3. Patrick Mahomes
Team: Kansas City Chiefs
Position: QB
Experience: 2 Years
“With the 10th pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select Patrick Mahomes II, QB”. Ever since that night, nothing was the same. As the Chiefs began to slip into mediocrity, Andy Reid knew they needed a long term answer. Little did everyone know that draft night would completely alter the landscape of the NFL. As a rookie, Mahomes was the backup to Alex Smith, playing in only the final regular season game. Smith proved to be a great mentor for Mahomes, as his professionalism clearly rubbed off on the young talent.
Mahomes truly had a historic 2018 season, breaking multiple Chiefs all time records. In Mahomes 16 regular season starts, the Texas Tech product threw for a record setting 5097 Yards and 50 TDs. He broke the Chiefs record for Touchdowns, Yards, Passer Rating and Passes Completed, just to name a few. Mahomes led the league in Touchdowns, Touchdown Percentage and QBR. He was easily the most influential offensive player in the game.
After capturing the MVP award in 2018, Mahomes has his eye on bigger prizes heading into 2019. Kansas City made major moves throughout the offseason, with the latest being the addition of Veteran RB LeSean McCoy. McCoy has had his troubles the last few years with the struggling Bills, but his return to Andy Reid and his schemes may rejuvenate his young legs. The Chiefs were one Dee Ford offside call away from the Super Bowl in 2018, and with another year of Mahomes and Reid at the helm, it is championship or bust in Kansas City.
The real question is how could 9 teams have passed up this talent back in 2017? The Chicago Bears were the only team to select a QB before Mahomes, electing to go with North Carolina’s Mitch Trubisky. Plenty of time to tell but as of now what a mistake that was! In the Bears defense, overlooking Mahomes was somewhat easier in 2017, as his college coach Kliff Kingsbury employed a high powered aerial attack that wasn’t certain to translate at the next level. T
Mahomes is truly a generational talent, and his passion for the game matches it. Comparisons to Brett Favre are becoming common early in his career. Ultimately, Mahomes could go down as one of the best to ever play the position. Ever if Mahomes numbers decrease, he will be one of the best gunslingers in the league for the next decade and a half. Mahomes could certainly find himself at the top of SneakerReporter’s Top 30 countdown for years to come.
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