So many things must go right for NFL teams to become dynasties. Any franchise can have one good season, but sustaining that success over several years is what separates the great teams from the legendary ones. The Kansas City Chiefs have been able to become the latter, and it’s been thanks to Patrick Mahomes.
When Kansas City traded up 17 spots to draft Mahomes 10th overall, it was considered a reach. Mahomes had incredible arm talent, but he was considered a developmental project. The Chiefs were enamored with him, though. He did everything right behind the scenes, impressing Andy Reid and co. particularly during their pre-draft Top 30 visit with him. Now we know why he did so well.
Matt Nagy helped Patrick Mahomes cheat during Chiefs pre-draft visit
Back in 2022, while appearing on Travis and Jason Kelce’s podcast “New Heights”, Mahomes revealed that he got inside help before his meeting with the Chiefs. Matt Nagy, the team’s offensive coordinator at that moment in time, divulged which plays were going to be presented during the interview.
I’m going to give you all the inside scoop. Matt Nagy, who was the offensive coordinator then, he really liked me so he gave me the plays they were gonna go over the night before… So of course I crushed the meeting. I stayed up all night studying those plays.
Matt Nagy has no regrets about giving Patrick Mahomes the plays ahead of pre-draft Chiefs meeting
Nagy has finally addressed the Mahomes story on New Heights this week. He acknowledged what he did, but he excused it because he was fully convinced that Mahomes was the guy the franchise needed.
“Fortunately, it ended up working out pretty good. When you’re convicted with somebody and you feel the way that we all did, I guess it was better to ask for forgiveness than permission.“
Nagy cracked a joke that he needed Mahomes to at least get one or two questions wrong in order to not raise suspicion. In the end, Nagy’s decision ended up changing the course of NFL history.
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