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Kliff Kingsbury's Experience With Patrick Mahomes Should Give Perspective When Scouting QBs

Kliff Kingsbury learned some valuable lessons from the quarterbacks he coached in the college ranks. Those lessons should inform the way NFL teams think about certain QB prospects.

INDIANAPOLIS— It was the third week of this particular Texas school’s season, and the 19-year-old phenom had yet to emphatically announce his presence to the nation—even if the guys who worked with him had an idea of what was coming.

On the play, the kid must’ve reversed field three times to avoid the oncoming rushers, breaking a bunch of quarterbacking rules in the process, before somehow, inexplicably putting it in the end zone.