KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Louis Riddick was watching the recent NFL draft with fellow ESPN analyst Jon Gruden when the Kansas City Chiefs traded up in the first round to select a quarterback, Patrick Mahomes II of Texas Tech.
Riddick and Gruden exchanged a knowing look. Chiefs coach Andy Reid was at long last at it again.
The addition of Mahomes gave Reid a first-round talent to work with at quarterback for the first time since 1999, when he coached the Philadelphia Eagles and drafted Donovan McNabb. That could turn out to be a good thing not just for Reid and the Chiefs, but Mahomes as well.