“Justin Herbert is better than Patrick Mahomes,” Marcellus Wiley gives his pick in the quarterback battle »FirstSportz

Two of the National Football League’s best and up-and-coming defenders, Justin Herbert and Patrick Mahomes went head-to-head in a game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers. The captain won 34-28 in the high-profile encounter as Mahomes’ team temporarily won bragging rights against direct competitor Herbert.

However, this did not stop former NFL defender Marcellus Wiley from making a controversial statement, that he felt Herbert was still a better full-back than Mahomes. Speaking on the talk show, Speak for Yourself, the 47-year-old football pundit, argued his case against co-presenter Emmanuel Acho, who simply couldn’t believe what he was hearing. from Willey.

Justin Herbert has a 2-2 record against Kansas City Chiefs

Shortly after Wiley made the statement, Acho stopped him and said: “Please stop, I can’t let you say such nonsense…not on Friday night.”

Wiley makes his point for the argument and makes a few valid points in taking Herbert’s record against the Kansas City Chiefs. So far in her short career, just entering her second year, Herbert has an impressive 2-2 record against the Chiefs.

Accidental, By Justin Herbert The first game was also against the Chiefs, and despite losing, Wiley praised him for bringing the match into Over Time with his own eyes. Wiley also compared the stats of Herbert and Patrick Mahomes, when they played against each other.

Justin Herbert has done better than Patrick Mahomes in all of their meetings so far, according to Wiley

Herbert lost to Mahomes in this respect, as he had a 1-2 record, but the two defeats the youngster suffered both came in the Over-Times. As for Wiley, the Chargers quarterback has convincingly beaten Mahomes in terms of individual performance on three occasions, enough for him to give his rating between these two highly-rated quarterbacks in the NFL.

Herbert also joins a respectable roster, leaving behind Mahomes after he became only the second quarterback after Jameis Winston to throw more than 4000 yards in each of their first two seasons.

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