Does Phase 3 of the Mahomes era start tomorrow?
 

Phase 1: Legion of Zoom

2018-2021:

1 Super Bowl Championship
1 MVP
1 Super Bowl MVP
2 AFC Championships
4 AFC Championship Appearances

Phase 2: Defense + Mahomes Wins Championships

2022-2024:

2 Super Bowl Championships
1 MVP
2 Super Bowl MVP’s
3 AFC Championships
3 AFC Championship Appearances

Phase 3: 2025-?

In Phase 1 and the Proposed Phase 2 (credit to irafreak for the name) Mahomes has made the AFC Championship in all 7 seasons he’s started and generally been regarded as one of the greatest who have ever taken the field.

Going into next year, Xavier Worthy showed he’s ready to be a deep threat and Rashee Rice is coming back after being the top wide receiver in the league before his injury. We also need a left tackle, may be letting Smith and Bolton go, will need to reckon with the fact that those we drafted to start Phase 2 need second contacts, and perhaps most importantly, may be saying goodbye to Travis Kelce.

Does Phase 3 start tomorrow?

Phase 2...defense wins championships

Hell yeah. Updated with a twist.

Phase 3 should be get back to Phase 1.

Thank you….

Phase 1 was more fun, but Phase 2 has been undeniably more successful. Can we put the resources into getting a cheat code offense with a Sammy Watkins type addition with a left tackle without it compromising our defense?

I don’t know how much we can count on Rice after the injury and legal issues. I would love for him to pick up where he left off, but it’s far from something we should bake into our plans.

If only teams still defended Mahomes like they did in 2018/2019. Unfortunately, the league has changed. Not just our personnel.

Plus, he had a prime Kelce back then.

Good point, that knee injury looks to have a tricky recovery. The manner of his return will really shape our offense for the post Kelce Chiefs.

We need to combine phase 1 with phase 2 now, kind of like the Eagles tonight, their team was an offensive and defensive juggernaut

Phase 3: LEFT TACKLE

The only way we can go back to a legion of Zoom would be Rice coming back healthy and us spending some real money on a left tackle and a Sammy Watkins to give us three elite receiving threats.

Not sure we keep McDuffie or Bolton in that reality.

I think that was the plan with signing Hollywood and drafting Worthy (who does look awesome).

Unfortunately, prime Travis Kelces and prime Tyreek Hills don’t grow on trees.

They may have the best GM in football, and I say that thinking Veach is top 3.

Drafting Rashee Rice and Xavier Worthy are good indicators that they are doing just that