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Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin
I love Reek and in an ideal world wish he was still here, but he forced our hand and we had to do something. The Chiefs decided it would be more beneficial to the team long term to not make Hill the highest paid WR in the league, to use his cap space for other assets, and to use the draft capital to continue rebuilding the next incarnation of this team around Mahomes.
But this situation basically comes down to 2 viewpoints:
1. Either you believe in Mahomes as an elite playmaker, the best young QB in the league, etc. and if that be the case, ultimately, we will be fine with him and what we surround him with.
OR - Mahomes is an elite talent, but even elite talent needs the team to run the ****ing ball when the opposition commits all out to cover receivers, but running the ball has disappeared from our scheme.
OR - Mahomes is an elite talent, but no elite talent can thrive when weapons don't know their assignments. So we need to make sure the weapons get to where elite talent Mahomes expects them to be, which isn't a given.
OR
2. You are of the opinion (that many outside of KC share) that Mahomes is a talented, but mediocre QB who is simply a product of the system he's in and the weapons placed around him and can't succeed at a high level without the Reek's and Kelce's of the world, etc.
So ask yourself which side are you on?
Either you believe in Mahomes or you don't. It's really that simple.
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Those aren't the only two options. Go rewatch the SB against the Bucs for a worst case that is NEITHER of those things.
Mahomes making otherworldly plays that only failed because, no matter how catchable a pass is, the receiver still has to catch it.