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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
I'm trying to get on everyone's page. Because if history is any indication, if a fan 'enjoys' the Chiefs the 'wrong way' they are in for a world of hurt from a vindictive fanbase.
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If you're a Chiefs fan, be a fan of the Chiefs. If you're a fan of fun QB play, just admit it proudly.
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Here's what I think is happening here: the Chiefs have been stuck in perpetual and unprecedented playoff mediocrity for years. The majority of the fanbase doesn't even get excited when the Chiefs make the playoffs because, well, Chiefs and their amazing ability to find new ways to break hearts.
The one constant through all of this - this being the Bono/Grbac/Green/Cassel/Smith carousel - has been the lack of a true franchise QB and in particular one that's actually homegrown.
The narrative is that the Chiefs have been half-assing it for the last fifty years, and with Mahomes, they are finally attempting to be aggressive and try something NEW.
New matters. New is fun. I was a bigger supporter of Alex Smith than 98% of the people on CP, but after they somehow found a way to lose to the Titans, I didn't care if this were his fault, the defense's fault, whatever. I just knew the Chiefs needed to do something different because the old way just wasn't working.
That's why people are excited about Mahomes. He represents rolling the dice a little more aggressively at a position that has been our Achilles Heel for a generation.