Pat Mahomes 'wholeheartedly thought' Bears would draft him in 2017 | Parkins & Spiegel

"They told him that they were going to draft him," Pat Mahomes Sr. says of the meetings the Bears had with his son Patrick Mahomes ahead of the 2017 NFL Draft.
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[@ms_violet_majesty]

As a member of the chiefs kingdom we thank you all for passing on him!

[@tiffanythurmond9600]

Period 😂😂

[@RayRey028]

Amen

[@steventaylor6881]

Lmao, right?? I bet their hating that call 😂

[@gurusrant7474]

😂😂😂

[@natecox7083]

As a life long Chief fan I thank god the Bears found a way to "Bear" this up.

[@buddry538]

You're welcome

[@MsDaisy173]

Chiefs fans are so happy how this turned out. Thank you Chicago.

[@randellgoering1014]

We all just watched Mahomes on 1 leg. Complete passes to WRs 6th & 7th on the depth chart. 1 of which has more TACKLES then Receptions. To help take the Chiefs to the Superbowl.... Mahomes wouldve been able to make it work anywhere INCLUDING the Bears. Long story short... Bears f'd up

[@shaneglenn4790]

I remember when kc decided to draft Todd Blackledge over Dan Marino. As a chiefs fan I understand how the bears fan base feels.

[@ckobo84]

Marino was pretty awful his senior year in college. At least there was a logical reason.

[@hendodiaz]

This is how it must have felt to pass up on Michael Jordan.

[@laryjohnson5736]

The first pick turned out great. The second turned out bad.

[@audioidkid]

Spiegs raising his glasses and grabbing his face is everything.

[@eovniel]

I couldn't stop smiling. Patrick has changed the team I've watched for 40 years and this made me lose it. Growing up Bears were my 2nd favorite team. 85 Bears were the coolest MFr I had ever seen, even knew all the words to that damn Superbowl Shuffle. Then I grew up to watch many teams beat up on my Chiefs and no longer had a 2nd fave team. Thank you Pat

[@r.williamcomm7693]

“It’s illegal for the Bears to have a great quarterback.” - Barry McCockiner

[@natecox7083]

Watching Danny Perkins the old 610 sports host in KC leaving KC right before Mahomes came, and now seeing his reaction....awesome.

[@RayRey028]

Was Parkins a Chiefs fan when he was working in KC? Just curious to know because he sounds like a die hard Bears fan.

[@jenniferwood3643]

@@RayRey028he’s always been a true Chicago fan; he didn’t want to leave KC but the opportunity to work on Chicago radio was his dream. I know he enjoyed his time in KC and I believe he was a fan of the Chiefs and the Royals when he was here. I think he’ll always be a fan but Chicago is his true city love I think.

[@yadadamean6722]

I'm still confused as to how Pace thought Mitch was a better prospect coming out of NORTH CAROLINA! Deshaun won a national championship & Mahomes CLEARLY had the best raw talent out of all the QBs. . 🤦🏾 talk about self sabotage!

[@ryansmith290]

They should rehire Pace just so they can fire him again

[@bmla88]

I think they passed on deshaun because they probably learned about some of the nonsense he was up to, and most experts had Trubisky ranked ahead of Mahommes. If what Pat Sr. Said is true, I have no idea why they didn’t roll the dice on Pat.

[@mitchellhannula1]

We all wanted Watson and we went Mitch. I remember getting boo'd at the bulls game right after he was drafted.

[@henrymanahan2764]

white skin

[@yadadamean6722]

Watch Skip's take on Undisputed about the Bears drafting Trubisky. This was one time where he was correct. Not to mention the Bears gave Mike Glennon 18 MILLION DOLLARS guaranteed before the season. Smdh!!!

[@rexsmith9074]

Yes, but did Patrick Mahomes drive a 1997 Toyota Camry with 130,000 miles on it? Or could he make fake dinner reservations in Miami under the name James McMahon? Literally the top 2 reasons Ryan Pace cited for drafting Trubisky over Mahomes.

[@mylefthook3724]

Also is he a bench warmer.😢

[@spar0035]

0:46 Spiegel 🤣🤣🤣

[@chonjacki]

Parkins, to think you left KC just a couple of months before the Chiefs drafted Mahomes. You somehow timed it perfectly.

[@sammysanchez7996]

When i saw gruden video where he asked mitch to do a hard count and mitch ask whats that i said were screwed 🤦‍♂️🤣

[@unniq36]

As a Bears fan this hurts to hear. But if I’m honest, I don’t feel Mahomes would be experiencing the same level of success with the Bears. That says a lot about how the organization is managed. 😢

[@artm5583]

I think Pat would have balled at the bear regardless. The only way you stop mahomes is if you made him not use his natural abilities.

