Some things are just apparent from the beginning.
It was December 4, 2018. It was Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ first year as a starter — and Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Wink Martindale already saw greatness in him.
“I think Mahomes is [Joe] Montana — I’m talking about the San Francisco Montana and not the Kansas City Montana,” Martindale said at the time. ”I think how everything is cyclical and history repeats itself. I think you’re seeing that combination between Andy Reid and Mahomes of Montana and Bill Walsh.