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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
I didn't say it would destroy his path to developing. I have no doubt he's going to improve a lot (and he's already damn good for the NFL). But despite all the training in the world, we don't know yet if he's going to be a freelancer as plan B or plan A. He'll have a very successful career using it as a plan A so it's not like it's a bad thing.
In watching the game yesterday, I had goosebumps thinking about how good he'll be. But I also got to thinking about Andy's best 2 QBS - Favre and McNabb - and how much Mahomes resembles them in so many ways. Both of them tough as nails but they got the bejesus knocked out of them in their careers.
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Your point is not a bad one. Something similar happened at Tech. He was forced to play as a true freshman when Davis Webb got hurt. It turned out that Mahomes' freestyle ability was very helpful on a team with a shitty offensive line. By the time Webb got healthy, he had lost the starting job.
But I believe Pat's incredible success as a true freshman stunted his growth. Kliff could never get him to stay in the pocket, not even after 3 years of telling him over and over to stay in the pocket. Hopefully the Chiefs staff will have more success with Pat in this regard.