2018 Mahomes also had Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce, and a very good offensive line. Most other 2nd year QBs don't have that kind of support. We've now seen 2025 Mahomes on a team with a more empty cupboard and it looked pretty mediocre. That's the reality of the NFL - nobody can do it alone. 2006 and 2013 Tom Brady come to mind as well.
I'm still encouraged about Maye and I think he's right on track. He has obvious improvements to make but they are the kind of improvements that should be expected with experience.
What we really need to do is upgrade the talent around him, within the constraints of limited resources that all NFL teams face. That's the real challenge and not something we can simply assume will happen. We cannot reach and overallocate resources in response to the last 4 games...otherwise we will end up with an unbalanced team. NFL is a game of sailing a boat that's constantly springing leaks - if you focus too much on one side you will end up with too many holes on the other. Nobody can be stacked at every position, it's about allocating your resources to find alpha.
