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Derek Carr is not Patrick Mahomes, and doesn’t have to be

By Pete Hernandez III

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - DECEMBER 30: Quarterback Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs greets quarterback Derek Carr #4 of the Oakland Raiders after the Chiefs defeated the Raiders 35-3 to win the game at Arrowhead Stadium on December 30, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - DECEMBER 30: Quarterback Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs greets quarterback Derek Carr #4 of the Oakland Raiders after the Chiefs defeated the Raiders 35-3 to win the game at Arrowhead Stadium on December 30, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 06: Derek Carr of Oakland Raiders celebrates after the final whistle the game between Chicago Bears and Oakland Raiders at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on October 06, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 06: Derek Carr of Oakland Raiders celebrates after the final whistle the game between Chicago Bears and Oakland Raiders at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on October 06, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images) /

Carr in the Clutch

Time does truly fly, and I suppose as a result people are quick to forget the past. People are quick to forget that Derek Carr was an MVP candidate in 2016 or that he has 17 comebacks and 17 game-winning drives to date. Patrick Mahomes’ (albeit short) career consists of just three comebacks and four game-winning drives.

Ideally, a team should attempt to avoid needing a come from behind, fourth-quarter drive to come away with the victory. But that won’t always happen, and those game-winning drives come down to having someone you can trust under center.

Both Mahomes and Carr have proven reliable, so it’s not to say one is better in the clutch over the other.

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Rather, might it be more accurate to say that Mahomes is just proving he’s capable of doing for the Chiefs what Carr has already done for the Raiders? Again, the argument is not to say one must be like the other or be better than the other, but rather both quarterbacks are doing the same for their respective franchises, in their own way.

No need to try and measure Carr’s impact against Mahome’s, when at the end of the day, he’s more than proven to get the job done (especially when the game is on the line.)

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