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Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.
there's the hypocrisy though. Many of those plays are what AS would have done too, checkdown, coverage and protection issues.
Mahomes does have spark, and potential. He is the future. The FUTURE. He's still very inexperienced and needs more time IMO. ANd many who are way smarter than me (us) seem to agree. We do far more damage to him rolling him out there this season. This isn't college, he hasn't been a multi-year backup.
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I don't mind him learning from the bench. He has a lot to work on in terms of footwork and technique, and I think the more he learns the more the game will slow down.
That being said, I think Alex has been limiting enough that I completely disagree that Mahomes doesn't have an excellent chance of upgrading us immediately. Half of those Seattle plays are throws Alex doesn't make. His understanding of his pocket, his willingness to throw deep (which would do wonders for stretching out that cover 2 that's killing us), his ability to throw on the run. Those are big pieces that we're missing right now.
And I don't take much stock in what the organization is saying right now about his readiness. I think the organization is politically playing this out so they can let Alex go next year politely. More importantly, I think they're going to push hard to trade Alex Smith and it does them no favors if teams think the Chiefs are 100% committed to starting Mahomes next year.