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Originally Posted by thegame214
Mike Sheppard (Mahomes QB coach through most his pro-day and this off-season) came by my gym here in Dallas recently and after some small talk mentioned "Make no mistake, Patrick may seem like the nicest guy ever but he's working his ass off to take Alex's job.....this year". The way he said "this year" just pumped me up as we have a kid who's already not accepting the "backup" term even if we know that's where he stands. Love the competitiveness. I'm ready for preseason!
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I would actually be pretty disappointed/shocked if Mahomes had any other mindset than to be the starting QB... this year!
I know Gruden is not the end-all/be-all when it comes to QB's on his QB Camp segments, but he just seemed to think Mahomes has something special. Then, when he and Kiper had glowing praise and a fist bump upon the Chiefs moving up to get Mahomes... with Watson still on the board... it just felt like we got this one right.
On top of that, way back early in this thread somewhere, you have the Reid article where they brought Mahomes in and threw the kitchen sink at him for 6 to 8 hours, and he came up ace's on everything.
I think he will start this season. Probably around Thanksgiving... give or take. But I won't be shocked if it much earlier than that either.