FULL CHIEFS-BENGALS REACTION!! Stephen A. talks Patrick Mahomes taking down Joe Burrow | First Take

Tell me, did Casey

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it or did the Bengals screw it up right? I think the Bengals blew it because you know, obviously, that play. I think if he didn't push Mahomes while he was out of bounds, those extra 15 yards, uh, wouldn't. have gotten and I don't know if uh, I don't know if we're not talking about overtime, I think the game would have won and it would have gone to overtime, that doesn't mean the Chiefs would have lost, uh, because if Mahomes would have gotten the ball

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, who knows what would have happened, I most likely would have put it in the end zone because it's fantastic, no doubt, but I just want to

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a moment guys, because I watch, obviously, Dan, I watched.

You guys got up earlier this morning or whatever. I just have to give the Bengals a lot of love, seriously. I mean, Jose played a good game and the defense showed up. People are talking like they know bulletin board material. I listen to my brother. Rex Ryan talking I mean your game bro shut up why I mean y'all acting like they're in a rush they beat them it's an awesome game yeah Cincinnati came and they showed up and they fought their hearts out I mean to this game. game if it weren't for that penalty you could legitimately argue that it's going to overtime they were going back and forth back and forth Joe Bird through two interceptions didn't have his biggest gain, but on a fourth and sixth he connects with Jamar, you pursue.

Look, Jamar Chase, he was talking about jumping before the game, showed up. T Higgins was talking a bit, he showed up. Joe Burrow wasn't a scrub, he didn't have the game that Patrick Mahomes had, but I mean, there are people here talking like Cincinnati. they talked and then they didn't show up, they're the defending AFC champions rolled up at Arrowhead Stadium and they and they played and they fought, yes they lost, but it was a close game, it could have gone either way, obviously the officiating was terrible. I mean, I'm not accusing the NFL of being rigged or anything, we're not going to go that far, but it was horrible and for me to have Saturday night, which we'll talk about later, and see the referees NBA fuck. fix it the way they did it and then watch the NFL screw up the way they did it 24 hours later, it's a pretty bad weekend for referees, let's put it that way, there's no way around it, but in the end you'll I will tell. that

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throw is uncharacteristic of his performance, he threw those two interceptions, he didn't get any kind of run game for blending in and staying in this game, and it all comes down to, oh, tell him props, man, listen, standing up, doing the interview, he was heartbroken, we know.

He knows he made a mistake or whatever, but he played with his ass, man. I, I, I had, I have a lot of respect for what I saw. Cincinnati, the squeak, like what they were squeaking, they showed up against Patrick Mahomes, I mean, they, they, them, watching. them, I think he didn't know he would be able to do what he did with the sprained ankle the way he played last night. I mean, it was absolutely sensational on their part, no doubt, but to see Cincinnati fight the way they fought, I mean, I don't have a problem with them talking because as far as I'm concerned, they showed up and played, it all came down to to me on that penalty that really cost him and that's why I say I think he blew it because that penalty for me, if that doesn't happen, I think we'll go to overtime, that's the only reason I say that, yeah , and it was a great game, guys, it was a great game and my heart believes in that young man. man because I know, I know, I know he's going to live with it for the rest of his life the rest of his life he's going to think about that moment that game every year he lines up to play football somehow somewhere I hope the pain takes him away Push his biggest promise and do great things in the league, but I know I've been in that situation.

I had plays in my head for the rest of my life and I walked away with three rings, so I know that will stay with him. forever, so you feel sorry for him, but boy, this has nothing to do with Cincinnati, even with that penalty that gives away this game, all this has everything to do with that man who raises his hands and says: "I am he". I kept trying to become someone else, that's what Patrick Mahomes is saying Dan, you know I love you Dan, wait rich, I love you dead, but last week when we sat here, we were here with Dan said, well, I'm Looking at what I'm looking at, I'm looking at Joe Bro and when I think he's the best quarterback in the National Football League, that's what you see, I think you're the best quarterback in the National Football League and you started that little heat. thing rolling down the hill and then the politician will jump up and call that Barrow head and all that you'll put this man Legacy on display and this man said no, no, no, no, I'm him in one. leg on one leg, hey, if Patrick Mahone was

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y healthy and he and Tyrique Hill were at

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strength and he won that game and Joe Burner made all those mistakes.

