There really isn't any other way to say this: What we are seeing with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is an explosion. A star being born in the NFL universe.
"We're watching a more agile Steve Young," one NFC East scout told me on Sunday after Mahomes dismantled the Steelers. "He's the future of this league."
This is not hyperbole. This is not overreaction. This isn't people saying how good JaMarcus Russell was going to be after he started off well only to disappear. Or a legion of other quarterbacks who have showed promise and then were vaporized by the speed and the pressures of the NFL.