🏈 Goff Drops a Bomb: No Mahomes on His Top 10 QB List?!

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff has Twitter, Reddit, and every group chat full of football fans buzzing. Why? In a promo clip for Netflix’s Quarterback series, Goff casually dropped his top 10 all-time quarterbacks list, and it’s what’s not on the list that has fans doing double takes.

Yep—no Patrick Mahomes.

📝 Goff’s List (in no particular order):

• Tom Brady
• Peyton Manning
• Joe Montana
• John Elway
• Drew Brees
• Philip Rivers
• Eli Manning
• Ben Roethlisberger
• Brett Favre
• Aaron Rodgers

Solid? Sure. Legendary? Definitely. But… Mahomes? Missing. And fans are not letting that slide.

🔥 Wait… Mahomes Didn’t Make the Cut?!

If you’ve watched football in the last five years, you know Patrick Mahomes isn’t just a name — he’s a movement. Two MVPs, three Super Bowl appearances, and a highlight reel that looks like a video game glitch.

He’s younger than Goff and already building a legacy that has analysts tossing around phrases like “on pace to be the GOAT.” So naturally, Goff’s old-school-heavy list raised some eyebrows.

Is it personal? Is it nostalgia? Or is Goff just one of those guys who still plays Madden 2004 on a GameCube?

🧠 Legacy vs. Dominance: A Tale as Old as Time

To be fair, Goff’s list feels more legacy-focused. He’s picking QBs he grew up watching, the ones who defined eras — guys like Brady and Manning who earned their stripes over decades of dominance.

But in doing so, he’s essentially drawing a line in the turf: this list is about longevity, not just flash-in-the-pan brilliance. It’s not wrong, it’s just… bold.

Still, when you’re doing promo for a show literally about quarterbacks — and Mahomes was the centerpiece of Season 1 — leaving him off feels like snubbing the host at their own birthday party.

🗣️ The Internet, Naturally, Had Thoughts

It took zero seconds for NFL fans and analysts to start weighing in. Twitter exploded. Memes rolled out. Debates broke out in comment sections and fantasy football leagues alike.

Some fans backed Goff:

“He’s got a point — Mahomes still has a lot of career ahead.”
Others were ruthless:
“Imagine putting Philip Rivers on the list over a guy who just made the Super Bowl look easy.”

Ouch.

👏 It’s Subjective — But It’s Goff’s List

At the end of the day, quarterback rankings are always highly personal, and Goff is entitled to his throwback-loving opinion. He’s faced some of these guys. He’s studied them. Heck, maybe he even modeled parts of his own game on them.

Still, leaving out one of the most dominant forces in modern football? That’ll always spark a debate. And honestly? We kind of love it.

More conversations, more passion, more football.