Kansas City Chiefs: Andy Reid’s confidence in Mahomes seems high

It’s a new era with the Kansas City Chiefs and Andy Reid looks like he’s never been more confident in Patrick Mahomes than right now.

The rain poured down as the Kansas City Chiefs spent their final day in St. Joe. Training camp is over as the Chiefs will head back home for the remainder of the preseason. One thing seems certain, Andy Reid believes in Patrick Mahomes.

In fact, the only people that don’t believe in Mahomes are those that haven’t been around him. Every single person that has come across his path has left impressed.

I look at Mahomes as an exotic sports car. You purchase the car knowing what it can do and knowing the potential it has, but you can’t reach that potential without some fine-tuning and some practice driving it. Have you ever seen those videos on YouTube where some dope gets in a Lambo and wrecks it within seconds?

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The whole universe knows he has that strong arm. We all know he can apparently complete passes without looking. It’s been well documented how well he throws across the body. In order to get the most out of this machine, however, coach Reid must fine-tune it and practice driving it himself.

That is in fact what a coach does. From pee-wee football to the NFL, a coach draws out the potential in each individual player and fine-tunes him until he operates smoothly. He also fine-tunes the playbook, the schemes, and the personnel around him to make him the best he can be.

Now, the Chiefs aren’t done surrounding Mahomes with individuals that will not only make the Kansas City Chiefs better but will also make Patrick Mahomes better as well. Whether it’s later this season or the next, the roster will be built around the quarterback.

Coach Reid and Brett Veach have already proven as much. The weapon positions are loaded with talent. That’s the wide receiver, running back, and tight end spots. The Chiefs brought in  Sammy Watkins as the No. 2 and currently have six guys at running back that are all worth their salt. They already had the fastest man in football, Tyreek Hill, and one of the greatest tight ends ever in Travis Kelce. Oh, last year’s leading rusher is on the team as well in Kareem Hunt.

The signs of confidence in Mahomes is all around us. For starters, the Chiefs traded a pick to move up to get him. They also traded away a proven quarterback in Alex Smith. Most recently, it’s the little tidbits that show how confident Andy Reid is.

He’s careful not to talk Mahomes up too much, but he gives us subtle hints from time to time.

During the rain-soaked finale at training camp, Reid simply told Mahomes to go out and try to make all the tough throws with a wet ball. In saying this, Reid is basically telling us that he knows what we know. He knows all of the things Mahomes can do, he wants to know what he can’t do.

Knowing what a player can’t do is far more important in this case than knowing what he can. Despite what the media continues to tell you, we want him to make mistakes, we need him to know what he can’t do and what he needs to work on.

Sending Mahomes out to throw deep every down is not a good practice, it’s not a logical one either. Practice is for working on the things you need help with. If a team has certain plays down pat, you don’t continue to work on those plays, you move on to other lessons and other routes, etc.

The uproar a couple weeks ago when the media spoonfed his interceptions to us at training camp started a regression in hopes for many Chiefs fans while rival fans took to Twitter trying to convince us we made a grave mistake.

The term practice makes perfect can be utilized here as well as learning from our mistakes.

Reid himself even mentioned that he wanted him to make those mistakes, being that is the definition of training camp and practice. Learn, improve, and get better.

Whether or not you agree that Reid is quarterback guru is beside the point. The fact that this coach believes in this kid should be enough to excite you for the upcoming season.