Kansas City Chiefs fans are understandably excited with news that rookie quarterback Patrick Mahomes will be starting in Week 17 as Alex Smith takes a week of rest before suiting up for a postseason run. Chiefs Kingdom has been hoping for glimpses of Mahomes all season long, from garbage time appearances at the end of games to outright replacing Smith during the team’s midseason slump. Now, however, they finally get the chance to see what the “gunslinger” can do.
It will be interesting what sort of talent the Chiefs leave around him on offense given the fact that Andy Reid, the team’s head coach, also said he was going to give others the chance to rest as well.