National media is stupidly obsessed with Deshaun Watson

[RealSNR]

One of the things I promised myself when we finally drafted a 1st round QB was to soak up as many media coverage clips and articles on the drafting of our guy as well as an assessment of the player himself. So I've been doing quite a bit of that.

I didn't think this would be such a ****ing issue. I thought the NFL Network coverage on draft night was just an isolated incident, when Rich Eisen was like, "What the ****??? Mahomes??? Not Deshaun Watson???" All they can talk about is how Deshaun Watson has the best resume of the rookie QBs because of winzzzzz. Stephen A Smith I would expect to be an idiot. But it goes down the line. Cowherd is obsessed with Watson, but did give credit to Andy Reid for being bold. Rich Eisen is continuing this bullshit stream about Watson. The only overwhelmingly positive sources I heard from were the Around the Horn folks... Woody Paige of all people predicting that Mahomes would have the best career out of all the 1st round QBs.

I have nothing against Watson, but I'm just shocked that the sources we've been coming across about how skillfully Dorsey played the field and how so many freakin teams were itching to trade up and get Mahomes have not been circulating around the post-draft coverage. Now that facts have come out and the dust has settled, people on ESPN and NFL Network are still talking about Mahomes vs Watson like it's still the pre-draft process in February.

I've got a couple Chiefs fan friends of mine (they don't want to join this place when I describe it to them for some reason...) who are actually MISERABLE about Reid and Dorsey choosing Mahomes over Watson. Part of their problem is they still buy into the myths about winning QBs in college, but the other is they simply don't get the right information. They're more casual Chiefs fans than I am, but they really got into the draft, and their takeaway is nothing but gloom because everybody on TV and radio thinks we took the wrong guy. And they're not going to buy what I know because, "I'm just another fan, not a sports journalist or an expert."

You may ask why this matters to me. I couldn't really tell you. I guess part of it is that last Thursday was the happiest draft night/day I've ever experienced in my life, and it's upsetting that not all Chiefs fans are able to share that same excitement and enjoyment that I did. I feel really sorry for them. I truly do. I think that's what's bugging me the most about all this.

Anyway, rant over. Go Chiefs.

[DaWolf]

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink

Won't happen EVEN IF we win a SB. The sports media loathe small markets PERIOD. Just get emotionally prepared I am telling you now. How long did the Royals stay in the national sports media news after winning the WS ? What a couple of days and then bye !! Had it been the Mets,Yankees,CUBs,Dodgers they would have been "toast lingering" for weeks !! Just saying

The NFL is a different beast though. More of a worldwide market and if you get a stud QB, watch out. The Colts and Packers are both national brands after Manning and Favre/Rodgers. Pittsburgh is a bedrock team. Buffalo was huge in the Jim Kelly years, they just never finished the job so they ended up becoming a punchline. Denver is seen as elite because of Elway. If you get that electric QB who can win championships and bring excitement to every game, the NFL will market the hell out of them and the team will be well covered. It even affects those around them. If Mahomes is what Reid thinks he will be and can help Reid win a championship, it's going to propel Reid from a Marty Schottenheimer also-ran to conversations about being one of the great coaches of our generation. That's what happened with Big Ben and Cowher. So a lot can happen for this franchise if they got this pick right. But we'll see, still have no idea how this kid will translate to the NFL...

[buddha]

The false comparisons are prevalent and silly as hell. The Air Raid offense isn't an NFL offense, but the NFL is morphing more and more toward true spread offensive concepts, and not just in special situations.

The Air Raid slowed Mahomes' development as a disciplined QB. It didn't destroy him. In the area of calling your own plays and making quick reads, the Air Raid actually gives him an advantage.

What else matters? The kid is smart, he's hungry, he's passionate about football, and he now has time to grow into an NFL calibre QB. Physically, he's a ****ing freak. He has a natural swagger than you want your QB to have.

I think Mahomes is going to be the steal of this draft, and while it was a make or break move for KC, I think he has enough of the important indicators to become really good.

[Beef Supreme]

Most of these yahoos always think the QB that is the best fit for the Chiefs is the noodlest armed QB in Noodleville. And they mock us a fattie every year. They want the Chiefs to stay mediocre where they belong.

[Kiimo]

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[RunKC]

Spread offense QB'a are starting to be successful in the league.

Can, Marriotta, Dak

[Kiimo]

Drew Brees was a spread QB.

Stafford ran the spread in high school.

[Mr. Laz]

NFL has started adapting to spread concepts themselves.

College effecting the NFL with the way it's developing players.