[BostonCard]

Great season.  Great game. My concern was Mahomes having ball and chance at end.  Didnt expect it twice.

Only reason I can think that they took ball first was defense had just been on.

Patrick Mahomes Is Literally Impossible to Stop When You Need to Stop Him (substack.com)

Came across this analysis:

56 quarterbacks have led 125 drives in the playoffs in which:

It was the fourth quarter or overtime;

The drive ended with under a minute left to play;

And the offensive team was either tied or trailed by 7 points or fewer going into the drive.

Of those 125 drives, only 50 (or 40%) saw the offensive team score what they needed to either tie the game or take the lead. Great QBs tended to have better success rates than average in those situations; Tom Brady, for instance, went 5-for-11 (46%), while Drew Brees went 3-for-6 (50%) and Aaron Rodgers was 3-for-4 (75%). Josh Allen and Jeff Garcia each went a perfect 2-for-2 in their drives.

But only one QB has been an absolute outlier of perfection in this statistic:

Unfortunately, it was the guy the Niners were playing against on Sunday.

BC

[BostonCard]

Great season.  Great game. My concern was Mahomes having ball and chance at end.  Didnt expect it twice.

Only reason I can think that they took ball first was defense had just been on.

Patrick Mahomes Is Literally Impossible to Stop When You Need to Stop Him (substack.com)

Came across this analysis:

56 quarterbacks have led 125 drives in the playoffs in which:

It was the fourth quarter or overtime;

The drive ended with under a minute left to play;

And the offensive team was either tied or trailed by 7 points or fewer going into the drive.

Of those 125 drives, only 50 (or 40%) saw the offensive team score what they needed to either tie the game or take the lead. Great QBs tended to have better success rates than average in those situations; Tom Brady, for instance, went 5-for-11 (46%), while Drew Brees went 3-for-6 (50%) and Aaron Rodgers was 3-for-4 (75%). Josh Allen and Jeff Garcia each went a perfect 2-for-2 in their drives.

But only one QB has been an absolute outlier of perfection in this statistic:

Unfortunately, it was the guy the Niners were playing against on Sunday.

BC