Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield made some noise earlier this week while talking about the 2017 NFL Draft when he said that Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes Authentic Xavier Williams Jersey , not his teammate, defensive end Myles Garrett, should have been the No. 1 overall pick.Plenty of individuals—from fans to NFL decision-makers to this panel of NFL.com talking heads who voted Mahomes the midseason MVP—would agree with Mayfield.With 26 touchdowns and six interceptions in his first year as a starter, Mahomes should have at least gone higher than No. 10, where the Chiefs traded to in order to select him.Mahomes was asked about Mayfield’s comment and whether or not he was “glad” he didn’t have to deal with all the pressures of being the No. 1 pick on Wednesday.“I don’t want to say I’m glad,” Mahomes said. “I mean, I’m glad I’m here. For sure. You want to be the number one draft pick. You want to be that guy. I think they got a good guy in Myles Garrett. He’s pretty talented I would say from watching film. It’s awesome for him to say that, but I know now that we are both happy with the situations we’re in.”Garrett, in his “situation,” is tied for second in the league with 8.0 sacks this year. He also has 25 tackles (20 solo) and 15 quarterback hits. “Myles is just so big for how fast he is Limited Terrance Smith Jersey ,” Mahomes said. “He is physically just a big dude and at the same time he has the speed to kind of get that bend.”In Kansas City, Mahomes is thriving under head coach Andy Reid, who is widely known as a quarterback guru, but that isn’t the only reason he says he likes it here.“Definitely coach Reid, and then just the community,” Mahomes added. “It just felt like home to me. That was the biggest thing, I knew I was going to get challenged, I knew that coach Reid was going to get the best out of me. “I knew that just from being here in the short amount of time on my visits and things like that, that I loved the community and it felt like home.”And whether it be at pick No. 1 or pick No. 10, that’s about all you can ask for. KANSAS CITY Eric Murray Jersey , Mo. 鈥?Nobody in the Kansas City Chiefs locker room is more keenly aware of the franchise’s heartbreaking playoff history than Xavier Williams, who grew up a short drive away from Arrowhead Stadium.The defensive lineman was just a toddler when his hometown team lost in the AFC title game in January 1994, when Joe Montana was the quarterback — and the last time the Chiefs were on the cusp of playing in a Super Bowl. He endured the childhood disappointments and the playoff losses while he was starring in high school and at Northern Iowa.So when the Chiefs finally punched their ticket back to the AFC championship game with a 31-13 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday, there was nobody better to put it into perspective.“I think if you’re not from here, you don’t know,” Williams said. “People have been waiting for a long, long time. You could just feel how electrifying it is around the city, from the start of the season until now, tonight. A blizzard going on and the crowd sold out. It’s something.”The Chiefs certainly gave them a reason to brave the weather.Patrick Mahomes threw for 278 yards while running for a touchdown. Damien Williams ran for 129 yards and a score against a Colts defense that had not allowed a 100-yard rusher all season. Tyreek Hill also had a touchdown run, while Travis Kelce topped 100 yards receiving.The Kansas City defense Authentic Ron Parker Jersey , which was so maligned all season, shut down Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis offense in helping Kansas City to its first playoff win over the Colts in five tries.“Everybody grows up talking about playing for the hometown team,” Williams said. “I mean, it’s a great opportunity we’ve got. And now we’ve got an even bigger opportunity, a chance to bring a Super Bowl to your hometown. That’s what dreams are made of.”Standing in the way: The Los Angeles Chargers, who split with Kansas City during the regular season with each team winning on the road, or the New England Patriots, who rallied in the final seconds to beat the Chiefs in a 43-40 barnburner at Gillette Stadium in Week 6.The Chiefs don’t really care who earns the right to visit them Sunday.“We don’t care who we’re going against. We can be going against brick walls and will find a way to beat them,” Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones said. “We’re peaking at the right moment.”
