The playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the one in which the Kansas City Chiefs failed to win despite holding Ben Roethlisberger without a touchdown, didn’t matter. Neither did the price paid for the Chiefs to move up to No. 10 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft to acquire Patrick Mahomes. For that matter, Mahomes’s impressive preseason performance hasn’t moved the meter either. Nothing is apparently going to move the Chiefs away from Alex Smith as their starting quarterback. Andy Reid, the team’s head coach, reminded the media of that fact on Monday.
Reid on Mahomes’ chances of winning starting job this year: “It’s Alex’s job.