Alex Smith praises Patrick Mahomes' ability to absorb coaching

[Tribal Warfare]

Alex Smith praises Patrick Mahomes' ability to absorb coaching

Alex Smith knows what it’s like to be a first-round pick with high expectations.

Selected first overall by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2005 draft, the current Chiefs starting quarterback looked back on his early years in the NFL and remembered the copious amounts of coaching tips.

“It’s a whirlwind, there’s a lot of expectations on you and you’re juggling a lot — you’re thinking about a million different things and you’re getting coached on a ton of stuff,” Smith said during Monday’s press conference.

Smith went on to admit that it wasn’t easy to take in all the info and translate it to the field.

“I think it’s hard as a young guy, sometimes it’s easy to become robotic out there,” Smith said. “You’ve got so much coaching going on out there and it’s hard on game day, at least it was hard for me sometimes just to flip back into playing.

“I was trying so hard on making my feet right and my fundamentals right that I was getting coached on, especially for me coming away from under center snap and all my footwork and things like that was so different for me having played in the gun most of my college career. It was hard sometimes to translate it.”

Luckily, Smith believes that Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs’ 2017 first-round selection, is doing a better job of absorbing coaching tips and converting it to on-field play than Smith did back in ’05.

“You have that coaching — go out and play on game day and cut it loose,” Smith said. “That took me a long time to get back into that mode whereas I think Pat is much better and way more fluid at that, being able to handle the coaching.”


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Mahomes started his NFL career on a positive note, going 17-for-23 with 166 total yards and three touchdowns in two preseason games.

Smith attributes Mahomes’ beginning success to his ability to loosen up and play once he hits the field.

“Once the whistle blows out there, you want to just get back to playing quarterback and there are a lot of things that he does instinctively and has done that have gotten him here,” Smith said. “You don’t want to lose that.

“Even though you are getting coached on a gazillion different things you just want to get back to playing ball. I think he does a great job of that naturally, just cutting that loose and taking the coaching, but once it’s time to play, just go play.”

[Rasputin]

Alex Smith is a Mahomo he wants to suck his big fat hunk meat.

[Tribal Warfare]

Alex is a Mohomosexual convert

[Halfcan]

You guys probably saw this on Channel 5 Chiefs wrap up after the game, but I thought it was pretty significant.

Andy Reid stood in the pocket and watched Every single snap PM2 took in practice. All of his snaps and throws were filmed, then reviewed after practice. After each throw- Andy took notes and coached him on every one of them. Instant feedback from one of the best coaches in the NFL- how valuable is that in his development?

Andy is building a Terminator that will destroy the NFL.

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

You guys probably saw this on Channel 5 Chiefs wrap up after the game, but I thought it was pretty significant.

Andy Reid stood in the pocket and watched Every single snap PM2 took in practice. All of his snaps and throws were filmed, then reviewed after practice. After each throw- Andy took notes and coached him on every one of them. Instant feedback from one of the best coaches in the NFL- how valuable is that in his development?

Andy is building a Terminator that will destroy the NFL.

From reports, Andy is hammering the pocket skills every play to Pat.
He knows Pat can play outside the structure of the offense. He's working on getting Pat to play structured ball from the pocket.

Calling plays, using correct technique, finding the mike LB, adapting to changes by the defense (zone, blitz, etc) and utilizing the playbook.This is the biggest reason Alex is the unquestioned starter right now, and it's all learned through experience.

Pat has grown so much since his first OTA practice in May 3 months ago. It would be ideal to give him another 3 months of practice before Andy even thinks about this kid being ready to play.

[Halfcan]

Originally Posted by RunKC

From reports, Andy is hammering the pocket skills every play to Pat.
He knows Pat can play outside the structure of the offense. He's working on getting Pat to play structured ball from the pocket.

Calling plays, using correct technique, finding the mike LB, adapting to changes by the defense (zone, blitz, etc) and utilizing the playbook.This is the biggest reason Alex is the unquestioned starter right now, and it's all learned through experience.

Pat has grown so much since his first OTA practice in May 3 months ago. It would be ideal to give him another 3 months of practice before Andy even thinks about this kid being ready to play.

By the story I watched- you can tell Andy loves the kid and the respect goes both ways. Andy has worked with a lot of QB's, so having him right there for instant feedback is bound to sink in. All that extra attention showed in the two games so far, PM2 looked very comfortable and was attacking the defense.

Another year of studying, practicing and growing physically- he is going to amazing.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

I've actually woke up every morning looking forward to go to work since drafting him.

[bishop_74]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

I've actually woke up every morning looking forward to go to work since drafting him.

Considering your line of work that is saying a LOT!

[WhiteWhale]

Alex's coaches really screwed him up.

It's actually kind of amazing he managed to become a mediocre game manager instead of washing out entirely after that cluster **** in SF.

Mahomes has more raw talent and a much better situation. Mahomes is going to make Reid look like a ****ing genius.

[penbrook]

https://mobile.twitter.com/RapSheet/...23756726431745

Pretty much confirms it

[Sandy Vagina]

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

Alex's coaches really screwed him up.

It's actually kind of amazing he managed to become a mediocre game manager instead of washing out entirely after that cluster **** in SF.

Mahomes has more raw talent and a much better situation. Mahomes is going to make Reid look like a ****ing genius.

Truth.. though I'd still call Smith above average or even good.

He may as well be supportive and complimentary of Mahomes. Despite what so many love to fantasize over, Smith isn't worried about his job. He KNOWS the job will belong to Mahomes next year. He also knows he is getting paid this year, so if Mahomes gets the nod this year, more power to him. Really not a big deal at this point.

[RunKC]

Mahomes is even more impressive in the building than they thought he'd be when they scouted him.

Goddamn that feels good to hear

[Halfcan]

Originally Posted by Sandy Cheeks

Truth.. though I'd still call Smith above average or even good.

He may as well be supportive and complimentary of Mahomes. Despite what so many love to fantasize over, Smith isn't worried about his job. He KNOWS the job will belong to Mahomes next year. He also knows he is getting paid this year, so if Mahomes gets the nod this year, more power to him. Really not a big deal at this point.

Of course you would.

[New World Order]

Even Alex wants Mahomes to start

[NJChiefsFan]

I think Mahomes ability to feel pressure has been the thing I've liked the most. He is able to keep his eyes down field and also get to a spot where he is away from trouble. The only criticism I have from game 2 is that he seemed more jumpy in the pocket. Left a clean pocket a few times.

Overall though he has shown arm strength along with calmness and awareness in the pocket. Can't really ask for much more than that.

His great throws are impressive, but I kind of expected that. Some of those across the body throws may hurt us short term while he learns that NFL defenses make you pay for them now and then. I expect that to only get better.