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]
Originally Posted by jaa1025:
Last season, this draft class was supposed to be one of the great classes of all time for QB. They all disappointed big time. I'd rather have Trubisky, Mahomes and Watson over each one of them.
After playoff disappointment again, Mahomes is the only thing I am pumped about next year.
My prediction.
Chiefs 11-5, Mahomes 4200 yards, 32 TD 10 INT 63%.
Originally Posted by DRM08:
I think if Gruden could find a way to dump Carr and get Mahomes, he would do it in a heartbeat. Chiefs ain't gonna let him. :-)
God help me, but I absolutely LOVE Gruden. I've admired him and his coaching/communication style for a looooooooooonnnng time now.
He is of course The Enemy and should have his entrails removed, BBQ'd, and fed back to him, but if I could find a way to dump Reid and get Chucky, I'd happily pay for Tigger, Sandy, and Threetard's HIV treatments. :-) [Reply]
I don't think even PMII can save this horrible franchise. He'll be hamstrung by shit coaches and shit play calling; won't matter if he has 3, 4, or 5 legit players to throw to. [Reply]
Originally Posted by redhed:
I don't think even PMII can save this horrible franchise. He'll be hamstrung by shit coaches and shit play calling; won't matter if he has 3, 4, or 5 legit players to throw to.
If Reid is feeding him shit plays, Pat better tell Reid to fuck off.
The thing that is so promising about Mahomes is that his pocket presence is fantastic. He has shown that he will escape or step up in the pocket and extend the play. Alex Smith is happy feet pathetic in the pocket that can't keep his eyes downfield. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Molitoth:
If Reid is feeding him shit plays, Pat better tell Reid to **** off.
The thing that is so promising about Mahomes is that his pocket presence is fantastic. He has shown that he will escape or step up in the pocket and extend the play. Alex Smith is happy feet pathetic in the pocket that can't keep his eyes downfield.
You just have to hope Pat's improvisation ability is good enough to put the team over the top when the playcalling falls apart. [Reply]
Originally Posted by redhed:
I don't think even PMII can save this horrible franchise. He'll be hamstrung by shit coaches and shit play calling; won't matter if he has 3, 4, or 5 legit players to throw to.
Remember when Lebron said he "scratched" a play from David Blatt that ended up being the game winner? I think it was in the playoffs, but I could be wrong.
We finally have a QB with the balls to "scratch" any play given to him from the coach just by letting it fold in on itself and improvising. And he will usually produce pretty good results when he does that.
Aaron Rodgers won a Super Bowl with another fat loser in Mike McCarthy. And is Dom Capers really all that more innovative than Bob Sutton?
Andy Reid has never had a QB like what Mahomes could be. Not since Favre, anyway, and that's not when he was a head coach. If Mahomes reaches his potential, anything is possible.
Have faith in the QB Death Cult Religion. The more dogmatic forms of it insist that a REAL franchise QB is so powerful it can even make your defense better. I don't know if I'd go that far, but I definitely believe in its power to heal the ills that accompany a coach who is a freaking dumbass.
That will take time. It probably won't be next year. Maybe not the year after that. But if Reid is still around 3 seasons from now and Mahomes has developed into the guy we think he all is, you need to have faith, dude. [Reply]
