The solution is simple:

Let Andy Reid hand pick his successor and then have Mahomes put his rubber stamp on it.

I'm willing to trust both of them.

How fascinating would Shanahan be?

Take that running attack of his and throw in a generational talent under center. I mean it could be transcendent.

It could also be a complete disaster.

McVay is essentially the spiritual successor to Reid. But Shanahan would be something interesting. Not saying it'll work, even - just that I'd be damn intrigued by the idea.

The more important thing is probably going to be Veach's roster construction. Give Mahomes a solid OL and a solid defense. If he has those two things, I think he can win a lot of games no matter what. He's going to keep getting better too. He won't necessarily need Kelce/Tyreek.

Tom Brady won a Super Bowl last year with a stooge head coach because the roster around him was completely loaded. Four #1 quality receivers, a damn good OL, and a damn good defense (especially front 7).

In terms of Veach, you gotta like some of his recent draft picks like Humphrey/Smith on the OL, Nick Bolton at LB, and the Orlando Brown thing is looking pretty solid too. But he was also the guy who gave way too much money to guys like Frank Clark & Anthony Hitchens. Need to be as efficient as possible at finding high quality guys who don't cost a fortune.

I think it was SNR I was talking to about it a bit ago.

The Chiefs will never have this again - but as you've noted, we won't NEED this.

The Chiefs absolutely can (and should be expected to) get a couple of merely very good pass-catching options for Mahomes even after Kelce and Hill are gone. I mentioned having two McLaurin types.

I mean hell, why couldn't the Chiefs have what the Bengals have minus Chase? And would it even be that hard to pull off? Higgins, Boyd and Uzomah would likely be enough to keep Mahomes extremely dangerous, especially if you gave him a quality OL and a credible (ideally more consistent) defense.

There are just gonna be 3 or 4 ''eras' of Mahomes when all is said and done. This is likely to be the most memorable one because how it came about, what it is and wthe demons it exorcised - but the next will be successful as well.

The focus on the next wave of receivers for KC should be ball security. This year was evidence of how important it is to just catch the damn ball and don't fumble it. Way too many tip balls & fumbles this year, including from Tyreek & Kelce. Those two guys also had some bad drops in the Super Bowl loss. Find some guys who are extremely reliable at catching the ball and running good routes. If you can do that, you don't necessarily need them to be as explosive as Tyreek or Kelce.

Mahomes is going to continue getting better and better as a QB. He has shown some major growth the last couple months in terms of being a much more patient QB than the past. That's huge. I hope he continues to embrace this approach. Continue working on all the typical stuff (footwork, accuracy, decision-making, etc)...he will be friggin' unstoppable at age 30 no matter who is in the receiving group, as long as the dudes are running good routes and have good hands.

Damn. You make a strong case, but I still can't root against the Chiefs.

Pringle and Hardman are the real reason our offense is next level again. . defense cant ignore them anymore and just focus on Reek and kelce..Patrick has shown that he will throw to the open WR no matter what number is on the jersey

Perfectly fine with me if other teams feel those painful playoff losses instead of us. We have way more than our share of those.