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Originally Posted by TwistedChief
These guys both worked for Spags before, right? Maybe they just really enjoyed the experience and see an enticing opportunity given the low bar for success in turning around that defense.
Kansas City is the "it" team in the NFL right now, Reid is one of the most respected coaches, and we have a 23-year-old generational talent at QB. That has to count for something when you're deciding on making a jump like this.
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I mean the flipside to my argument is obvious.
If Tom Brady isn't a thing, Mike Vrabel, Eric Mangini, Matt Patricia and Brian Flores are just guys. They aren't HC's in this league.
Those guys got exposure because the Patriots won and the Patriots won because of BB and Brady. A lot of guys owe Brady a Christmas card.
So you look at Mahomes as a guy that can get these coaches a lot of exposure and if they can demonstrate even baseline competence, especially coming of 2 seasons that fell beneath that threshold, they're going to get a lot of looks.
The issue is that I think BB is a wizard who makes his defensive coaches look exceptional. I'm not sure Spags is going to be that guy and I KNOW Andy Reid isn't.