I said maybe maybe it's okay, maybe they screwed it up, but Patrick Mahone did it without Tyreek. Hill and on one leg after all of you had said that he's not the best in the league, you saw each of his teammates come up and say, we have your back, yes, you're the best in the league and don't tell me . As for the bulletin board material, it did make a difference in this game. If you ever meet a player right after winning the game, the

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thing the players talk about is what they heard, what they read, that makes a difference, certainly everyone who doesn't.

There is no difference they are going to play hard no, I don't want to play hard but in every game in every game it will come down to being good, it's not about skill, it's about will, this is from man to man, whoever wants it more . and when I start to think about how you disrespected me and how you talked about me, I'm going to have a little more will to put myself on this field and win this game, the Chiefs took this, the Bengals took Patrick and really Chris Jones left him. I did something very because you just started coming at me right here.

This is what I said last week. I said it now. Joe Bro is the best quarterback in football. That being said, Patrick Holmes, the best player, and he's the best player I've ever had. I've never seen him be the best playmaker in the NFL. People have no doubts. That's exactly what you said right, but that's not what they heard in the locker room. The only thing was, your girl was the best since Patrick stepped foot on the field this week. 17 of his first second season in the NFL I was like this kid's different right or first season in the NFL.

I've called it the best part of the league for years. What I was saying last week was when it came to me liking Rhythm and Timing anticipation all those things Joe Bro was doing better what happened yesterday was exactly what I said the inexplicable that's what Patrick does can you explain it to Kelsey touchdown? No, no, I'm with you, but how the hell does that happen? Explain the mvs. touchdown but you sit there and walk away, but that's what Patrick is Patrick, the best player in the sport, Joe Burrow was a better quarterback, that's not a debate, that's a real thing when it comes to points like oh quarterbacks, this, this, this, this.

Joe Burrow was doing that better cumulatively, what we saw was another classic Patrick performance, the reason we went with that, yeah, no, no, let me say no, because you know, but let me say this because when I went to therapy with my wife, her. They said, they told me, they said, you know there are two parts to a conversation, it's what you say and how it's received, so you have to realize what you said, but how it was received in the locker room is, oh, Joe Burrows , better and then. we have barrel head, all these things added up to something and you saw it.

I don't think anyone really thought that Joe Pearl was, quote, a better player than Patrick Mahone, no, no, no, but no, you know how to break it down. but they just listened, they were sure they thought he was better and that's why they made statements after the game that 15 is the guy that made it so great, because I see them protecting their quarterback, that's what made it very quick, very quick, Stephen A. before we start because I want to put into context what really happened on both sides of the ball, so I thought, Chris Jones had an Aaron Donald type performance, he was busy 38 Cincinnati passes 31 double teams on Chris Jones, so was it Chris one or someone else?

Steve Spagnell did a great job, but then he doubled them on that last night. 100 I have no idea that they weren't tripped over something, but his performance was so dominant that it was completed and I think. Boyd's injury when he was in Cincinnati completely changed the game because they started doubling Jamar and T and then offensively for Patrick he was on one leg his three best brother receivers ran the ball for 34 yards his longest run was six yards and a conference championship game against a team that has won 10 games in a row for Patrick to have that performance that feels like one of the benchmark performances of a career that is already one of the best we've seen.

