Patrick Mahomes cheekily reveals how he CHEATED during the NFL pre-draft with the Chiefs by tricking them into getting him on board with the team
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Star quarterback Patrick Mahomes recently revealed he curated the entire scenario of his draft. He was picked in the 2017 draft by the Kansas City Chiefs and ever since then; he has been one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. While it was sure that Mahomes would’ve been picked at a good position, not many assumed that he would be picked 10th overall.
Speaking on the New Heights podcast with teammate Travis Kelce and his brother Jason, Mahomes described the entire scenario around the draft and how he met Chiefs’ HC Andy Reid. He revealed that he was in the facility for almost 30 hours and also explained the tension before the draft.
“The first day I met coach Reid was at the facility. We had the meetings like the top 30 visits, so I was in there for like 30 hours. He’s just going through just getting grilled plays going through plays and I’m going to give you all the inside scoop,” Mahomes said.
He said that the offensive coordinator liked him and gave him the plays to study. He added that he crushed the meeting and stayed up all night studying those plays. “Matt Nagy who was the offensive coordinator then, he really liked me so he gave me the plays they were gonna go over the night before, so coach Reid’s finding out here live on New Heights podcast. Yeah, so of course I crushed the meeting. I stayed up all night studying those plays,” he added.
Patrick Mahomes on how he swiftly deceived the Chiefs into picking him early
Mahomes further said that he gave a little inside information to the Chiefs. He had a feeling that a couple of teams were eyeing him with their pick early in the draft and hence he conveyed this to the Chiefs and urged them not to let him drop below the number 12 pick in the draft.
“I kind of gave a little inside info to the Chiefs and was like, hey, if ya’ll let me go anywhere below, at the time I didn’t know about the Saints, y’all let me go 12 or below, I’m gonna get drafted by someone else. So I gave the Chiefs a little bit of info on that cause I wanted to be here,” he said.
After all this, the Chiefs picked Patrick Mahomes in the first round and was the 10th overall pick. In the current season, with a 9-2 record, the Chiefs are the best team in the AFC and are mega-contenders for the Super Bowl.
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