Patrick Mahomes had some amazing statistics last year. For the third time in his career, he threw for over 35 touchdown and over 5,000 yards in a single season.
The reason he was able to perform so well over the course of the five-month season was due to some of the metrics that he was able to log off the field in.
The Kansas City Chiefs star wears WHOop technology. Whoop has been the official licensed recovery for the league since the beginning of the year, and the league contributed to its funding round four years ago. A $4 billion business has been made by the Boston-based fitness tracking firm.
The toll that your effort took on the body is taken into account when calculating strain. Recovery is the extent to which you have recovered from that effort. Recovery is given as a percentage out of 100 while strain is given as a number.
There are branded terms and figures that WHOOP made them up, but that brand also has partnerships with MLB, the PGA, and the US Army, to name a few. They are legit indicators for assessing performance and building a narrative. We see a quarterback who takes his recovery very seriously when we look at his metrics.
On Sundays, he averaged a strain of 19. It has been said that the week-to-week physical trauma running backs experience is similar to getting in a car accident. The WHOOP has the data to show that the cardiovascular exertion of running a marathon is similar to Mahomes’ strain.
Sleep is the best defense against that type of stress. The man goes into games well rested. He puts up a lot of baby-worthy sleep hours. He slept for 14 hours and 52 minutes before the crucial game against the LA Clippers. He led his team to a 34-28 victory, throwing 410 yards and three touchdown passes in the process.
Maybe the idea of having their biomarkers ingratiated into expert analysis and in-game chyrons isn’t so far off. Stories can be told in the short and long term. It’s difficult for him to outrun the violence of his sport because he doesn’t get enough sleep. Over the course of a year, his resting heart rate increased by 23% and his heart rate variability decreased, suggesting that he was overexerted.
It was a good reminder after the Thursday night game, where Roger and Jeff Bezos sat in a booth and watched the Chiefs win their second game of the year. Longer seasons and taking over more nights of the week pose a serious danger to players. Quarterbacks have to worry about exhaustion and their ability to show up and make plays when their ability to make plays matters most.
How does the data compare to amateur athletes. The man deserves some semblance of health privacy, but WHOOP didn’t include his annual averages in this snapshot. WHOOP users come in at 11. The average week for Mahomes is 10.25 strain, which is below the average for WHOOP users.
What is that? There are things that need to be accounted for once the season ends. After the previous year, he had to have his toe operated on. The commitment to lower strain is a reminder that the Super Bowl can’t be won in the off-season. Slowly, he has to build up. If he were a weekend warrior like most WHOOP users, what kind of year-round average would he post? If he weren’t on this schedule, how would he push himself if he lost his job? If he hadn’t made it to the NFL, he’d have played in the NBA or MLB.
He is the king of sleep. WHOOP users recover more than 50% of their money. The data is according to it. Most of the time, he reaches 90. He will post 30 points for you in fantasy if he gets a big night’s rest.
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