[@DKTCHIKC]

TOTALLY AGREE

[@joeraguso5376]

Don't kid yourself, he'd have been a superstar here too

[@deflategate1297]

Stikl would make conference championships at least

[@usahomesolutions8552]

THANK YOU CHICAGO.. Life long Chiefs fan!

[@Chitex03]

Bears passing on Mahomes and Watson will go down as the biggest mistake in the Bears storied franchise history. Mahomes on the Bears?!? What could’ve been.

[@Principal_Meyers]

as a bears fan i still think we would’ve ruined him

[@captain1jones354]

Hindsight is always the best sight. Mahomes would not have been as successful with the Bears as he was with KC.

[@asiabaugher836]

Idk man he had 700 yard games in college lol

[@tiffanythurmond9600]

He got the right coach

[@Mik3yLow]

Yeah, there's no way. Andy has been building something special here since 2013. Clearly Mahomes is great but a lot of that is Andy allowing him to be and building around him

[@SycoticForeverNeverAF]

@@Mik3yLow Andy was en route to being fired before they drafted mahomes. 1-5 playoff record in KC lmao

[@Philtration]

I was yelling at the TV "MAHOMES!" but I was sure that Pace was going to blow it and draft Trubisky. I saw the way he fawned over Jimmy Garoppolo and gushed about Garoppolo going to going to Eastern Illinois just like he did. He was looking for a sweet boy he could invite over for Thanksgiving dinner or share a milkshake with while ignoring the guy that was lighting up the college game. Ignored Watson too.

[@codyddd3634]

well this just ruined my monday

[@CHRISDABAHIA]

Unless Justin turns out to be even better….

[@hockeyfan1799]

Who knows maybe Nagy would've ruined him

[@SunsetBuilders]

@@CHRISDABAHIA He won't be better but he will be pretty damn good of you get him some help.

[@einszwei2467]

​@@hockeyfan1799 What are you smoking? Mahomes credits Nagy a lot for his development in his rookie season and he broke the yards in a season record and won MVP and the super bowl with Nagy coaching him

[@hockeyfan1799]

@@einszwei2467 Mahomes ≠ Fields. A coach is only as good as his fit with the roster.

[@kevinamador2805]

Wow really did I need this info? My week is already ruined smh lol

[@slydEvil35]

For I am Pace…lord of the idiots. Didn’t work out Watson Lied to Mahomes. Unreal

[@chetsenior7253]

Dodged a bullet with Watson to be fair.

[@LavaChip]

All convos around the league were Watson and mahomes. Meanwhile the bears are on derp island playing checkers and picking Mitch

[@eg300]

More than likely he would’ve won enough to keep fox around as a coach. But he wouldn’t have been the calibre he is now, no chance. The chiefs and saints at that time were the only places that could’ve made him the qb he is today TLDR: mahomes was saved by not being drafted by that bears org

[@robbie_ray]

I think I'm gonna be sick...

[@sbmhbsmo]

As a lifelong Chiefs fan, they (Chi) are just excited to here Pat Sr. say “Yea he wanted to be a Bear” 😂

[@ronintje7647]

That facepalm when sr told how the Bears told em they would draft him.... I could see the pain of all Bears fans in that facepalm.

[@KEENANALLENASMRGLASS]

What's really bad for bears fans is nagy was his QB coach in his best year last season!!! So he would have been great in Chicago too!! 😂😂😂

[@toonspade4646]

“God has a plan” …… “yeah” lmao 😂😂😂

[@ty19980]

Where’s the full podcast to this looks good

[@danielbrown2506]

It sucks, but at least Pace tried to somewhat rectify by drafting Justin Fields. I'm sure Pace regrets that every day of his life.

[@rolandoc2708]

Honestly don’t even know how Pace got us Fields. He got very lucky with that trade and I really believe in what we have with Fields . Just so crazy to hear this clip today smfh

[@millstravis4667]

I would MUCH rather have Patrick mahomes

[@snoopy_peanuts_77]

0:47 .... the pain lol

[@sgtgeneweenie]

Passed on a HoFer (3 times in the Super Bowl already) because Mitch was white

[@johnbrennan4449]

exactly.

[@TheKingalaxy]

💯

[@aajordan2000]

If Mahomes was drafted by the Bears he would be in Pittsburgh wondering if he was getting cut.

[@helicopterhelicopter3575]

Mahomes is waay too talented for that

[@tiffanythurmond9600]

Have y’all seen his interview on the very subject on New Heights Podcast?

