Colin Cowherd: “Baltimore may be the best run organization in the sport and if they’re not, it’s Kansas City. Two great coaches, two great owners, excellent executives, usually excellent coordinators, and defenses – the difference has been Mahomes and Lamar. It’s not just that Mahomes is better than Lamar -- Mahomes is better than anyone in the last 20 years not named Tom Brady – it’s that Lamar falls off a cliff vs. Kansas City. You know I love Lamar, I’ve been saying forever that this is a Hall of Famer, but when these two meet head-to-head Lamar can’t complete 56% of his throws. His passer rating is like CFL and this is one of the most gifted quarterbacks I’ve ever seen in my life. So what the hell happens??
Clearly this rivalry is not about the owner, not about the coaches, not about the defenses; it’s been about Lamar regressing. Why is he falling off a cliff? Lamar Jackson is 20-1 vs. the NFC. Why? Because if you don’t face Lamar Jackson regularly, it’s like growing up in San Diego and trying to drive on ice. You can read a manual but it’s not going to work. You have to be working on it for years to figure it out. That hyper speed is like nothing we’ve seen. It’s like Michael Vick but way faster and way twitchier. If you never face Lamar or face him infrequently, there’s nothing like him. You have nobody on your roster to duplicate him. But if you get him a second time in a season, and Steve Spagnuolo faces him on a fairly regular basis, you could have a game plan for him.
But you couldn’t game plan for Brady and you can’t game plan for Mahomes. If you took away the deep ball for Mahomes, he’s like ‘OK, death by 1,000 cuts.’ You took away Moss from Brady, it’s like ‘death by 1,000 cuts.’ Both Mahomes and Brady have a 2nd, 3rd, 4th pitch. Nolan Ryan had a great fastball and if it was humming, we may get a no-hitter. But he won 52% of his games. Clayton Kershaw doesn’t throw that hard and he’s won over 60%.
Brady and Mahomes have mastered the pocket to a level where only a couple of people -- a Manning, a Marino , a Brees, a Rodgers-- can even rival it. It’s not that Mahomes is winning, it’s that Lamar falls off a cliff. I’m not saying Lamar is Nolan Ryan, but it feels like if Lamar’s running game is implemented and humming, he’s lights out. But if you can slow that down and you’re hitting the fastball, it doesn’t feel quite the same.”
Watch Colin Cowherd of Fox Sports Radio’s The Herd explain why Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson are the two most decorated active quarterbacks in the league when it comes to individual accolades and at the same time two polar opposites when it comes to team success.
Check out the segment above as Colin details why Lamar fails to perform in the playoffs, saying he’s a fastball-and-a-prayer guy like Nolan Ryan who lacks a second, third, and fourth pitch unlike Mahomes or Tom Brady.
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