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This is part one of a three-part weekly film analysis on the performance of Patrick Mahomes.I caught myself this week almost annoyed that the Chiefs have to sludge through a game with a truly awful football team next week in the Arizona Cardinals. It’s merely nine weeks into the Patrick Mahomes era and I caught myself almost taking it for granted. I harped several times in the last few weeks how it’s not supposed to be this easy Limited Demetrius Harris Jersey , how we should make sure to appreciate every moment of what we’re experiencing. After all, Mahomes is the manifestation of what this city craved since Len Dawson, a franchise quarterback to call their own. Yet, there I was nearly being a hypocrite.Mahomes is making it that difficult to not expect greatness every week. His absurd performances are starting to feel routine. The kid is speeding through his developmental plan faster than the ball gets out of his hand. Don’t be like me for that brief moment. Mahomes is going to break the Chiefs’ single-season touchdown pass mark in Week 10. Sunday will be an exorcism—a cleansing of any remaining angst of not having your guy. How early it’s going to happen should be a reminder of your fortune. Celebrate appropriately.If Baker Mayfield threw for three touchdowns and 300-plus yards on Sunday, it would’ve lead sports radio shows in Cleveland, been a major feather in the cap of his development and a reference for hope in the offseason.Your quarterback has done that in four straight games and six times on the season. And he’s younger than Mayfield.Something goodThe Browns tried to tighten the windows for Mahomes in the red zone with man coverage. It didn’t matter.Cleveland is playing Cover 1 or man-free coverage here (man coverage with a middle field safety) and Mahomes gets a man ID with Hill motioning across the formation and a defender following him. Travis Kelce (as Matt Lane plans to show you in his breakdown of him this week) is a matchup nightmare for just about anyone and linebacker Christian Kirksey falls in that category. Mahomes does a nice job holding the middle-field safety with eyes before coming to Kelce late. The safety didn’t really bite or move too much on the initial stare into the field. To maintain the window, Mahomes stares down the safety for a beat to keep him from driving on the throw before getting to Kelce late and helping him avoid a bigger hit. The ball placement was excellent. Mahomes is actually hit on the followthrough, so it’s also a nice play under a little bit of pressure.That wasn’t the only time Mahomes would beat man-free on the day.With Kareem Hunt motioning out of the backfield and getting chased out by a linebacker, Mahomes gets another man ID. He wants (as he should) to hit Tyreek Hill on a fade route down the sidelines. He holds the middle field safety again with his eyes long enough to create a window down the sidelines. Hill elects an inside release and Mahomes does a nice job of pulling him away from more contact and farther into the boundary for a 40-yard connection.As time was winding down in the first half, Mahomes put his team in Browns territory to potentially have a chance for a field goal.With 15 seconds remaining on the clock Patrick Mahomes Salute to Service Jersey , Mahomes delivers an absolute strike to Chris Conley.The Browns are running a deep Tampa-2 in this situational play. Mahomes delivers a strike to Conley, who is running a dig route, behind and between the corner and the hook defender. He showed excellent anticipation and velocity to get the ball in there and put his team in a position to potentially end the half with additional points.The Browns jumped offsides on this play and the Chiefs declined the penalty. With the clock stopped, one of the most bizarre end of half moments I’ve seen took away a chance at a field goal and added an unnecessary tally to Mahomes’ interception totals.Something badThis was a head-scratching and bummer of a sequence.Even though the Chiefs declined the penalty, the clock stopped. Because the clock was stopped, any attempt to spike is an intentional grounding call. Bizarre rule, but a rule nonetheless. Mahomes took ownership after the game:The Chiefs then had to burn their final timeout of the game and after being forced out of the pocket early on a Hail Mary attempt, Mahomes threw his seventh interception of the season. For a guy that has been largely protective of the football, it’s a bummer to see him have to wear another interception for an end-of-half play like that.I hope this topic doesn’t get broached this week.Quarterback anecdoteEvery week, I add a quick note about something I’ve picked up about the quarterback position through my time learning and playing the game.Quarterbacks prepare for two-minute situations in advance of them happening. They have calls ready for no-huddle situations based on what they’re seeing and the tendencies the defense may have for that scenario. They aren’t done on a whim. They’re drilled in practice Tanoh Kpassagnon Jersey , talked through with the coaching staff and are planned in the film room, practice field before the situation arises. It’s not every day that the firing of a college football head coach with a 35-40 record over six seasons becomes big national news.Even The Dally Caller — which is not exactly well-known for its sports reportage — had a headline on Saturday about the firing of Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury, who got his walking papers on Saturday after the Red Raiders finished their third consecutive losing season.Neither is it every day that such a coach immediately becomes the subject of speculation over where he will land in NFL coaching ranks.But then again, not every college football coach once had Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on their roster.Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesThe drumbeat has been building for a while, but especially since the wild game between the Chiefs and the Los Angeles Rams last Monday — the third highest-scoring game in NFL history — NFL pundits are convinced the league is at the beginning of a new era, and Mahomes is part of the reason why.So it stands to reason that Mahomes’ college coach — himself a former Red Raider quarterback — could be seen as a hot commodity as an NFL coaching candidate in the offseason.ESPN’s Bill Barnwell tweeted on Saturday that “some smart NFL team should go after Kingsbury as offensive coordinator.” In an article on Saturday, USA Today’s Cowboys Wire suggested that Kingsbury could be on a fast track to the Dallas Cowboys, a team that is rumored to be on the verge of firing their offensive coordinator Scott Linehan.In that article, Jonah Tuls — a reporter for Fox34 in Lubbock, Texas — nicely summarized why Kingsbury can be seen as a top NFL coaching prospect.You could also argue that the Cleveland Browns or Arizona Cardinals — two NFL teams that have already fired their offensive coordinators Cameron Erving Jersey Salute to Service , and also have promising young quarterbacks in Baker Mayfield and Josh Rosen — could be potential fits for Kingsbury.In the case of the Browns, there’s an obvious connection: Mayfield started as a freshman walk-on at Texas Tech before Mahomes was named the starter and Mayfield decamped to Oklahoma.Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesAnd then there is the possibility of the Kansas City Chiefs.No one is going to suggest that Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy is in any danger of losing his job.But should the Chiefs make a deep postseason run, history suggests that he will be a top candidate for an NFL head coaching job, since two of Andy Reid’s previous Kansas City OCs — Doug Pederson and Matt Nagy — are now NFL head coaches.In both cases, Reid promoted from within to replace them.Current Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka would therefore be seen as the front runner for the offensive coordinator position if Bieniemy moves on.Kingsbury would very much fit the mold as Chiefs quarterbacks coach under Andy Reid — especially considering his relationship with Mahomes, On Saturday, KCTV’s Tom Martin tweeted a variation of this scenario.Martin’s theory is also grounded in some Reid history.Before becoming Chiefs offensive coordinator (and then assistant head coach), longtime NFL coach Brad Childress served as Reid’s “spread game analyst” — whatever that was — from 2013 to 2015.It’s not inconceivable that Reid could imagine a role for Kingsbury that would put him on Reid’s staff — not only giving him some NFL experience, but also grooming him for an opening that might arise.Kingsbury, 39 Armani Watts Jersey , can afford to take his time.He was reportedly making $3.9 million under his contract with the Red Raiders, which still had two years to run when he was fired.Whether it’s in the NFL or in the college ranks, he can pick and choose a landing spot.But all things considered, if Kingsbury wants to be an NFL coach, being on Andy Reid’s staff — in any capacity — could turn out to be a very good career move.