The Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs means four games over two days. That leaves eight quarterbacks and their teams still alive and with hopes of making it to the Super Bowl next month in Las Vegas. Which team has the top QB? Here’s how all eight stack up…
The Buccaneers are playing with house money. Mayfield has them in the second round after clocking an Eagles team that has lost its way. Putting on a similar show against the Lions won’t be easy. It will be difficult. Not sure Mayfield is up to back-to-back such efforts.
Yes, he is the quarterback of the No. 1 seed in the NFC. That said, Purdy went from MVP favorite to just another name on the list after the loss to the Ravens. The Packers are not the Ravens so it will be up to them to unsettle the Niners’ quarterback. He isn’t Irrelevant anymore. He just has room to grow to be better than most of the QBs in this round.
The Packers appear to have struck gold with their third straight starting quarterback. Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers, and now Love. This will be the largest of tests, facing the top-seed 49ers at Levi’s. Love’s connection with his receivers will be severely tested.
Jared Goff has done the impossible. He has led the Lions to the playoffs and a victory in them, no less. He was 22-of-22 when not pressured against the Rams. Expect him to see plenty of heat from the Bucs and it will be critical for Goff to stand in and deliver.
This is a rather lofty slotting for a rookie quarterback. Stroud has turned the league on its collective head by leading the Texans to the Divisional Round. They probably won’t win in Baltimore but one can be sure John Harbaugh and his defensive troops will take notice of this superstar on the rise.
Everyone knows the Chiefs have flipped the script and become a better defensive team than an offensive outlet in 2023. Mahomes is still capable of the impossible and carrying the team. Will be fascinating to see how he delivers in his first road playoff game.
Allen is on a roll. He is beating teams with his arm and legs. The flaw is he is capable of making a mistake or more than one. That said he has been making big plays on the Buffalo winning streak and earns the slimmest of nods over Mahomes.
The Ravens finally gave Jackson the receiving corps he needed. Blend that with the magic Jackson can work in and out of the pocket and it puts him above the rest of the QBs that are remaining.
Ages of the 8 remaining QBs in the #NFLPlayoffs: - Trevor Lawrence: 23 - Brock Purdy: 23 - Jalen Hurts: 24 - Daniel Jones: 25 - Joe Burrow: 26 - Josh Allen: 26 - Patrick Mahomes: 27 - Dak Prescott: 29 The next generation has arrived.
M.J. is one reason that Charles Barkley, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing and Reggie Miller (among others) never won a ring. Here are the seven QBs Mahomes has beaten during his seven-game playoff win streak: Trevor Lawrence, Joe Burrow, Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson and Brock Purdy.
All-time Super Bowl QB rankings: Patrick Mahomes passes Favre, Elway; Brock Purdy debuts at 58. I can't tell if Patrick Mahomes is making it harder or easier to write this introduction every season. He's always in the Super Bowl, so he's always the topic. His greatness doesn't change; it just deepens.
Green Bay led by as many as 32 in the fourth quarter before head coach Matt LaFleur took his foot off the gas. The victory made the Packers the youngest team (average age: 25 years, 214 days) to win a playoff game since the 1970 NFL/AFL merger.
Sam Darnold will be the youngest QB to start a season opener since the 1970 merger. Michael Vick and Alex Smith also started at the age of 21. Take a look at how these young quarterbacks performed in their first start compared to their career stats.
But Mahomes stands alone as the youngest player ever to win league MVP and Super Bowl MVP in the same season. Mahomes also already has more passing yards and touchdowns than Brady did in his 20s. Mahomes has two more MVPs and six more Pro Bowl honors than Brady had at the same period in his position.
Tom Brady holds the record for the most regular season wins with 251. Brady also holds the record for the most postseason wins with 35. Aaron Rodgers leads active players with 148 regular season wins. Patrick Mahomes leads active players with 15 postseason wins.
– Mahomes improved to 11-1-1 against the spread (ATS), regular season and postseason as an underdog. – He is 10-3 straight up (SU) as an underdog (regular season + postseason). – The Chiefs' QB is now 2-0 as a road underdog in the playoffs.
For this generation of quarterbacks like Josh Allen, Joe Burrow or Trevor Lawrence, Tom Brady could be that figure, but not for Patrick Mahomes. When asked by ESPN who his favorite quarterback was as a child, Patrick Mahomes replied, 'Aaron Rodgers.
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