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*****The Patrick Mahomes Thread*****
IT ****ING HAPPENED
OP UPDATE: 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! Last edited by Dante84; 05-17-2017 at 09:40 AM.. |
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05-26-2018, 01:06 PM | #11506 |
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05-26-2018, 01:11 PM | #11507 |
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Louis Riddick saying Mahomes will be better than Luck, who everyone said was generational, is pretty much calling him generational.
I’m okay with calling Wentz generational bc I think he is. He looks exactly like what Luck was supposed to be IMO. If Mahomes season is like Wentz’s last year, we will all be on that bandwagon too. |
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05-26-2018, 01:14 PM | #11508 | |
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05-26-2018, 01:25 PM | #11509 | |
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That is franchise concept we've completely bought into. Remember 'Competence throughout the team is too hard? Better to invest fully in a truly elite QB, given the current state of the league?' IIRC, that was YOUR thesis. |
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05-26-2018, 01:36 PM | #11510 | |
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Oh, and Teicher needs to be fired. Boring, Bald-headed loser who didn't fit in with the 2018 Chiefs |
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05-26-2018, 02:11 PM | #11511 | |
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And yes, somehow you still haven’t figured it out yet, but having a great quarterback makes things easier in the NFL. |
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05-26-2018, 02:19 PM | #11512 | |
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2. I have absolutely 'figured it out.' Of course being a great QB makes things easier. But I've also witnessed the regression in JUST THE FEW MONTHS from 'he's the next great thing, and the only thing we need to cement a dynasty immediately' to 'hey, he'll have hiccups, and may need team help, and really it's all a crapshoot. but here's hoping in a few years or so. . . . Veach, Veach, Veach!!' My beef isn't, and has never been, the performance of Mahomes. It's the bullshit ever evolving rhetoric of the QB-centric fanbase. |
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05-26-2018, 02:24 PM | #11513 | |
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As far as the future goes, if he’s as great as I believe he will be, the quality of the roster outside of him will not be as significant as it was in the past with other QBs here. Yeah, we’ll need a good team to win a championship, but I don’t think we will absolutely HAVE to have an elite defense. I believe that was the case with Alex Smith, and is the case for most QBs in the NFL. |
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05-26-2018, 02:33 PM | #11514 | |
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That's fine, so long as you stick to your philosophy. You don't get to fall back on the excuses and caveats that those more in my philosophy have said have been there always for everyone. You can't 'go wobbly' and start hedging with 'hey, he's still human, and he needs a team around him, and we're counting on the GM to work magic, etc. etc.' That's the HARD WORK you said we had to avoid. |
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05-26-2018, 02:39 PM | #11515 | |
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I am not and absolutely have not ever said that an elite QB alone is enough to win a championship. All I have ever said is it makes it a whole lot easier to win a title if you do have one. They can at least cover up for some holes on the roster to a much greater degree than say a QB like Alex Smith. Prime example is the Packers, who have been a near lock to make the playoffs every year under Rodgers despite having a mediocre to bad roster. If they had helped him even a little in FA the past 5-6 years, they win at least one more championship by now. But his sheer greatness is still enough to at least get them into the dance and give them hope in the playoffs. I don’t know how much more I can expand on this to make things clear. There’s a reason though that Louis Riddick said, ‘They [Chiefs FO] believe that Mahomes is what will put them over the top.’ |
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05-26-2018, 02:46 PM | #11516 | |
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05-26-2018, 03:15 PM | #11517 |
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I'm very optimistic in regards to Mahomes and his abilities.
However in the back of my mind, the battered fan syndrome in me believes he will be a total bust or get caught trafficking cocaine or something. |
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05-26-2018, 03:39 PM | #11518 | |
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05-26-2018, 04:02 PM | #11519 | |
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05-26-2018, 06:38 PM | #11520 | |
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And he WILL be, and you'll see the "thesis" proven 1000% correct. But please, continue to pine for a team-building philosophy that has won the Chiefs at least...um...yeah.... Oh that's right; ZERO ****ing championships in half a century. Last edited by Sweet Daddy Hate; 05-26-2018 at 06:48 PM.. |
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