In October 2018, long before he won the Super Bowl, there were questions about Patrick Mahomes.
Not about his talent, mind you. Even then, five starts in, you could see how special, how gifted he was. The MVP ceiling was real, even then.
But we didn’t know how long it would take for Mahomes to reach championship form. That’s when a quarterback is, quite often, at the peak of his football powers, that moment where his physical gifts coalesce with the determination to win a title.
Think Steve Young in 1994, or Troy Aikman in ’92.