02-01-2023, 05:53 PM
(01-31-2023, 10:56 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Mahommes was a project who was compared to Jay Cutler, pre draft:This is why I think Mahomes is the most overrated QB in the league, the Chiefs won 10,11,12 games the 3 seasons before Pat took over. Joe took over a 2 win team without an Oline & made the SB in his second year. Coming off a devasting knee injury. I guess I don't buy into the running QB league, it's just a matter of time before Mahomes, Allen, Hurts, Watson, Jackson get seriously hurt.
Overview
Mahomes is a big, confident quarterback who brings a variety of physical tools to the party, but he's developed some bad habits and doesn't have a very repeatable process as a passer. Mahomes' ability to improvise and extend plays can lead to big plays for his offense, but he will have to prove he can operate with better anticipation and be willing to take what the defense gives him in order to win from the pocket. Mahomes will be a work in progress, but he's a high ceiling, low floor prospect.
So you had a player with issues, but massive upside and he was taken by the Chiefs who planned to sit him behind a veteran QB in Alex Smith where he could be developed by a QB guru in Andy Reid.
As for the franchise of the Chiefs, well I mean they at least brought people in and out. The knock against the Bengals was that they had a 30 years playoff drought that involved a lot of "staying the course." When we drafted Burrow we were a 2-14 team with a HC who looked to be in completely over his head and we hadn't won a playoff game since 1990 and we had the same stagnant/stubborn front office and owner running the show and saying stuff at press conferences that made Bengals fans groan.
It's hard to take Reid out of the Chiefs picture, because when he drafted Mahommes all 4 of his seasons as the HC in KC were winning seasons, with 3 playoff berths and a playoff win in there. If the Chiefs had drafted Mahommes with Romeo Crenel going 2-14, then I think they're have gotten more grief, for sure.
