Twitter reacts to PFF’s disrespectful grade of Patrick Mahomes in Week 1

PFF released their Week 1 quarterback grades and absolutely dogged Patrick Mahomes after he led the Chiefs to victory with an all-time great stat line.

Pro Football Focus released their Week 1 quarterback grades on Monday morning and proved once and for all that their grading system is objectively flawed. Patrick Mahomes posted an all-time line on Sunday afternoon in the Chiefs’ dominant win over the Arizona Cardinals but was ranked by PFF as the eighth-best QB of the week.

Mahomes completed 30-of-39 pass attempts for 360 yards and five touchdowns. He accrued a 144.2 passer rating (158.3 is a “perfect passer rating”), the highest of any quarterback in Week 1 by far, and yet, somehow, PFF slotted him behind seven others.

Johnny Depp once said, “I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.”  PFF labeling one of the single greatest Week 1 performances of all time as the eighth best of the week is a clown show, a way of trying to look different to get clicks in the same way that Depp does so to get chicks.

Newsflash, internet geniuses, you’re trying to be too smart for your own good.

I understand the gig as well as anybody, hell, I’m doing it right now—we’ve all got to drive engagement online if we want to get paid for this stuff, but I’m all the way out on PFF after this.

Our own Matt Verderame took to Twitter to respond to the nonsensical grade and caught the attention of PFF’s Lead NFL Analyst, Sam Monson:

Oh, Mr. Monson, that was the wrong answer. Doubling down on the idea that you took the time to watch NFL football on Sunday and came away with the personal analytical conclusion that Patrick Mahomes played the eighth best game of any QB across the league with—here’s your reminder—360 passing yards and 5 touchdowns is actively choosing to make a fool of yourself.

Verderame was hardly the only one who responded with serious questions.

I’m all for diving into the intricacies of the game to draw out conclusions, but for Pete’s sake, PFF, y’all are doing too damn much.