NFL Super Bowl Week MMQB: The Chiefs’ Plan for Mahomes Led to the Hill Trade, Brady Sr. Knew It Was Time

Links to our coverage from an NFL-less Sunday, including Albert Breer’s conversations with the Chiefs GM on early planning, plus Tom Brady’s dad on retirement.

Author:
Albert Breer
Publish date:
Feb 6, 2023

Fans, the first Sunday without football in more than 24 weeks (dating back to preseason Week 1) is officially over. Super Bowl week is here, and the MMQB staff has landed in Phoenix.

We are trying things a little differently at The MMQB this year with Albert Breer’s Monday-morning column, publishing items as separate stories throughout the morning. Below are links to everything Albert wrote about this round, plus more from our staff.

The Chiefs Planned Ahead to Build Around Patrick Mahomes

Patrick Mahomes flexes in an AFC championship t-shirt — Mahomes 10-year, $450 million deal was built by the Chiefs uniquely for him.
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“All right, this is Tyreek Hill. This is what you said, but do you really want to trade arguably the league’s best receiver? That’s where when you have a plan, you gotta stick to it. You can’t let the emotional side kick in because you can have a plan in place.”

Chiefs GM Brett Veach tells Albert Breer how Kansas City prepared years in advance to build the team they have now—and why the franchise knew Patrick Mahomes would be at the center of it all.