With all props to the Patrick Mahomes-smitten throngs, I’d never quite felt the future-is-now fever after the Chiefs invested heavily to make him the 10th overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Sure, I appreciated Mahomes’ arm and smarts and pure athleticism and infinite potential coming out of Texas Tech.
Same way I appreciated that he’d played in a system that hadn’t translated well into NFL performance and that he was in high school three years ago.
Certainly, there was no need for him to be rushed to play this season as he served an apprenticeship behind the underappreciated Alex Smith.