When sitting down atop the NFL’s mountain, it generally can be tricky to find drive. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has discovered some, many thanks to the NFL’s annual listing of the top rated 100 gamers in the NFL.

Mahomes landed at No. 4, at the rear of Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (No. 1), Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (No. 2), and Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald (No. 3).

Mahomes took discover of the result, tweeting an emoji of a pencil and a notepad.

Whilst he’s clearly not the fourth-very best player in the league, the placement is understandable, presented the mechanics of the course of action that generates the once-a-year listing. All through the previous period, a supposedly huge swath of players are requested to list the top 20 players in the NFL. In the course of the 2019 period, Mahomes didn’t have the exact same sizzle that he experienced in 2018, thanks in big element to the fact that he skipped numerous game titles with a knee injuries.

Certainly, Jackson and Wilson invested a great deal of November and December jockeying for MVP votes, with Jackson rising as the very clear-lower alternative when the Ravens nailed down the No. 1 seed in the AFC, fueled by a 14-2 record. Jackson turned the unanimous MVP, and the in the vicinity of-unanimous All-Pro quarterback.

But these nuances easily get lost in a checklist compiled prior to Mahomes sparked the Chiefs to their very first Tremendous Bowl acquire in 50 decades and unveiled as instruction camps open up. The stop consequence is a perceived slight of Mahomes, and it certainly will give him a nutritious kick in the butt at a time when kicks in the butt would usually be difficult to obtain.

Not that Mahomes desired a kick in the butt, but his reaction proves that it cannot harm as the Chiefs try out to prevent the different dynamics that have prevented a staff from repeating as Tremendous Bowl winner given that the Patriots gained two in a row among 2003 and 2004.