It is safe to say that the Kansas City Chiefs are lucky they have Patrick Mahomes. Although it takes foresight to win an NFL Draft, the Chiefs likely did not have much of an idea of the success that was ahead of them when they selected the former Texas Tech Red Raiders gunslinger 10th overall at the 2017 NFL Draft. The Chiefs originally were scheduled to pick 27th overall but traded up with the Buffalo Bills to get to No. 10. The rest was history.
Meanwhile, in his latest Football In America column, Peter King reminisced some of the pre-draft predictions writers, including his, had, heading to that year’s NFL Draft. He had the Chiefs getting Mahomes at No. 27, and while the QB was selected much earlier, he correctly predicted the landing spot of the now multi-Super Bowl champ signal-caller.
Why’d I have him going to Kansas City? I’d heard they loved his on-campus workout in Lubbock, Tex., heard they loved his visit to the KC facility, and heard he was making it known privately that Kansas City, with Reid and incumbent Alex Smith, was the place he really wanted to go. But did I know anything real? Absolutely not. Just took a shot, as happens with most mock picks.
The Chiefs still had Alex Smith at the time, but once Mahomes took over the reins under center, there was no looking back. The Chiefs were a force with Mahomes orchestrating the offense. And after winning Super Bowl 58 earlier this February in Las Vegas, Kansas City already has three Super Bowls in four Super Bowl appearances in the Mahomes era.
The Quarterbacks Drafted Before Mahomes Went To The Kansas City Chiefs At The 2017 NFL Draft
There was only one quarterback taken before Mahomes in his class, and that was Mitchell Trubisky, who was selected second overall by the Chicago Bears. Trubisky is a free agent as of this writing after getting released by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Mahomes was also selected two picks earlier than Deshaun Watson, who went to the Houston Texans.
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