[@richarddavis5289]

Yesterday is gone. Looking forward to the future of the Bears. The current GM is looking good

[@polynesian77]

The Bears didn’t have the right coaching staff and a mentor like Alex Smith to guide him.

[@turtleislandlac1490]

Bears probably would have ruined Mahomes if they drafted him. There's no guarantee Mahomes would have been successful in Chicago, Andy Reid had a lot to do with his development.

[@tiffanythurmond9600]

Yes and don’t forget Alex Smith also had a hand in his development

[@markb3786]

@@tiffanythurmond9600 people forget this

[@jtothewood]

Ppl put to much stock into the starting QB developing the backup. Mahomes benefited from Alex Smith but think about this… Aaron Rodgers benefitted from Brett Favre. Tom Brady benefited from Drew Bledsoe and so forth. At the end of the day, it’s up to the QB to perform. No amount of mentorship will guarantee success.

[@btbarr16]

If the Chiefs didn't trade to the spot they did, he would have been a Saint. Moral of the story, not a bad idea to grab a QB when no one is expecting you to.

[@KP99]

And the Bears also later hired Matt Nagy, the Mahomes whisperer, who taught him everything he knows. Those two would've brought us multiple Super Bowls 😥 It was so sad to see the two of them sitting together like father and son, near the end of the game last night. During the game's most crucial moments, Mahomes knew he could rely on Nagy's genius.

[@MutinyInteractive]

Especially with that Vic fangio Defense in 2018, yeah probaby woulda got a couple rings outta that

[@PACinaBOOMSTICK]

"Nagy's genius"... are you nuts?

[@KP99]

@@PACinaBOOMSTICK Are you?? Mahomes credits a lot of his success to Nagy. Did you not see them sitting together during the most crucial parts of the game Sunday night?? I'll take Mahomes word over yours 😂

[@JohnnyZeroBoo]

​@@PACinaBOOMSTICK Nagy got that Bears stink on him... Like Belichick in Cleveland lol

[@Omar-kt6in]

If Mahomes would've gotten drafted by the Bears he would've lead the league in interceptions that year with a losing record. It's so important where these players land coming from college. The Chiefs have a starting 1st year rookie DB backfield headed to the Superbowl. Mostly late round picks that was developed by Spags and Andy Reid.

[@spar0035]

Yup, Chiefs also had Alex Smith as a mentor for a year for Mahomes.

[@SycoticForeverNeverAF]

we just going to also forget the bears were one of the best teams in the nfl a year after mahomes was drafted? They make it to the nfc championship at least 2018.

[@laryjohnson5736]

maybe, maybe not

[@tchalla109]

Mahomes got lucky. His career wouldn’t have turned out this great under my Chicago Bears. Hopefully, Poles will be different than other GMs.

[@yadadamean6722]

The talent Mahomes has is UNCOACHABLE. 3 superbowl appearances in 5 years ain't luck.

[@rolandoc2708]

@@yadadamean6722 With the rostor and defense Bears had in 2018... Bears could’ve won a chip forsure

[@yadadamean6722]

@@rolandoc2708 facts bro!

[@yadadamean6722]

Fans really critique QBs without taking into account the entire organization around them. A QB is only as good as the coaches, teammates,management etc.

[@markb3786]

Ryan Pace recently said that Mahomes is mistaken and that their interest in Mahomes was not as Patrick had described it to his father. He was not a serious QB choice for the Bears.

[@muskyoxes]

Don't feel bad, guys. If Mahomes was a Bear, the team would have ruined his career

[@lees5953]

😂😭this is so bad hearing this for bears fans

[@erichilarity2051]

Can we plz let this go! As a die hard bear fan im as frustrated as anyone we didn't draft him but let's be honest, you really think John Fox or Nagy would've turned Mahomes into what he is today? I think he wouldn't have had the team time to sit or division he had in KC and we didn't have the coaching to let him be him so we need to focus on fields,

[@TTSCAM]

Story like this is da reason we can’t pass up on Caleb Williams it’s a easy lay up at number 1 overall we can’t keeping passing up on highly talented QBs and settle for mid one 💯

[@johnfroelich8554]

Bears will always be bears

[@theson22788]

People said he probably not gonna be good as a bears yet they forgot the bears defense was nasty and way better than kc defense. He could end up in the Super Bowl a year earlier

[@ernestkotsos806]

great show. This is worse than the Lou Brock trade

[@cisio64123]

As a KC native and hometown girl we can only be grateful that destiny aligned so we got Mahomes . Don't beat yourselves up about it though because the Chiefs just happened to be the right team to develop and hone him into the superstar QB he has become. If he had been drafted by another team he might not have become the insanely great QB he is. It really was just the right team and player coming together at the right time to create a unstoppable force.

