

Mahones is averaging 3.0 touchdown passes per game for his career and would be on pace to pass Aikman in touchdowns at some point during the 2021 season.Ĭheck out the audio below as Jason details why we need to STOP comparing guys in the 80’s and 90’s to guys in 2019, where even marginal talents like Andy Dalton can notch 4,000-yard and 30-touchdown seasons. His single-season career high in yards was 3,405 in 1992 and his single-season career high in touchdown passes was 23 also in 1992.Ģ018 NFL MVP Mahomes threw 50 last season alone and already has 10 through 3 games this year. He finished with 165 touchdowns and 141 INTs. Jason Smith is tired of comparing modern day quarterbacks with Hall of Famers from different eras, as Aikman’s name appears to be low hanging fruit considering his stats from the 80’s and 90’s would be considered incredibly meager in this day of pass-happy offenses.Īikman was a six-time Pro Bowler for one of the greatest dynasties in sports history. The tweet wasn’t necessarily meant to take a shot at Aikman, but naturally was received that way, as Aikman responded ‘Talk to me when he has 33% of my Super Bowl titles’, obviously alluding to Mahomes winning one Super Bowl (Aikman won 3). Listen to Jason Smith and Mike Harmon discuss the Twitter back-and-forth involving NFL Hall of Famer and Fox Sports commentator Troy Aikman and the Twitter handle as T he Athletic Kansas City made a tweet on Monday that read: “Patrick Mahomes has thrown 36% of Troy Aikman's career touchdowns, in about 8% of the games.”

Prolific passers didn’t win back then.You can’t compare a quarterback who finished playing over 20 years ago with a guy playing now.” (Full Audio at Bottom of Page) Teams ran the football in the 80’s and 90’s, nobody threw the football a ton until the 2010’s besides Warren Moon and Dan Marino. In the end, here are the final statistics for. Mahomes is going to be throwing the ball 150+ more times than Aikman per season. It was supposed to be Patrick Mahomes dueling with Aaron Rodgers, but the Packers signal-caller was ruled out after testing positive for COVID-19. Patrick Mahomes Stats Vs The Buffalo Bills StatMuse Patrick Mahomes has a passer rating of 90.5 with 497 yards, 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in 2 games versus the Bills in his career. Troy Aikman had one year throwing for over 500 passes in 1997. The school says he will be formally enshrined in the Ring of Honor on Friday, October 28. Jason Smith: “The only way to compare quarterbacks in different eras is by Super Bowls. Mahomes will head to Lubbock the weekend following the Chiefs’ Week 7 game against the San Francisco 49ers.
