PORT ST. LUCIE — Dominic Smith attended his first NFL game last fall, watching his hometown Rams in an epic shootout with the Chiefs.
It was there Smith that watched Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, a favorite athlete of his, electrify the LA Coliseum with his precision passing. And Smith soon came to a realization.
“He’s 23 years old and I am 23, so just looking at that success, you see what he can do, it helps you out,” Smith said Wednesday in the Mets clubhouse at First Data Field. “That is why I try not to worry about the past so much, because I feel like I am one good year away from everybody forgetting about the past.