Patrick Mahomes reveals 3 NFL teams that didn't give up on him like rest of the league - "Fine with just backing him up"
The Kansas City Chiefs selected Patrick Mahomes tenth overall in the 2017 NFL Draft. No one doubts that decision anymore after the former Texas Tech standout led the AFC West squad to two Super Bowl championships in four seasons. But Mahomes wearing the Chiefs’ colors nearly didn’t happen, as the two-time NFL Most Valuable Player revealed to Pardon My Take’s Dan “Big Cat” Katz. Mahomes answered: “There’s a couple of teams. The Chiefs, I thought for sure I would go here. The Cardinals, they liked me a lot. And the Saints, those are the teams that really liked me.”The Cardinals had the 13th overall pick in that year’s draft. But with Mahomes going to Kansas City, they took outside linebacker, Haason Reddick. He earned his first Pro Bowl and All-Pro selections last year but with the Philadelphia Eagles. Meanwhile, the Saints held the 11th pick in round one. However, they took cornerback Marshon Lattimore after Kansas City selected Mahomes. Otherwise, the Saints could have transi