If there were doubts about the direction the Chiefs are headed in — younger, faster, cheaper — the trades of Marcus Peters and Alex Smith and the releases of Derrick Johnson, Darrelle Revis and Ron Parker erased those.
The thing about soft rebuilds — or on-the-fly retools, or whatever you want to call what the Chiefs' roster turnover — is that they can be sped up by stud quarterbacks, the hardest thing to find in professional football. And let there be no doubt: The Chiefs believe in Patrick Mahomes all the way.
All you had to do is listen to coach Andy Reid and general manager Brett Veach speak about the talented gunslinger, who they traded up 17 spots to draft last year, and his first career start against Denver in last season’s finale.