[@seanphillips5558]

Y’all coulda had Michael jordan and mahomes

[@seanphillips5558]

At least y’all got mj

[@whitewhale9012]

Pre draft, i kept telling the bear fans mahomes should be the top pick in the whole draft. That they should pick him. I always looked at QBs because i always wanted my team to draft a round 1 QB. The problem was mahomes nfl comp pre draft was jay cutler, and bears fans could not get past it. I saw aaron rodgers without the snarky d-bagginess. They all wanted watson or trubisky, and i wasnt too high on either. I was wrong about watson. He did turn out good. So on draft day im expecting my team to take dalvin cook or mccaffrey, knowing 1 of them would be available. Then it happened. My chiefs traded up and picked him. To me, it was a huge surprise. I heard rumors but blew them off. He wasnt quite the player i expected. He was so much better. I expected him to go for 4500 and 35 tds in 2018. I underestimated him.

[@kingtrawal]

Let's keep it real... The Bears woulda ruined Patty Mahomes.

[@mrsjr78]

This, to be honest...

[@sgtgeneweenie]

Hes too good even for the Bears to ruin. Mahomes would turn Kmet into Kelce

[@Vincemasta100]

No, he still would’ve flourished. He’s too damn special. Sean Payton called him the best QB prospect he’s ever evaluated

[@ye7006]

@@sgtgeneweenie let’s chill, mahomes definitely elevated Kelce but he also was coming off back to back thousand yard seasons before mahomes. Kmet is and probably will never be what Kelce is

[@tastyfishsauce4410]

I agree, Nagy would have scarred him for life and make him an average QB which is sad.

[@thekhmer2507]

Thank you Chicago bears! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@taron.y]

Well, you won the draft night with MJ and lost with Pat. Thus is life.

[@justsaying5633]

The Bears lost is the Chiefs gain. 🙌🏾

[@mylefthook3724]

I don't want to hear this. 😩😩😩

[@chaosinorder9685]

As a great big Chiefs fan, I can’t thank you enough Chicago for choosing Trebisky instead of Mahomes. Thank you for letting us have the superstar.

[@Yasin-1973]

Are you serious

[@pro-tech58]

DUMB BEARS!!🐻 😂😂😂

[@114D]

I hate Ryan and Matt even more now

[@rolandoc2708]

This is insane can’t believe this happened....

[@mylefthook3724]

Lol

[@keith4533]

Matt wasn't the coach at the time it was John Fox, plus John wanted Patrick but it was the gm that chose Mitch

[@lawrencewoods5876]

Damit man I just threw up in my mouth!!!

[@aaron_sirius]

It’s been six years, I’m tired of this song…We have to let it go now. 9 other teams passed on Mahomes too. The entire league passed in Tom Brady for the first 6 rounds of the draft. It happens.

[@edwarddavis4397]

Who cares what you're tired of get lost rabbit

[@RonanMontague]

Amen. We’re all shaking our heads at what could’ve been. We need to shift focus to what we can build right NOW in this unprecedented situation.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

As a Chiefs fan, I can still remember passing on Dan Marino & Jim Kelly in the ‘83 draft. For Todd Blackledge😞

[@RonanMontague]

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Damn…

[@LavaChip]

Spiegs and Parkins……“EMOTIONALDAMAGE!”

[@Schaffj3]

We got Justin, he’s our guy

[@jazumi7798]

They would have screwed it up and screwed him up just like they to Mitch. Better management and coaching now.

[@brucespidle8711]

Mahomes wouldn’t be Mahomes without Reid, Kelce, etc. He’s very fortunate that he didn’t get drafted by the Bears.

[@JOHNNYCHICAGO8]

Chicago will regret not drafting patrick but go bears 💙🧡💯

[@copperhead2694]

It’s official.. God is a chiefs fan 😆👏

[@brillionairestatus]

Ha Ha Ha the bears would never draft a brotha over clean cut caucasian !! That’s just amurkkkan business ethics 🤣😂🤣

[@TBCavalcanti]

oh thats before the 2nd superbowl? ^^ gee

[@eson2828]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@ckristie2278]

Why would Patrick want to be a Bear? Also why is this coming out now???

[@virgilpalmer2427]

🤣🤣🤣 ( chief's fan )

[@tifftiff4952]

Even if the Bears draft Mahomes 6 years ago, Mahomes would be ruined by then. The Bears are known to kill the quarterbacks. Justin Fields is so unfortunate to be draft by the Bears 😭

[@whoisjg]

He would absolutely still be a top 3 qb regardless of where he went. Hes a generational talent.

