Arguably no one knows Patrick Mahomes — the quarterback — better than Andy Reid. The long-time Chiefs coach is the person who spearheaded the selection of Mahomes in the 2017 NFL Draft. He’s the person who’s led the development of Mahomes into becoming a perennial Pro Bowler, an MVP, a Super Bowl MVP and one of the iron-clad faces of the league.
All around, the two are quite the head coach-quarterback duo.
Knowing this, Reid had to be perplexed about a recent report from The Athletic’s Mike Sando that admonished Mahomes’ polish as a superstar signal caller. In a ranking of the NFL’s QB tiers, an anonymous defensive coach said Mahomes struggles when defenses take away his first read as a pocket passer and that he leans on “streetball” (i.e., scrambling and playmaking off the cuff) too much. (Note: Some coward, who would also only make their comments anonymously in the same article, lobbed lazy, tired criticisms toward Lamar Jackson.)
