{"id":10301,"date":"2024-05-01T20:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/?p=10301"},"modified":"2025-10-12T18:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T18:38:04","slug":"patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson for rest of season? Stephen A Smith reveals who he&#8217;d rather have"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen A. Smith revealed who he&#8217;d rather have for the rest of this season as his preferred quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>He went with the obvious Super Bowl winner despite Mahomes having an absolutely terrible season. Lamar Jackson is playing at an amazing level while Mahomes just absolutely sucks this year.<\/p>\n<p>So what exactly is intriguing about Mahomes over Jackson? Clearly it has to be the Super Bowl ring because if you compare them, Lamar is doing well except for losing at the last second. Mahomes is just bombing interception after interception like he&#8217;s trying to be the next Jameis Winston.<\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s the thing. The Chiefs defense is SO BAD that Mahomes has to score like 40 points just to have a shot at winning. Kinda hard to do when your defense is letting up a zillion points and literally can&#8217;t stop anything. You could give the ball to a college running back and he might even score on them.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how Stephen A. Smith broke it down for his decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Given the choice between Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes as your team&#39;s QB, who would you choose? \ud83e\udd14<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stephenasmith<\/a> is still taking Mahomes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ya3tNeV9bk\">pic.twitter.com\/Ya3tNeV9bk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; First Take (@FirstTake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirstTake\/status\/1458878900474236928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen A. Smith revealed who he&#8217;d rather have for the rest of this season as his preferred quarterback. He went with the obvious Super Bowl winner despite Mahomes having an absolutely terrible season. Lamar Jackson is playing at an amazing level while Mahomes just absolutely sucks this year. So what exactly is intriguing about Mahomes&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson for rest of season? Stephen A Smith reveals who he&#039;d rather have - Raw Dog Sports and Gaming Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson for rest of season? Stephen A Smith reveals who he&#039;d rather have\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stephen A. Smith revealed who he&#8217;d rather have for the rest of this season as his preferred quarterback. He went with the obvious Super Bowl winner despite Mahomes having an absolutely terrible season. Lamar Jackson is playing at an amazing level while Mahomes just absolutely sucks this year. So what exactly is intriguing about Mahomes&hellip;&nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Raw Dog Sports and Gaming Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rawdogsports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-01T20:57:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-12T18:38:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot_13.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"570\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"312\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Frank Bojazi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankBojazi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Frank Bojazi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Frank Bojazi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/61bbc928a8b66fb0990595853f90ef39\"},\"headline\":\"Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson for rest of season? Stephen A Smith reveals who he&#8217;d rather have\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-01T20:57:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-12T18:38:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Screenshot_13.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2024\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\\\/\",\"name\":\"Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson for rest of season? Stephen A Smith reveals who he'd rather have - Raw Dog Sports and Gaming Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Screenshot_13.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-01T20:57:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-12T18:38:04+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Screenshot_13.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Screenshot_13.jpg\",\"width\":570,\"height\":312},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson for rest of season? Stephen A Smith reveals who he&#8217;d rather have\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Raw Dog Sports and Gaming Blog\",\"description\":\"Sports and Gaming Blog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Raw Dog Sports and Gaming Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/logooo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/logooo.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":113,\"caption\":\"Raw Dog Sports and Gaming Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/rawdogsports\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/61bbc928a8b66fb0990595853f90ef39\",\"name\":\"Frank Bojazi\",\"description\":\"Frank is a Phillies and Eagles fan, gamer nerd (Destiny 2, old-school Halo), and Dad who graduated from Kutztown in PA. He played lacrosse in college and the PBLA. He now plays rec league basketball in hopes to score once or twice, keeping the bench warm for everyone else. Frank works as a webmaster and ad\\\/monetizing whiz for much bigger websites.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/FrankBojazi\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rawdogsports.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/frank\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson for rest of season? Stephen A Smith reveals who he'd rather have - Raw Dog Sports and Gaming Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson for rest of season? Stephen A Smith reveals who he'd rather have","og_description":"Stephen A. Smith revealed who he&#8217;d rather have for the rest of this season as his preferred quarterback. He went with the obvious Super Bowl winner despite Mahomes having an absolutely terrible season. Lamar Jackson is playing at an amazing level while Mahomes just absolutely sucks this year. So what exactly is intriguing about Mahomes&hellip;&nbsp;","og_url":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/","og_site_name":"Raw Dog Sports and Gaming Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rawdogsports","article_published_time":"2024-05-01T20:57:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-12T18:38:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":570,"height":312,"url":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot_13.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Frank Bojazi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankBojazi","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Frank Bojazi","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/"},"author":{"name":"Frank Bojazi","@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/61bbc928a8b66fb0990595853f90ef39"},"headline":"Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson for rest of season? Stephen A Smith reveals who he&#8217;d rather have","datePublished":"2024-05-01T20:57:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-12T18:38:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/"},"wordCount":197,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot_13.jpg","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2024","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/","url":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/","name":"Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson for rest of season? Stephen A Smith reveals who he'd rather have - Raw Dog Sports and Gaming Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot_13.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-01T20:57:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-12T18:38:04+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot_13.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot_13.jpg","width":570,"height":312},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/patrick-mahomes-or-lamar-jackson\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson for rest of season? Stephen A Smith reveals who he&#8217;d rather have"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/","name":"Raw Dog Sports and Gaming Blog","description":"Sports and Gaming Blog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Raw Dog Sports and Gaming Blog","url":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/logooo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/logooo.png","width":300,"height":113,"caption":"Raw Dog Sports and Gaming Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rawdogsports"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/61bbc928a8b66fb0990595853f90ef39","name":"Frank Bojazi","description":"Frank is a Phillies and Eagles fan, gamer nerd (Destiny 2, old-school Halo), and Dad who graduated from Kutztown in PA. He played lacrosse in college and the PBLA. He now plays rec league basketball in hopes to score once or twice, keeping the bench warm for everyone else. Frank works as a webmaster and ad\/monetizing whiz for much bigger websites.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankBojazi"],"url":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/author\/frank\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38593,"href":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10301\/revisions\/38593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}