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Sorry, but Andy Reid wasn’t taking a jab at former Chiefs QB Alex Smith

Yes, the berserkly hyped Patrick Mahomes has thrown some interceptions in training camp. Never mind that this is exactly what you might expect out of the young quarterback in practice.

Especially after coach Andy Reid declared on Day One that the preseason priority would be encouraging him to “see what you can get away with” before setting parameters for a more refined approach.

So understand that Reid on Thursday was merely reinforcing that point and trying to clarify the context of Mahomes’ camp performances when he said the following (which we also seek to put in context by using the full quote-burst instead of just the supposedly controversial part):

“I know people wrote about the interceptions; I told you at the beginning of camp, I don’t care about all that stuff,” Reid said.