QB ALERT: Will the Kansas City Chiefs TAKE a Bold Quarterback Gamble if Patrick Mahomes Isn't Ready?

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Now on the main show, we actually talked about what is going on with Patrick Mahomes

and the quarterback room.

And one of the listeners actually had the question of should they be getting a quarterback.

So here we are.

We're going to be talking about that.

And should they be looking at QB and the draft and what is a small update on the homes

as we saw it being reported.

I'm Chris Clark from Chiefs Corner.

He is Ryan Troy Tracy from NFL 33 and Rogan Analytics and RGR football.

To me, I think this is something that I thought the Chiefs should always do.

They should always be looking to go and get a quarterback in the draft because they haven't

drafted one in forever and they need somebody to develop.

Because I don't like paying veteran quarterbacks three or four million dollars a year if you

can help it.

So it would be great for them to go out and draft somebody.

But who do you think that their options could be in the draft and do you think that they

will look in the draft?

I think Andy has mentioned it in particular.

And by the way, for anybody listening with the network, I think I need a foam finger that

says number one sports podcast now.

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There's a lot of options and there's going to be drama at the top.

When you guys see my quarterback right back, they don't have Tyson some number two.

I have Nuss Meyer as a better option to come in and lead.

That's going to be a discussion.

And I think that's going to help overlook the fact that there are guys on day three that

should be available on day three anyway, that are worth a look.

If you were looking for someone to stand in and deliver the ball down field, I probably

lean towards Aller.

He's probably going to be towards the top of day three is my guess.

But there's a lot of interest here in a guy like K club and who's run an offense quite

a bit.

He doesn't have the arm that you really want.

He doesn't have the the ability to really improvise as much, but he is a good athlete.

And I think in a timing-based system, and this ties back into the kind of walker signing

as well.

If Patrick Mahomes is not starting for you, and I know when it happened, I said at least

he'd be out half the season, well, the chiefs are acting as if they know that Super Gumby

Patrick Mahomes is going to heal up a lot faster than I originally thought, like the

unnormal human being would have.

That said, whatever time he misses, whoever that is, they're going to have to be supported

with the run game.

That is part of the kind of walker signing as well.

Is that you have to have that run game to make sure the offense continues to move because

you're not going to get another Mahomes no matter what.

So could it be somebody like a tail and green who can throw the ball, but he's a hell of

an athlete that you could convert to something else later, that could be a very late possibility.

As I mentioned, Luke Altmeier, smart kid, can pretty much run any offense, again, not

as toolsy as you would like, in my opinion, but somebody that you could maybe stick in

for a little bit.

There's another red raider in this class.

I don't think Brian Martin's a draftable grade, but that's me.

There's mighty maps, Diego Pavia, man, there's something about that guy.

He will just throw himself out there and throw himself to the wolves, get beat up, take

too many hints, because that's absolutely true, because he's a small guy, man, he was

able to be successful in the SEC.

Could he put it together for a few games that gets you through, possibly.

And if he does, you then have a trade tool to use.

I just think all of those guys have some kind of short ball that makes it hard to predict

that they could be successful if they were impressed in the services of work.

Yeah, and that's going to be the big question is, can you get somebody that can come in

and start and do something for you in season in this season, because it's possible that

my homes isn't going to be available.

We won't know for a couple more months whether or not he's going to be even close to being

available, but we will have you covered on that.

And when we get back, we're going to talk about the little bit of an update that we did

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All right, so interestingly enough, we were not expecting a little bit of an update on

my homes, but we got one and I will let you talk about it since you are the medical guy.

I have not seen it, so tell me what it says.

Well, we did not get a verbal update, but we saw Patrick Mahomes is at the basketball

tournament, the big 12 basketball tournament is walking with no assistance and looks like

he is walking normally.

You know, that is one of the key points to be able to bear weight, right, especially

on an ACL because if you do not know the knee joint has to be opened and the ACL PCL

sit inside of it.

