Wednesday, February 5, 2020 • DailyCampus.com 12 Point/Counterpoint: Did Patrick Mahomes deserve to win Super Bowl MVP? by Jorge Eckardt, STAFF WRITER, off. Mahomes came back from
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[email protected] ers. Given that you can’t give On Sunday, the Kansas City the MVP to the whole offense, Chiefs defeated the San Fran- it seems fitting that Mahomes, cisco 49ers to win their first Su- who was the centerpiece, re- per Bowl in 50 years, propelled ceive it. Hill, Watkins and by a fourth-quarter comeback Williams were good all game, where they outscored the 49ers but that didn’t stop their team 21-0. Quarterback Patrick Ma- from being significantly down homes was named the game’s in the fourth quarter. And MVP despite having one of his while their routes were good, it more shaky performances of was the throws that made the the season, so was he really the plays happen. What did turn right choice? Ashton Stansel that game around and cause and Jorge Eckardt debate. a victory for the Chiefs was Stansel: Mahomes’ resurgence. He was I think Mahomes was the what turned the game around right choice. He definitely had a and created openings for the shaky start to the game, throw- Chiefs to win. ing two interceptions and gen- Eckardt: erally failing to get his team Mahomes’ errors earlier in off the ground, but that didn’t the game can’t be ignored.