The first time Steve Young started 16 games in the NFL, he was voted the league’s MVP. The same is true for Patrick Mahomes, who was a first-year starter last season for the Kansas City Chiefs and established himself as the best in the league.
Young’s first 16-game season came eight years into his NFL career at age 31, while Mahomes was a break-out star at 23.
Both men were represented by agent Leigh Steinberg, who said on the 49ers Insider Podcast he sees similarities in how the two MVPs prepared for success.
“Patrick looks at it like there are 24 hours in a day, he can be spending 16 preparing for football,” Steinberg said.