{"id":81207,"date":"2025-07-20T11:31:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T11:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=81207"},"modified":"2025-07-20T11:31:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T11:31:21","slug":"exclusive-chiefs-coach-reveals-the-embarrassing-error-patrick-mahomes-made-as-a-rookie-in-kansas-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=81207","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Chiefs coach reveals the embarrassing error Patrick Mahomes made as a rookie in Kansas City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For all of\u00a0Patrick Mahomes&#8217; success with the\u00a0Kansas\u00a0City Chiefs, it can be easy to forget that the soon-to-be 30-year-old quarterback was once a backup struggling to learn the position behind starter Alex Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Drafted 10th overall out of Texas Tech in 2017, Mahomes arrived in Kansas City with experience in then-Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury&#8217;s spread offense, but still lacked some basic fundamentals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was yelling his first play into the huddle,&#8217; Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy remembered, as quoted by ESPN. &#8216;The defense could hear the play. We had to tell him to chill out.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Since then,\u00a0Mahomes\u00a0has guided\u00a0the Chiefs\u00a0to five Super Bowls, winning three, all while making teammates forget about the clumsy, overexcited rookie he once was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Asked about Mahomes&#8217; growth, running Kareem Hunt explained that the Chiefs signal caller is a significantly better player now than when they first played together in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Just how much he knows the system now and just seeing how he&#8217;s able to recognize defenses and call the plays on the fly if he needs to,&#8217; Hunt told ESPN. &#8216;He&#8217;s grown a lot in that aspect.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6954043b127d96ae\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/18\/15\/100433397-14918935-image-a-10_1752849977901.jpg\" alt=\"Quarterback Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs speaks to the media during the press conference interviews after the Kansas City Chiefs OTAs in May\" width=\"634\" height=\"846\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Quarterback Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs speaks to the media during the press conference interviews after the Kansas City Chiefs OTAs in May<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a77678bd5506e128\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/18\/15\/100433389-14918935-image-a-9_1752849971109.jpg\" alt=\"Mahomes\u00a0reacts after throwing an interception that was later reversed in a preseason game\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Mahomes reacts after throwing an interception that was later reversed in a preseason game<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all of\u00a0Patrick Mahomes&#8217; 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