Aaron Rodgers attempted 16 passes as a rookie. Patrick Mahomes threw 35, all in a meaningless Week 17 game. Tom Brady threw just three times in his debut year in New England.
Rodgers is the NFL’s reigning MVP (his third). Mahomes is considered the game’s best player (and a former MVP). Brady is himself a three-time MVP who won the most recent Super Bowl (his seventh).
“I learned a ton,” Mahomes said of his 2017 season when he sat behind starter Alex Smith.
“I wasn’t prepared to play my first year,” Brady said of his 2000 season watching Drew Bledsoe.