Patrick Mahomes is the reigning Super Bowl MVP and very modest in describing his abilities. During last Saturday night’s appearance on HBO’s “The Shop: Uninterrupted” Mahomes spoke about when he learned to read NFL defenses, which sparked some shocking discussion.
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid appeared on 610 Sports Radio’s “Fescoe in the Morning” on Friday and cleared the air on Mahomes’ theory.
“There’s reading defenses, and there’s doing it for a number of years,” said Reid regarding Mahomes’ interview. “So he can read defenses it’s just once you’ve been in it a while like Tom (Brady), like the guys he mentioned. You’ve been in it a while, it just is second nature. There’s just not a lot you haven’t seen, so I mean he’s in his second year. He just finished his second year as a starter, and there are new things thrown at you.”
Mahomes has 76 touchdowns and only 18 interceptions in his career after two seasons as the Chiefs starter. The 2018 NFL MVP has rarely shown weakness in his professional career, especially after winning the franchise’s first Super Bowl in 50 years.
”You get to that fifth, sixth, seventh year, and you’ve got it all down.” said Reid, ”I mean there’s not a whole lot more that could be created to throw at you, and so that’s really what he was talking about I think.”
The Chiefs head coach and starting quarterback are both supportive of each other’s abilities and continue to be in sync throughout the offseason. Season three for Mahomes should have even more promising outcomes for the Chiefs and strike fear into the rest of the league.