Mahomes: Reid 'lets me play the QB position the way that I want'
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is very thankful to be playing with coach Andy Reid.
"(Reid) meant the world to me. He's just the best," Mahomes said on the AP Pro Football Podcast with Rob Maaddi on Wednesday. "He's the best coach, obviously, one of the best coaches of all time, but he's just one of the best people of all time. He's learned how to get the most out of me every day. He doesn't let me be satisfied with where I'm at.
"He teaches me a ton. Not only the quarterback position, but how to be a leader and how to be a great dad and how to be a great husband."
The 27-year-old signal-caller also credited Reid for allowing him to operate in the way that's most natural for him.
"I think if I'd have went to some other places, I would've had to learn how to play the quarterback position a different way, and he just lets me play the quarterback position the way that I want to play it," he said. "I think that's what's made me such a different type of quarterback in this league."
The Reid-Mahomes tandem owns a league-best 64-16 regular-season record since the Texas Tech product took over in 2018. The duo is also 11-3 in the postseason during that span, including a pair of Super Bowl victories.
That track record could see Mahomes finish his career among the game's all-time greats.
"I think everybody thinks about legacy and how they're remembered, but I think you have to think about that and at the same time evaluate every day how you can become better," he said. "How you can really maximize every single day, and then whenever your career's done, you have no regrets."
He added: "I think that if you work hard every single day and put everything you have into the game, then when you look back at the end of your career, however many trophies you have or however many Super Bowl rings you have, you'll have no regrets."
Mahomes already has an impressive trophy cabinet. The 6-foot-2 gunslinger has been honored with an Offensive Player of the Year nod, two league MVPs, a pair of Super Bowl MVPs, five consecutive Pro Bowl selections, and two All-Pro first-team nods.
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