Madden NFL 23: What if the two Super Bowl quarterbacks switched teams?

We had the Chiefs and Eagles switch QBs in Madden NFL 23 to see what happens

The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles have won their respective conference, and a main part of that is due to their quarterbacks. Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts are both M.V.P. candidates for the 2022 NFL season and will be fighting to bring home a championship. But what if these two talented QBs were on the opposite side?  Madden NFL 23 has the answer.

Weapons

One main component that the Eagles pass the Chiefs in is the wide receiver core. Jalen Hurts has DeVonta Smith, A.J. Brown, and Quez Watkins to throw to, meanwhile, Patrick Mahomes is throwing to JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, and Kadarius Toney. 

The Eagles obviously have a better receiving core minus the tight end position, but imagine Patrick Mahomes throwing to two talented wide receivers, one being a 92 overall and the other being an 87 overall.

Now the Eagles have Dallas Goedert, who is no Travis Kelce, but Goedert is also talented and can also be a force to reckon with at an 89 overall. Mahomes' main guy is Travis Kelce, who is the best tight end in the NFL right now, with a 99 overall but he is throwing to above average wide receivers. 

The Chiefs receivers consist of, 80 overall Mecole Hardman, 79 Kadarius Toney, and it continues to go downhill after that. Imagine the talented Patrick Mahomes at a 98 overall throwing to two amazing wide receivers and a pretty decent tight end. Pretty scary offense if you ask me. 

As for the offensive line, the Eagles offensive line consists of 95 overall Lane Johnson, 93 overall Jason Kelce, 85 overall Jordan Mailata, 78 overall Landon Dickerson, and 79 overall Isaac Seumalo. In comparison to the Chiefs offensive line, the Chiefs have 89 Creed Humphrey, 89 Joe Thuney, 82 Orlando Brown, 82 Trey Smith, and a 68 overall Andrew Wylie at right tackle. 

Both Hurts and Mahomes have great agility, but Hurts has 89 speed in comparison to Mahomes’ 84 speed, but Mahomes does have 97 throw power, unlike Hurts who has 86 overall in throw power.

One of Mahomes' biggest strengths is his awareness, his 96 play action, 98 throw on the run, and 97 throw under pressure. With the arm strength, and his high football IQ, Mahomes being able to throw to two wide receivers with 91 speed against a Chiefs defense that has cornerbacks with 94 speed and 91 speed could result in good matchups.

However, the Chiefs have wide receivers that have 87 speed, 93 speed, and 97 speed, but the Eagles have cornerbacks who have 92 speed, 90 speed, and are both zone-type cornerbacks. The receiving vs. defensive matchup leans more in favor of the Chiefs, but the Eagles defensive playbook is Tampa 2 and the biggest weakness that Tampa 2 has is the deep balls and middle of the field which is something the Chiefs offensive playbook can hurt the most.

Style of Play

The Eagles style of offense is the West Coast Spread, which mainly targets the option for fast quarterbacks and fast tight ends, but the Chiefs offense is also West Coast Spread, but their offense is mainly focused on the pass first but it does favor mobile quarterbacks and an elite tight end. 

The Chiefs offense favors Jalen Hurts’ 89 speed, 90 throw on the run, but the downside is his 86 throw power and 87 throw deep accuracy, which is why having a 99 overall tight end is beneficial if you put Hurts on the Chiefs offense. 

As for Patrick Mahomes, the Eagles offensive playbook favors Mahomes’ 96 play action, 98 throw on the run, but the amount of designed runs the Eagles playbook has does not bode well for Mahomes’ 84 speed. 

If you switch the quarterbacks, both are getting upgrades, especially on the offensive line, but in comparison to the tight ends, only Hurts would be benefiting, Nevertheless, inheriting a 79 overall team against an 85 overall team is still a big gap. 

The Chiefs have a better-built defensive line that could be an even match against the Eagles' offensive line, but the Eagles' defensive line could struggle against the decent Chiefs' offensive line which would mean Jalen Hurts would need to use his legs more. 

Based on Patrick Mahomes’ X-factors and abilities, if the Eagles wide receivers find separation, then dashing deadeye, bazooka, and pass lead elite are more in favor than Jalen Hurts’ superstar abilities of jukebox and fastbreak, especially since the Chiefs' offensive playbook would lean more to the passing game, but on designed quarterback runs, Jalen Hurts would be unstoppable with fastbreak. 

Switch the quarterbacks and they will be hindered because of the different schemes in some way, but each will benefit with the different weapons they receive. 

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