[@tifftiff4952]

@@whoisjgYes, Patrick Mahomes wouldn’t be able to take the Bears to the Super Bowl though. The Bears had too many missed opportunities since 1985. I hope with this new regime the Bears can be a new leaf. The Bears been an NFL doormat for too long

[@djwhat5]

@@tifftiff4952 2018 we probably win the Super Bowl with Mahomes. And with Mahomes, we’re repeatedly at least in the playoffs. Ryan Pace is such an idiot 🤦‍♂️

[@rhdtv2002]

Hurts knowing that

[@bevrosity]

man, diggin up some old wounds.... screw you. ryan pace!

[@wac411]

Bears could have got Pat, LeBron and Wade was going to go to the bulls in 2010, Kobe wanted to come to the bulls but Deng was part of the deal and so on and so on....

[@chompeykhmer6740]

If he with the Bear he wouldn’t be success like he with the Chiefs. To be successful it does take the whole team included the Coaches, TE, WR and so on and he don’t have that in Chicago

[@JohnnyZeroBoo]

Danny wishing he back in KC ... Left at the wrong time lol

[@amahdcole2185]

That could of been us

[@Yasin-1973]

Stop playing with us man don’t say that dude come on man stop 🛑 talking ok please don’t ever speak

[@LostInThe0zone]

It would not have mattered if he came to the Bears. There was likely not enough talent on the Bears to have protected Mahomes.

[@MutinyInteractive]

Lmfao

[@edscott4729]

How many freaking times are you going to ask the same question? Do your job.

[@anthonyslazas6413]

They knew all that and still took Mitch, if this gets out Ryan pace might not ever get another GM job!

[@djwhat5]

And he shouldn’t either!!

[@samidavis3146]

I feel like Mahomes god given talent could make the Bears competitive even with a shitty team, his leadership and competitive fire could turn the team around but sorry your management fucked up.

[@thinkof2morrow]

God the Bears. The Bears point of view. We really like two QB's (Trubinsky and Mahomes). I guess we win with either of them. Wait, someone might trade the 2nd pick overall and pick up Trubisnky. Let's make a trade and keep that from happening. Ugh, if you like 2 QB's at pick 1.03 why don't you just let the 2nd QB fall to you. Hindsight is 20/20: I would have still picked Deshawn Watson myself. WIth all of these QB's you think the Bears could have actually traded down a bit. Thank god it's a new Bears regime is all I have to say. What a mess they made of the 2017 draft.

[@blindjustice8718]

God has a plan. Yeah.... 🤣😅🤣😅🤣

[@tiffanythurmond9600]

😂😂😂

[@vili76]

What is lost in all this is the 49ers could of gotten him at #3

[@jeo8998]

Mahomes couldn’t have done that here he is a great system QB and that’s all you guys forget that the chiefs had a winning record every year Andy was there plus 2 if not 3 times when they won 11 plus games

[@slimischillin7753]

This narrative just tells me that you don’t know who Patrick Mahomes is. He’s been a baller his whole life. He’s been a 99 overall (to use a madden phrase) since high school. His thing was, he never had a competent defense until he got to the pros. Every game at every level since high school had to be a shootout if he wanted a chance to win the game. Some offenses could score one td and two fgs and win the game. No, he had to score tds every drive if he wanted a real chance to win games. If he had his offense rated 99, his defense would usually operate at a -99 overall rating. Give him a middling defense and that’s enough to get to the conference championship game. Give him a barely good defense and that’s enough to win the super bowl. Pair him up with Andy Reid and it’s no wonder he’s been this successful. It’s a match made in heaven. But he would’ve seen similar success anywhere as long as his defense wasn’t the worst defense of all time

[@jeo8998]

@@slimischillin7753 is that why he went to Texas teach? 😂

[@gawdtheblessedone4681]

​@Jovanny Gonzalez he went to Texas tech because they didn't like his footwork and "quarterback" techniques at the bigger schools. They basically hated his unorthodox style. The same style that one him two championships.

[@jeo8998]

@@gawdtheblessedone4681 Mahomes was a 3 star recruit what are you talking about? Get off his 🥜

[@povertyspec9651]

Bears gonna bear

[@kimo63kimo1]

But guys..... Mitch was sooooo much better!

[@terryclark7700]

Without question the biggest mistake in NFL draft history and the Bears made it, as a suffering long time fan I expected nothing less, lol.

[@neomatrix4412]

you got mj not bowie

[@bevrosity]

yeah, but mahomes never won an nvp.

[@mylefthook3724]

Lol.. 😂

[@LL-wz7je]

Sure glad the Bears didn’t draft him. And even if they had they would’ve mishandled him.