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01-11-2018 01:10 PM |
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Originally Posted by InChiefsHell
(Post 13353378)
Chiefs fans will be in an odd and new and scary awesome spot when Mahomes takes over. We'll be rooting hard for him, but we'll be forced to temper that excitement with the knowlege that there will be growing pains. If we don't make the playoffs next year, there will be the usual homers who will pine for the days of the "great" Alex Smith, and there will be noise from the talking head naysaysers about the wisdom of letting the "best" quarterback the Chiefs had in a generation go for an unproven gunslinger.
We gotta get through that shit. We gotta stick with the plan we've all been praying for...drafting and developing our own star QB. We have to give him time. I think we will. I know I will. Just think of Mahomes as your own son, watch him learn and be patient and believe in his abilities. In other words, detach from the imperative of winning and enjoy the ride. I believe the winning will come. The future is brighter than it's been in a very long time. We need to all believe in that.
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Interesting. I think I wrote a post almost exactly like this when the Niners drafted Smith. Niners didn't have the same drought of drafted QB's that the Chiefs did, but the expectations on this kid were so phenomenally, unrealistically high. And he didn't get the "red-shirt" year that Mahomes has had. I can only explain my continued fandom of his to the fact that at this point, he does almost feel like an adopted son to me.
Be careful, you may become what you despise most. Me.
There probably couldn't have been a better person to be in Mahomes ear all year about how to handle that pressure than Alex Smith. Hopefully, for his own sake, he'll be a smashing success. |
The fascinating potential and unrealistic pressure awaiting Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes
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