Well, first of all, a couple of things are clear. We have to note here, first, that Joe Burrow does not play against Patrick Mahomes on offense. Patrick Mahomes on the bench. When you talk about Burrowhead, are you talking about Joe Burrough being able to come in against that Kansas City defense and do what he did to them the previous three times he played him, which is beat them in the first quarter. The Kansas City Chiefs had three sacks in the first quarter, so what I'm saying is support if you want to make an argument on behalf. of the Kansas City Chiefs, it starts there, it starts with the fact that they immediately made it known that you're going to have a tough day, we're here and by the way, gay Willie, he finally got hurt, but he had one of those sacks before he got hurt and he came out and he was the one singing on behalf of the Kansas City Chiefs before the game and he showed up before he got hurt.

What I tell all of you is this when you talk about Patrick. Mahomes, let's understand that 2943, 326 yards, two touchdowns is really strange for Patrick Mahomes, not bad, listen to me, it's great, what I'm saying is we knew greatness would be there to some extent, we wondered about that high ankle. sprain that was the only problem with Patrick Mahomes other than that no one expects him to wet the bed what you did expect was for Joe Burrow to have an answer so that Joe Burrow would step forward and say sorry, I've been that guy and And guess what? what I came and that didn't happen in the light because of Chris Jones to a certain extent, but also the bottom line is that again, they were helped by some mistakes and some horrible, horrible, horrible referees and we all know let's not act like that.

We don't know now, yeah, because they were still in position to lose this game, despite the greatness of Patrick Mahone, they were still in position to lose this game, let's remember that yeah, well, three behind the offensive linemen, no guy , totally fine. I'll respect the man and I've never seen him on TV, oh anyone, I'd just say you've been fake, let me tell you what I'm saying here, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. scared I'm talking about all this all this love throwing for the defense and Joe Burrow beat the king she got the defense that's not what I heard here that's not what I've been hearing here we're not We don't say anything about Joe Pearl being the head of Kansas City's defense, we're talking about Joe Burrow as Patrick Mahone, now we want to start bringing him out and talking about Joe boroughby Kansas, we're talking about Joe Pearl and Patrick Mahone, who is the best quarterback.

We had this debate, right? Here, who is the best quarterback here and now? That's what they heard, that's what they heard, so we can't back down now. Yes, the defense played well, but it's not like Patrick Mahomes only had 150 yards or 100. create a standard game, a game that only he, Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, have put up more times and watch the games in which he is, come on guys, let's be realistic about this, let's not take love away from the baddest man in the world. The game in this story, this football tells some great stories and last night told another great story with Patrick Mahomes playing the way he played and doing the things that he did on one leg.

You know, stories always grow sooner or later in a few years. we're going to be talking about Patrick Mahone played this game with no legs at all and still won a gutsy performance, the reality mentality for Cincinnati off the offensive lineman's back and not once did the kid come out of this game, at least schematically , completely flipped, but I agree with you that Patrick completely took over this game and one of the things I said when I woke up this morning is that we often marvel at the things that Patrick does, for me it was more than the unremarkable things that stood out. some of the dump, dump, Downs, the check, Downs, the little pocket move just to make sure I had one more throwing lane to blow my mind like I think to play the game and I did this at the time we were talking of that the third and seven for mvs, that is the third attempt before the touchdown beyond the MBS because if they don't get it, they will never reach 20 points correctlyand let me give some credit to VX too because I said here as a wide receiver and I.

We'll talk about that, okay, I don't know about these guys that are going to step up in those big moments and we see those receivers that you know how to make some plays, but sometimes they don't show up. How great was mvsd's appearance because they made all perfect throws and he made that play right there, yeah, he made plays, he showed up and said this was the perfect time. I thought he made a big statement if he can continue to do this in Kansas City ugly I would say this is when we get into draft season and all that.

I think it's fair now to say it's no longer okay to use a quarterback's talent-trading skill set and say he reminds us of Patrick Holmes. Patrick is an outlier. You're an outlier, so no matter what these kids coming out of college look like, I was guilty of it, I'll never do it again, and if it comes to my attention, he's an outlier in both talent and mentality and leadership. In terms of emotional stability, he is one of one and that is why he is the best player in the NFL. Thank you for watching ESPN on YouTube to stream live sports and premium content.

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