Patrick Mahomes knew he would be a special player and he wanted the Kansas City Chiefs to know it as well or they would forever regret it.
Former NFL QB Alex Smith had just led the Kansas City Chiefs to a 12-4 season, but it did not stop the franchise from trading up from pick No. 27 to 10 and drafting Mahomes out of Texas Tech.
Speaking with teammate Travis Kelce and his brother, Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, on the New Heights podcast, Mahomes explained that the Chiefs made that move after he provided them with some “inside info” that he was climbing up draft boards.
“If y’all let me go 12 or below, I’m gonna get drafted by someone else,” Mahomes recalled telling the Chiefs.
Mahomes later found out that the Saints had him targeted with the 11th pick. Former head coach Sean Payton recently said he told Drew Brees it “was gonna happen.”
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Mahomes would sit his rookie season but then it became all too apparent that he was too talented and they handed the keys to the organization to a player that would change them forever.
The only thing he has done since has led the franchise to four straight AFC Championship Games and a Super Bowl title as well as another Super Bowl appearance that led to a loss. If not for a second-half collapse back in January at the hands of the Cincinnati Bengals, the team would’ve been in the big game again.
As for the present day, the Chiefs are 9-2 and well on their way to another AFC West division crown.
