Because of all the interest in this thread, I've place all of the video content of Patrick Mahomes II's college career, and draft day goodness into a single post that can be found here. Enjoy! [Reply]
Couldn’t agree with you more Jeff. One of my favorite players to interview. Felt that way about Peyton when I covered him. Always willing to take the time and answer thoughtfully. Total class act. https://t.co/wfWgY8j3Cu
Got in a debate with a few coworkers today. I may be a little biased being a Chiefs fan though. The Browns, Jets and Bears have not had a decent QB for the last 20 years. That is a mathematical impossibility that every QB these organizations draft or sign just sucks. The reason has to be something to do with the teams. We all agreed on that point.
The question was what if Mahomes had gone to one of these teams what would his career look like? He couldn't possibly have gone to a better situation with the weapons and coaching staff. My take was he'd still be a top 10 QB. Wouldn't be winning SB's or MVP's or signing 500M contracts but would still be damn good, probably getting those crappy teams to the playoffs. Thoughts? [Reply]
Originally Posted by the steam:
Got in a debate with a few coworkers today. I may be a little biased being a Chiefs fan though. The Browns, Jets and Bears have not had a decent QB for the last 20 years. That is a mathematical impossibility that every QB these organizations draft or sign just sucks. The reason has to be something to do with the teams. We all agreed on that point.
The question was what if Mahomes had gone to one of these teams what would his career look like? He couldn't possibly have gone to a better situation with the weapons and coaching staff. My take was he'd still be a top 10 QB. Wouldn't be winning SB's or MVP's or signing 500M contracts but would still be damn good, probably getting those crappy teams to the playoffs. Thoughts?
Hard to say, but I do think he would be more successful than guys like Sam Darnold for instance. [Reply]
Mahomes would be a very good QB virtually anywhere (just a tremendous arm talent with a great IQ for the game) but he would not have put up the numbers he did for the Chiefs in his first three years on those teams. I’d anticipate quite a few more turnovers. [Reply]
Originally Posted by the steam:
Got in a debate with a few coworkers today. I may be a little biased being a Chiefs fan though. The Browns, Jets and Bears have not had a decent QB for the last 20 years. That is a mathematical impossibility that every QB these organizations draft or sign just sucks. The reason has to be something to do with the teams. We all agreed on that point.
The question was what if Mahomes had gone to one of these teams what would his career look like? He couldn't possibly have gone to a better situation with the weapons and coaching staff. My take was he'd still be a top 10 QB. Wouldn't be winning SB's or MVP's or signing 500M contracts but would still be damn good, probably getting those crappy teams to the playoffs. Thoughts?
I agree. The quarterback is a huge cog in the wheel, but it's still a wheel with a bunch of important cogs. All this team needed was Mahomes. Mahomes needed this team. It's a match made in heaven. If the Bears had gotten Mahomes instead of Trubutthead, they would have had a bunch of exiting plays but it would not have been enough. They don't have Reid, Kelce, Cheetah...etc. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Mahomes would be a very good QB virtually anywhere (just a tremendous arm talent with a great IQ for the game) but he would not have put up the numbers he did for the Chiefs in his first three years on those teams. I’d anticipate quite a few more turnovers.
I think Matt Stafford in Detroit might be a good comparison point for Mahomes if he ended up with teams like the Jets, Browns, Lions, etc. [Reply]
