When Alex Smith’s trade to Washington became official on March 14, second-year quarterback Patrick Mahomes found himself in the driver’s seat of the Chiefs’ organization at the age of 22.
With Tyler Bray also leaving for the Chicago Bears after seven years with the Chiefs, Mahomes, the No. 10 overall pick out of Texas Tech in the 2017 NFL Draft, found himself as the longest-tenured quarterback in the organization.
It also left the Chiefs’ front office with the task of finding a new contingency of backup quarterbacks heading into the 2018 season.
“Two of them are veterans that have been around a little bit, and been in similar offenses,” said Chiefs coach Andy Reid.