How to beat Mahomes? Make him hold the ball

Avg. time to throw vs. EPA/play in Patrick Mahomes’ 131 career starts

A scatter chart showing the average time to throw versus the EPA/per play for Patrick Mahomes in each of his 131 career starts, including playoffs, showing a clear trend of worse EPA per play and more losses as average time to throw increases. All but four of Mahomes' losses have come when his average time to throw is greater than 2.9 seconds, and he is 1-7 (including his three playoff losses) with a time to throw over 3.4 seconds.