell Wilson got out to such a big historic right.

It was, like, historic.

It was the first four games.

He was ridiculous.

Even though Patrick Mahomes was just warming up, all right, they were warming up, and and so when you look at it, it's like, Okay, we know what he is, and and so what you're gonna say.

But then, after Russell came Aaron Rodgers, Aaron Rodgers doing more with less.

And so you start to look at that a little bit and you're like, Man, these dudes is on fire.

Their ridiculous.

So, you know, based on just how flawless Patrick Mahomes and cool and collective and Kami is when things aren't going well.

Then all of a sudden, he just turns like he turns on the switch.

It's like basketball to me.

It's like Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, LeBron James.

He like, just Okay, No problem, man.

I see what you are trying to do.

Now he turns on the switch, and the rest is history.

And I think Aaron Rodgers the same thing.

Now, look, Russell Wilson.

You know, he played okay yesterday against the Bills, then played great, didn't play bad, just played, okay, Didn't play well enough for them to win.

And I think she looked at that.

It drops him down in my eyes just a little bit.

And Aaron Rodgers, based on the way he played against San Francisco, And I know people are always the Niners was the Niners.

So what does it matter?

Hey, still was out there and him a Davante.

Adams went to work, but Patrick Mahomes has gotten this mo mentum going now, Jay, that he moves back up to the top for me, and it's gonna be a see saw battle over the next several weeks into this thing closes out.

I just want to say key.

Welcome to the Patrick Mahomes train.

I know.

I was on this train a couple weeks ago.

The guy has thrown for 25 TDs and one interception, 25 TDs and one interception.

Let that sink in, E.

I mean, and he actually, he's throwing for 2687 yards.

Now, I know.

I just thought over a matter of time the weapons that he has in the style in which they play in the defense, it was gonna be an issue, uh, for Patrick Mahomes that would help him win this whole thing.

I mean, granted, we're halfway throughout the course of the season, but I know when the issues for Russ moving forward, just that defense, he would be in so many shootouts that he would be forced to take a lot more chances.

Now I've never seen Rusk.

It hit the way he got hit yesterday.

Key, Have you?

Not in a long time.

Hey.

Got punished yesterday.

Bill's got a good defense and I'd like to see that interception from Patrick Mahomes.

Like what?

I don't remember it, but what was it?

Was it a hell?

Mary at the end of the half for end of the game.

Wasn't a tipped ball receiver dry like to see it right?

Because I'm just off the top of my head.

I don't remember him just throwing it to the other team, like here.

Here you go.

So it had to be some circumstances in there, in my opinion, for that interception even take place.

So we are asking this morning, Who is your M V p key clear with Patrick Mahomes?

J has been on the Patrick Mahomes trained for quite some time.

I want to round out your top three here in a second, but again, if you're with us in the car at Zoom, sitting at your dining room table, logging on to work 88 say ESPN.

8887293776 Key, J and Z Simply put, who's the n f l M V p.

Wanna give you a couple numbers here to accentuate Mahomes a little more and then get the fellas top three.

Here we go.

The chiefs through the ball almost four times as many times as they ran it.

I know Andy Reid loves to throw and balances there, Fourtou one essentially pass to run ratio.

Also keep in mind Clyde Edwards, Air Layer.

After that great opening game against the Texans on Thursday Night Football, September 10th, open the season, he is really decelerated.

Yes, he's turning into a blocker, but teams were figuring him out, so they're not getting much from ill air.

Very quiet game from Levian Bell yesterday as well, further accentuating the need for somebody like from the homes to step in and they were playing from behind.

So, you know, when you play from behind, there's a tendency from offensive coordinators to be impatient and start throwing the ball a little bit.

Mawr, Especially when your Office of Weapons is better than the defense of secondary and linebackers of the Panthers.

That's right.

Now let's get through two and three, its top three again at home.

We want your top one, your M V P.

88 say ESPN Key J and Z Key.

Let's start with you.

Mahomes.

An obvious number one you mentioned who are two and three, and then we'll get Jay's two and three Well, Patrick Mahomes is one, and Rogers is to in the Russell Wilson is three Simple, is that Yeah, but doesn't mean, but it doesn't mean it's gonna end that way.

Just means right now, based on what I saw last week, what I saw this past weekend puts them in that category off 12 and three.

J.

I have Patrick Mahomes, number one.

I have Aaron Rodgers, number three.

I have Russell Wilson, number two.

Now I know why people will probably go crazy about Aaron Rodgers being third, even though he's only the throne for 24 TDs and two interceptions, which is incredible black.

Unfortunately, I look at quality of competition, and when I look at the competition that I've seen Aaron Rodgers play against when you think about the Vikings, the Lions, the Saints, obviously it's a good team.

You saw them last night.

The Falcons Texans.

They lost to the Vikings.

40 Niners.

I feel like the quality of competition that rust has had to go up against has been a little bit better, so I give him the side advantage for now.

But if Russ keeps trending in this direction of throwing so many I and T s and it's gonna be hard for me to have a number two next week.

Vikings Air playing better They're playing better.

Football.

12 in a row three and five knocked off the Packers a couple weeks.

Eso.

So when you start to look at the slate of competition that these individuals were plan, I mean to me, it doesn't really matter because they all are kind of like they're not playing a bunch of Detroit's.

It's not a bunch of Jacksonville Jaguars in their way that to Rogers as next, by the way, can to pad the stats, so he's gonna do his job against them.

But then you could say the same thing you could say.

You could look and say the same thing about Casey.

They're gonna play Denver.

You know, at some point they're gonna play Denver, right?

I mean, that's just what it is.

And so when you start to look at these type of teams and these quarterbacks going up against certain teams, they're doing what they supposed to do, which is get the W's and put the statistics up there, no matter who's in front of them were talking about this for us, too.

I mean, there, next game at Rams dot l A right and that defense.

And then and then cardinals as well.

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