Sports fans love superstars. But without their supporting cast of characters, those transcendent players would never get the opportunity to shine their brightest. Texas Tech football fans saw that first hand from 2014-16.
That’s because, during those three years, Tech went just 16-21 overall and 9-18 in Big 12 play despite having Patrick Mahomes to play QB. Those seasons proved that even a future NFL and Super Bowl MVP is incapable of winning on his own.
That’s what makes football different. It is the only team sport in which one player is truly unable to single-handedly carrying his team to victory.