So putting it back together to bear weight on it is difficult.

And so that is one of the check points along the way that is really important.

The question for me would be, is how braced up is he, are they letting it move freely?

If so, we have seen the elasticity that his body seems to contain with the knee dislocation,

right.

He was able to bounce back from that a whole lot better than anybody experienced.

With an ACL, it is the type of repair that kind of guides how long it could take.

From what we understand, there was a cleanup on the ACL as well.

I know some reports have been out there that that wasn't the case, but we got that the

week of the surgery.

So I am pretty confident that is still the case.

So honestly, if he is walking around, having a good time, I mean, as long as he is careful,

that is a great indication.

And if I know him, I know he is working and I know Bobby will be working to him eventually.

He is probably doing a little bit now, but you got to get to the progression point where

you can do multifaceted movement to really start that progression, build up that much

literature to be safe about it.

But it is a great step forward.

And if that is the case, then I think once again, Patrick Mahomes may outrun my return

to play path for him and what is the normal recovery time.

Well, and I always expect, I will say this, I always expected that Mahomes was going

to get done before everybody thought or would be back and playing before everybody thought

that he should be back and playing just because that's how Patrick Mahomes is.

He always seems to be pushing through stuff that you wouldn't expect players to be able

to push through.

And I'm not saying he should have gone back out there and tried to play after the ACL

tear.

That's not what I'm trying to say.

But when you look at his ankle injuries of the past, when you look at his knee injury,

like he just has the ability to heal and to play through a little bit differently than

most players.

So when you look at how that's going to affect things, this goes back to what we kind

of started this conversation with was if he's going to be available, it's possible he's

available for the start of the season, but not able to do most of what he usually does

and move around as much as he usually does.

And that's fine because I think he can play as a pocket QB for the first part of the season

and gradually get back to where he was.

I don't think he'll be full 100% where he was maybe at all this year, but can he get

back to where he's 90, 95% and I'm sure he's going to be wearing a brace when he's playing.

So the other part of that is this can the team and can he decide to let it play out a little

bit and not necessarily do the things that Patrick Mahomes does to kind of try to extend

and play as the season because I think that could be very important for him as well.

Protect yourself Patrick yes and the good thing is this is going to be on his his plant

leg, not his driveway, right?

So it does take the force of his throwing motion, but it isn't generating it.

So as long as it's brace, you got to feel that if he stays in the pocket, he doesn't really

break too much with normal tradition.

He's going to be able to sustain that and get the ball out, maybe not as much as he usually

does, but honestly, he's never had to really drive with his legs unless it's 60 plus.

So the bulk of the offense until they start stacking the box, thanks to Kenneth Walker

is going to be there and available for him.

Yeah, and good luck on stacking the box because if you do that, I still think as you just

said, he doesn't need the power to throw the ball deep.

Unless he's throwing the ball 60 yards down the field.

So good luck with that because he can still step in and probably throw 40, 50 yards down

the field with a flick of the wrist in his arm.

And most Cubis can't say that.

So it's a little bit of an even bigger advantage for him in that regard.

I'm going to be very curious to see what kind of timeline we get when we get more information.

I don't think we'll get really any real updates on Patrick Mahomes.

I wouldn't imagine until closer to OTAs, it's going to be focused on free agency.

It's going to be focused on draft.

The updates that we will get on Mahomes is, oh, yeah, he talked to the new player that

they just signed.

Like, we're going to hear that stuff, but we're not going to get any medical updates.

I don't think at this point the chiefs generally don't do that.

So it'll be something to watch.

I'm going to be curious and watching Bobby Stroops feed on X as well just to see if we

see anything there.

But it's going to be curious.

I'm really going to be really interested to see if the chiefs are going to go look at

a QB in the draft this year.

Can they find somebody to come in and be Patrick Mahomes's backup for the next couple of seasons?

That's going to be the big question.

That's going to be it for us today.

Thank you all for listening and we will talk to you tomorrow.