Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has eclipsed the 5,000-yard mark as a passer for the second time in his professional career.
It wasn’t all that long ago that Alex Smith turned heads as the leader of an Andy Reid offense for the Kansas City Chiefs by eclipsing 4,000 yards passing in a single season. As recently as 2017, Smith commanded the Chiefs to new heights offensively with weapons like Travis Kelce and Kareem Hunt, and Tyreek Hill. He finished that year with 4,042 passing yards, which put him at No. 4 all-time on the franchise’s single-season leaders list.
How times have changed.
Nearly five full seasons have come and gone since Smith landed at No. 4, and four of those seasons now occupy the top four slots on the same list—all of which have featured Patrick Mahomes under center for the Chiefs. In fact, the only season featuring Mahomes as the starting quarterback that is not among the top five in passing yards overall is the year that Mahomes was injured for a couple of games (2019).
At this point, Trent Green is the only name on the single-season passing leaders’ list (4,591) for Kansas City and that position is likely to fade as soon as next season.
On Sunday, Mahomes likely cemented his second NFL Most Valuable Player award with another 300+ yard performance against the Denver Broncos in a Week 17 win that vaulted K.C. to 13-3. With the yardage, Mahomes is now at 5,048 with another game to go against the Las Vegas Raiders. Given that the Chiefs are still in the hunt for the top seed in the conference, Mahomes will play and he’s only 50 yards from breaking his own record.
If it feels like there’s no one like him, it’s because there isn’t.
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