Eight games into the 2024-25 campaign, Patrick Mahomes is off to quite easily his worst statistical start to a season in his career. The two-time NFL MVP has thrown more interceptions (9) than touchdowns (8), making some uncharacteristic mistakes early in the season and falling victim to plays out of his control in recent weeks.
It’s been a weird year for Mahomes, who set a career-high in interceptions with 14 a season ago. Last year, lackluster supporting talent at wide receiver handcuffed the Kansas City Chiefs ‘ offense and, in turn, Mahomes’s play. Something similar took shape for parts of this season, except health has been the culprit. The team’s top two wide receivers suffered long-term injuries, and JuJu Smith-Schuster remains banged up with a hamstring ailment. That’s on top of running back Isiah Pacheco being out of the lineup, the left tackle situation being murky and Mahomes himself not playing his best football.
Simply put, Mahomes can be partially attributed for his poor stats but there’s plenty of blame to go around. Despite the numbers, head coach Andy Reid looks past them and thinks Mahomes has handled everything very well…