Jason read there was this moment at the beginning of training camp where Patrick Mahomes

got asked about a criticism he had received anonymously from a defensive coordinator in the

athletic about how he plays quote unquote street ball how he leans on that too much.

But his answer it felt like it was about an even larger observation.

I mean, obviously the black quarterback has had a battle to be in this position that we are to

have this many guys in the league playing. I think every day we're proven that we should have

been playing the whole time. We've got guys that think think just as well as they can use their

athleticism. And so it always is weird when you see guys like me Lamar Kyler kind of get that

on them. And other guys don't. But at the same time, we're going to go out there and prove

ourselves every day to show that we can meet some of the best quarterbacks in the league.

And so were you surprised by what Mahomes told that reporter?

Well, no, Pablo, I wasn't surprised by the response or the question. I was surprised by the

anonymous quote because it's ludicrous. When you look at Patrick Mahomes as accomplished,

at 24 years old, he was the youngest player in the history of the NFL to have a league MVP award,

a Super Bowl MVP award, and a Super Bowl trophy. The guy has played in the AFC championship game

his whole career. Two Super Bowl appearances, a Super Bowl championship. The quote in the athletic

was about, well, you take away his first read and he plays streetball. Streetball is coded

language. I mean, that's just the reality of it. But every defensive coordinate, it tries to

take away a quarterbacks first read. Mahomes has been excellent at when that read is taking away

going from there. The quote made no sense. And he was speaking for all black quarterbacks past,

present and future. Because even though there's been a lot of progress made and black quarterbacks

now are at the top of the game and their superstars and franchise quarterbacks, there's still this

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