Episode 22: It's Time for Patrick Mahomes

Published: Nov. 28, 2017, 4:30 p.m.

It's time to take on the arguments against starting Patrick Mahomes. Alex Smith and the offense are completely floundering, unable to beat simple zone defenses. Yet people continue to insist things like starting Mahomes is "too risky" or that there's no way he's ready to run Andy Reid's offense. In this episode, after a brief discussion of the Chiefs/Bills game, Reggie Ragland's big day, and adjusting our expectations for this season, I take on the 9 most common objections people make to starting Patrick Mahomes and, one by one, explain why they don't really make that much sense given how the season has played out. I then discuss the ONLY legitimate reason to keep Mahomes on the bench, and close out with some mailbag questions.