Yesterday’s Texans-Chiefs
game had KC quarterback Patrick Mahomes put on a show for the ages. Assuming he watched on his TV, what exactly did
Bears’ coach Matt Nagy see?
Was it Mahomes rallying
his teammates on the sideline after they’d fallen behind 24-0, in the second
quarter, no less? Mahomes throwing for
321 yards and five touchdowns, turning one rout into another, by a score of
51-31? Did Nagy see Mahomes at all, or
was he too busy feeling happy for his mentor, Chiefs’ coach Andy Reid?
Now, imagine the
McCaskey family gathered around the TV, watching the game. What did they see? Patrick Mahomes the quarterback they could’ve
had or a reincarnation of Mike Ditka or Dick Butkus or Dick Gordon or any of a
number of Bears’ players who wouldn’t toe the “shut up and play” line
instituted by Papa Bear a century ago?
Mahomes possesses a confidence that must send shivers down the
collective McCaskey spine.
A player so sure
of himself will be slow to genuflect before the powerful and knowing Oz. Or did the McCaskeys look at Mahomes and see
another problem player like Martellus Bennett or Brandon Marshall, brought to
Chicago by an earlier version of the Munsters’ braintrust?
Finally, imagine
Bears’ GM Ryan Pace sitting in front of the TV.
Would he even know how to turn it on?
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