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Originally Posted by dirk diggler
Last night truly showed why teams go all in to get that franchise QB. its funny to me that no matter how many chances certain team like the Jets and bears get, they never get it right. Allen and Mahomes were no sure thing but their teams are set for a long time. The Pats are decent but the AFE east should belong to the Bills for quite awhile.
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These two in particular are interesting because the Chiefs traded with the Bills to get the pick that was Mahomes. I think it was the 27 pick and a 3rd rounder plus the 2008 first rounder that they gave up to get to the #10 spot and take Mahomes. They took a lot of heat for making that deal as it looked like a big overpay for a guy from the Air Raid offence.
For the Bills who had an incoming coach and lame duck GM, they weren't confident with the info they had on QB's for that draft and opted for more draft capital in hopes they could find their guy in the next draft. If you look at where the Bills ended up getting Allen, Tremaine Edwards, and Tred'avious White plus a couple others with those picks plus what they had an some other moves definitely came out of this with a stronger team.
Had Mahomes been drafted by that Buffalo team who doesn't get the added draft ammo, who knows if he's the guy he was last night. Plus is there anything with Josh Allens play yesterday where someone can say he wasn't good enough to win that game? Maybe his calling of a coin toss...other than that he went toe for toe.
The Bills were a team who couldn't get it right for a long time, so McDermid and Beane really do deserve credit for how they handled it. The Chiefs were bold enough to make a move at a time when they were making the playoffs regularly, but identified that they needed to improve at QB despite having a veteran who was playing okay.
Before Mahomes, I saw a lot of Chiefs teams lose Wild Card or Division games because they couldn't make that game changing play. In the last three seasons Mahomes has been able to find ways to make those plays. But what he pulled off last night, might be the best playoff game he's ever had, and even with only 4 years as a starter, he's likely done enough in the playoffs already to ensure a Hall of Fame spot so long as he can avoid becoming a criminal.