Here he is riding a bull

https://twitter.com/realbbqsports/st...216279553?s=21

At that point I was kind of excited, but I didn't want to overreact.

Then the first big reception against Denver at the end of 2017 - was that Demetrius Harris? - got me more excited, as well as the comeback.

Even after the Chargers and Steelers in Week 1 of 2018 I was holding back expectations, though I was starting to believe that it might be sustainable.

The tipping point might be that big scramble against the 49ers. At that point I was convinced that our future is golden.

I think the preseason throw to Robinson killed the server if I remember right.

On September 17, 1995, a star appeared in the western sky signifying that a new king had been born.

Mahomes threw a curveball around defenders in that game. Prior to that, it had never occured to me that was even physically possible.


https://twitter.com/FB_FilmAnalysis/...71506780536832

I want to say I knew when we drafted him because I watched him a Tech.... But I didn't know he would be this good.

That being said I knew when we drafted him that he was everything Alex Smith couldn't be.

I would be fun to bring up that nights draft thread.

When I watched his film against LSU and noticed he was being harassed by NFL defensive guys against the worst line I had ever seen and as he's running around for his life he never stopped looking downfield at receivers.

That's when I knew what he was, and what Alex was not.


Also when he chucked that 60 yard bomb in OTAs that we all watched. And the final straw for me was when I heard about his chalkboard work with Reid for 6 hours or whatever the legend has grown to.

I was like wait he's smart, too??

Patrick Mahomes
 

https://youtu.be/ZL6DXAxVMTk

That was it for me.

Actually it was the Bengals preseason game in 2017.

https://youtu.be/VAha2FizYFs

Was bumped a few days ago. Take a gander for some good laughs.

https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=307373

When Mahomes was drafted I think most people had the understanding that he had a chance to be special.

I think after the 2017 Broncos game it was more fathomable that the end of the Alex Smith era was much closer to being realized but I had not yet assumed Mahomes was "special". The 2018 preaseason games were definite eye openers as well but I still had doubts that he could do it consistently.

I think week 2 going into Pittsburgh against a team that dominates the Chiefs every single year and putting up 42 points in a win was the I think the first time I thought to myself that Mahomes was special, and not that he was going to be special in a year or two down the road but that he was going to be an elite quarterback right away.

The trade to move up and grab Mahomes will be not only a Chiefs defining moment but a NFL defining moment.

I went to St. Joe his rookie year for camp and you could tell the arm was unreal. However, it was at the end of practice when the QB's and QB coaches were having a throwing competition that I knew... He was having fun with the guys, but you could tell by his demeanor he wanted to win that competition. He did not want to lose, even a petty game at the end of practice.

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Preseason against the Titans.

The play against the 49ers is when it all became real. It seemed like a dream up to that point