I gotta good laugh at the assertion that Mahomes isnt a duel threat QB
Duel threat QB's can win SBs, Pocket passer QB's can win SB's
The "wave of the future" in QB IMO?
Searching for the next "Great QB", regardless of whether he's a pocket or duel threat....
The funniest part of these conversations is that the QB position originally was a running threat only. He'd be the guy you could trust to dish the ball with laterals by reading the defense like you see with modern option plays. There was in fact a point when the NFL approved the forward pass and the league trended towards pocket QBs because they survived longer. So basically if the league is trending to running QBs it's actually going back to its roots not trending to the future.
Even in this modern era it's still going to be true that pocket QBs live longer. The rules are even better for QBs who remain in the pocket. And if you look at the running type QBs there have been guys who manage longer careers but the percentage of guys who do that is much lower than it is with the pocket types.
Going back to Mahomes what makes him special is he uses his athleticism to buy time while he looks down field and he's got a cannon with the accuracy too. This is why he reminds me of Elway. Elway could have been a heavy-run QB if he wanted to be, the guy was an exceptional athlete. But he, like Mahomes, did it carefully and mainly used his ability to buy time to put a dagger into defenses with deep passes.
It's a good thing to have athleticism and ability to scramble and make plays with your feet at QB and it always has been. But for every guy like Fran Tarkenton or Steve Young there's been a ton of guys who see their careers get cut short. IMO the most important element for a QB to have long term success in this league is speed of processing and accurate throws. If you have that you can forge a nice career and win a ton of games.
And lastly irt Super Bowl wins that is something I think is unfair in terms of comparing QBs because you need a team around you to do that. Some guys get the raw deal basically, falling into situations that suck with poor line play and/or low talent level around them, coaching turnover, etc. It is what it is though, the guys who win the Super Bowls get all the accolades but just pointing out there's a ton more to that than just the QB.
