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Originally Posted by DaFace
I readily admit that I'm not a huge draft guy, and I barely knew the name Mahomes prior to our pick. But when I got the alert on my phone that told me the Chiefs had traded up through half of the first round to grab a QB, you bet your ass I was excited. When Andy Reid gets that excited about a QB, you sit up and pay attention.
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I think PugsnotDrugs(?) had posted a thread saying he had a friend who was privy to the fact that the Chiefs were HUGE on Mahomes and McCaffrey. The focus on Mahomes was so specific that I paid attention to that thread more than I had with draft speculation in the past. I still thought it was BS (sorry Pugs), but the moment the Chiefs traded up I knew who they were picking (the Denver hosts were gobsmacked by the trade. They had no idea who the Chiefs were targeting. One asked why they would replace a Top 10 QB in Alex Smith with someone who had his same skillet - Watson). The other host, however, said, "I don't think Andy wants another Smith, I think he wants his Brett Favre". That host was right. I remember soaking in their shock of it all - because it finally felt like we were in the game.