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Originally Posted by RealSNR
Lamar Jackson would be fine in KC's offense but only because of Andy Reid.
You put KC's talent on the field but then get some mediocre Kevin Stefanski type mother****er running the show, and Lamar wouldn't always be placed in a position to succeed. Then he'd likely struggle.
Mahomes has had a really advantageous start to his career being paired with Reid, but he's going into year 4 and year 3 of his years of being the starting QB. Eventually he's going to hit the Peyton Manning mark in terms of on-field intelligence, and that day is coming very soon. At the point, he could probably take a ****ing Freddie Kitchens-coached team to the playoffs.
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I don't think so.
Reid wouldn't have been content running that run-first offense, IMO. He'd have tried to turn Jackson into a Jeff Garcia sort. I guess the absolute best case scenario in his development would've been the 2017 Chiefs but I think Smith, as mediocre a passer as he was, was STILL better than Jackson is as a pure thrower.
Reid wouldn't have 'played the slice' with Jackson the way Roman and Harbaugh did. He'd have done everything he could to try to make him a better passer in a system that could occasionally incorporate his legs.