{"id":64135,"date":"2025-05-25T08:10:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T08:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=64135"},"modified":"2025-05-25T08:10:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T08:10:38","slug":"kansas-city-chiefs-patrick-mahomes-once-made-a-startling-brett-favre-like-confession-gridiron-heroics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=64135","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs: Patrick Mahomes Once Made A Startling Brett Favre-Like Confession – Gridiron Heroics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is already one of the most accomplished players at his position in NFL history. Not yet 30 years old, Mahomes has won three Super Bowls, three Super Bowl MVP Awards, two NFL MVP Awards, and is a two-time First Team All-Pro (and six-time Pro Bowl selection).<\/p>\n

Mahomes\u2019 head coach, Andy Reid, knows a thing or two about coaching all-time great quarterbacks. Now considered one of the greatest head coaches of all-time, Reid got his start in the NFL as an assistant for the Green Bay Packers. He was their tight ends coach from 1992-1996 and the quarterbacks coach from 1997-1998.<\/p>\n

Of course, his stint as quarterbacks coach coincided with Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre\u2018s last two MVP seasons.<\/p>\n

Former Green Bay Packers Quarterback Brett Favre Did Not Know What a Nickel Defense Was<\/h2>\n
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Aug 6, 2016; Canton, OH, USA; Presenter Deanna Favre (L) wife of Gren Bay Packers former quarterback Brett Favre (R) pose with Favre\u2019s bust during the 2016 NFL Hall of Fame enshrinement at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Favre has become somewhat of a controversial figure over the last decade and a half thanks to a string of scandals in which he has allegedly been involved. But prior to that, he was one of the most beloved players in the NFL, and certainly among Packers fans.<\/p>\n

One story that is still frequently told, even by the Hall of Fame quarterback himself, despite the allegations against him, is that when Favre first arrived in Green Bay via trade from the Atlanta Falcons in 1992, he did not know what a nickel defense was.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinally, I said, \u2018I just gotta know.\u2019 So I said, \u2018Ty, I gotta ask you a question.\u2019 And Ty was about as goofy as I was.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe says, \u2018What\u2019s that?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018What\u2019s a nickel defense?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cHe gets real quiet. He says, \u2018Are you serious?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Yeah, I\u2019m serious.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cHe says, \u2018Well, they basically take out a linebacker and bring in a DB.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018That\u2019s it?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, \u2018That\u2019s it.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Who gives a s\u2013t?’\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ty Detmer, who was one of the Packers\u2019 other quarterbacks at the time, confirmed the story as true back in 2017. \u201cHe didn\u2019t know,\u201d Detmer said. \u201cHe was sincere in asking.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was surprising that Favre, whose father was a high school football coach, was clueless as to what such a common defensive formation was.<\/p>\n

But what may even more surprising is the similar confession Mahomes made a few years ago.<\/p>\n

Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes Says He Did Not Know How to Read Defenses Until 2019<\/h2>\n
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Kansas City\u2019s Patrick Mahomes gets ready to throw a pass to a receiver on the left side of the field during first half action against the Kansas City Chiefs in Orchard Park, Nov.17, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Recently, a clip of a Mahomes interview from midway through the 2020 season resurfaced on X (formerly Twitter). In it, the Chiefs quarterback, who had already won a Super Bowl, MVP, and made three Pro Bowls, admitted that he did not know how to read defenses until his fourth season in the NFL.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t understand how to read defenses until like halfway through last year,\u201d Mahomes admitted. He explained that he did not really start playing quarterback until his Junior year of high school, which was approximately six or seven years before the video was filmed.<\/p>\n

Based off of his comments, he did not really understand how to read defenses until midway through the 2019 season, which coincidentally is when he won his first Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

Mahomes has often been compared to Favre because of the impossible throws both quarterbacks have been\/were able to make in their careers. This surprising lack of understanding of a quintessential part of the quarterback position can be added to the list of similarities between the two.<\/p>\n

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