In the years since Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes became the team’s starter, it has become fashionable in some NFL circles to think that other quarterbacks will soon surpass him — if they haven’t already.
But his former teammate Alex Smith doesn’t travel in those circles. As far as he is concerned, Mahomes is still the league’s top dog in one critical category — and perhaps not the one you might think.
“I think he’s the best quarterback in the NFL at the line of scrimmage — when you talk about making protection adjustments [and] getting to the right play,” Smith said in an interview on “The Rich Eisen Show” that aired on Thursday.