Taking a closer look at the Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback room, starring Patrick Mahomes with Carson Wentz backing up the perennial MVP candidate. Where does Chris Oladokun fit?
, let's take a closer look at the state of every position group on the Chiefs' roster before camp begins.
Kicking things off with the quarterback position, the Chiefs have fewer questions in their QB room than any other team in the sport. Still, even with Patrick Mahomes as a three-time champion shooting for the NFL's first-ever three-peat, there has been shuffling behind Mahomes, and No. 15 has room to have a less grueling year in 2024.
The only quarterback movement the Chiefs have seen since Mahomes took the league by storm has been at the backup position, but before we get to the changes there, let's start with QB1. I think it's a bit disingenuous to discuss Mahomes having a "bounce-back" year; he was still the best and most important player in the sport in 2023, even as some of his counting stats betrayed him.
Agreed – Mahomes was still largely awesome and even though other signal-callers may have enjoyed better "seasons," there's still no questioning who the league's best is at that position. I'd look for Mahomes to keep thriving at sack avoidance and accuracy in 2024, butcould help his raw numbers. Expect him to improve after posting a career-worst in intended air yards last year. In turn, he'll continue to fill up the box score and potentially see an uptick in touchdowns.
Thinking from the perspective of a bad-case scenario where Mahomes suffers an injury, Wentz could keep the Chiefs afloat for a few games. He'd also probably have higher highs in the event of a playoff emergency or something similar. In an ideal world, though, Kansas City never has to find out what he's capable of during an in-game situation unless it's a blowout or a meaningless Week 18 game.and Ian Book is likely just organizational depth at this point.
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