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Patrick Mahomes's NFL Top 100 Ranking Left Fans Scratching Their Heads
In just seven NFL seasons, Patrick Mahomes has achieved more than most quarterbacks achieve in their entire career.
The Kansas City Chiefs' superstar successfully led the team to back-to-back Super Bowl victories and has helped them win three championships in five years. He's coming off another sensational season in 2023, despite throwing to a less-than-stellar group of wide receivers.
Despite all he accomplished last season, Mahomes was not declared the best player in the NFL by the league's annual Top 100 rankings, which are released ahead of each campaign. In fact, he wasn't even in the top three.
The NFL announced its final rankings on Friday, during which it revealed the top 10. Surprisingly, Mahomes was listed at No. 4, despite the Chiefs quarterback having earned the No. 1 ranking for the 2022 season.
The top three consisted of Christian McCaffrey (3), reigning MVP Lamar Jackson (2) and Tyreek Hill (1), so Mahomes wasn't even considered the league's best quarterback.
Mahomes' ranking didn't sit well with NFL fans, who questioned what more he could have done to retain the top spot.
— Bobby Stroupe (@bobbystroupe) August 3, 2024
Complete nonsense 🤦♂️ https://t.co/F0P4IeTSPZ
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) August 3, 2024
This invalidates the entire list. https://t.co/OLuNgcCcZ1
— Grant Cohn (@grantcohn) August 3, 2024
— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) August 3, 2024
Most underrated player in football ✍️ https://t.co/wRjSzkT8Qi
— Pranav Sriraman (@PranavSriraman) August 3, 2024
all of the players ranked above him in this list have one thing in common...... they all lost to patrick mahomes in the playoffs https://t.co/ZxZM8HIhlx
— ella ✨️🐍🤍 (@lwtaylormmdo) August 3, 2024
Is this his upcoming Super Bowl ring count or his ranking? https://t.co/mR2rHEqsUu
— Wildes (@kevinwildes) August 3, 2024
Karl Rasmussen is a staff writer for the Breaking and Trending News team for Sports Illustrated. A University of Oregon alum who joined SI in February 2023, his work has appeared on 12up and ClutchPoints. Rasmussen is a loyal Tottenham, Jets, Yankees and Ducks fan.