When it comes to judging the best quarterbacks, they all seem to have at least one deficiency. Whether it’s pocket passers like Tom Brady and Peyton Manning who may not be adept at scrambling, or deadeye accurate ones like Drew Brees and Joe Montana who might lack elite arm strength, or strong-armed throwers like John Elway or Brett Favre who weren’t always the most accurate.
For others, the missing ingredient might have been decision-making, poise, leadership or any of the more than a dozen traits that make the top quarterbacks as successful as they are.
That’s what makes Patrick Mahomes so special. There’s just about nothing he isn’t elite at. “Mahomes checks so many boxes. It’s really hard to describe to people how special this guy is,”