Patrick Mahomes Week 5 film review (abbreviated); Back on track
Looking very quickly at Mahomes' Week 5 snaps, and a brief discussion on QB play
You know the drill. Every week (well, most weeks) I’ll be charting every dropback by Patrick Mahomes this year, just like I’ve done for… well, his whole career. As I laid out in the Week 1 film review (which is unlocked so you can see the methodology in more detail), statistical analysis of quarterbacks, especially in small sample sizes, doesn’t really tell us the whole story or even most of it. So I chart things that the QB can control, such as accuracy, pocket presence, franchise throws, going through reads, and more.
It’s not just a short week for the Chiefs. It’s a short week for me as well.
Kansas City takes on Denver tonight in its second Thursday night action of the year. And so, I don’t have a ton of time to go into detail regarding how Patrick Mahomes fared against the Vikings. Which is a bit of a shame, because it was overall a game in which Mahomes got his groove back.
I already wrote earlier this week about how Mahomes and Travis Kelce buried the Vikings on the most crucial drive of the game with their creativity and unique ability to see the field. But how did Mahomes do on every snap? As usual, we can only see it on the film. And this was a performance that was more impressive on film than it was statistically. So I’ll deliver the numbers with one or two notes. Consider it a little light reading as we await kickoff.
I also want to have a very quick conversation regarding a play that made the rounds on Twitter (or X) and how we view quarterback play and “missed reads.”
If you’re looking for the previous weeks’ film reviews, you can find them here.
-Week 1 (which lays out the terms and methodology)
-Week 3 (no article, but the numbers are there in a week he was virtually flawless)