MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.—For years, most NFL teams had no idea what to do with a generation of college quarterbacks who played nothing like their professional counterparts. But where the rest of league saw a problem, the Kansas City Chiefs saw an inefficiency. If someone could routinely put up obscene point totals in college, the Chiefs decided, they should probably get that guy and let him play the same way in the pros. Just three years later, Patrick Mahomes led the Chiefs back from a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit to win...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 03, 2020 14:48 UTC