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Originally Posted by RealSNR
I think some teams just flat out do their ****ing homework.
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So I think determining why 9 teams (really 10 teams if you include Buffalo) passed on him STARTS with the stigma about Texas Tech and the air raid. After that, you get a bunch of Eric Mangini idiots in scouting departments and coaching staffs who look at how he doesn’t play like how a QB is supposed to play regarding footwork, drop backs, throwing base, decision making, etc.
But in the end, I don’t believe that was the actual final nail in the coffin for any team deciding to not draft Mahomes. In the end, I think it was laziness.
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You hit one of the issues on the head i.e. the Air Raid (or other schemes like the Run & Shoot) and the stigma associated with it because a QB had not come from that scheme into the NFL and been successful
Two - Mahomes was always seemingly playing from behind due to Texas Tech's defense. He FELT that he had to score every series and took a whole lot of chances, going for the home run ball at inopportune times
Three - Tech's OL wasn't great either. Mahomes was scrambling all over the place trying to make a play.
It was easy for NFL scouts to look at him and think he was undisciplined, a gunslinger and never looked below the surface. I wonder how many actually spoke to Kliff Kingsbury about him and his work ethic?
Mahomes is in the perfect system at KC with Andy Reid. The sky is the limit for him.