Patrick Mahomes knew, more or less, as much as Brett Veach did through mid-March that Tyreek Hill might not be part of the Chiefs as contract talks stalled with Hill, and Kansas City pivoted from negotiating an extension to negotiating a trade for the star receiver. As the GM worked on a deal, his star quarterback was updated throughout the process.
And, yet, nothing could prepare him for the call itself.
“Yeah, I mean, still, I played my entire career with Tyreek, so definitely there was a little bit of shock when he got traded,” Mahomes told me over Zoom in March. “At the same time, they kept me involved in the entire process, and I know that we made a tremendous effort to try to keep him in Kansas City. Tyreek, he’s such a tremendous player, he got what he deserved, and I’m happy for him. And he’s at a place where he has a home and he’s closer to family and stuff like that. So I’m very happy for him. We had to move forward.”
