Kansas City Chiefs fans got a little bit of a surprise on Wednesday. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Boston College WR Zay Flowers would work out with Patrick Mahomes at one of his throwing sessions in Texas. It was a fairly unique situation not often seen during the pre-draft process.
Asked about how the workout with Flowers came about, Chiefs GM Brett Veach suggested that this wasn’t something requested by the team. He credited Zay Flowers, his agent and the gravity of Patrick Mahomes for making this happen.
“I think it has more to do with the power of Pat Mahomes,” Veach said. “It’s funny because these guys are working out all over the country and I think it’s no secret Pat’s down there on a college campus and he’s working out with pro players from other teams, he’s working out with college players (and) I think some high school players are there.
“So these good players and the agents, they know where the good players are and they connect and they have a workout. I don’t think it was a secret. It wasn’t like it was a private indoor facility that was closed off to the public. I think there’s a documentary about Patrick going on right now so there’s a lot of cameras there but no, it’s just a really good job by the agent and the player just getting in contact with those guys and getting in the throwing lines. I think it was really smart by the kid (Zay Flowers) and the agent. But Pat has a lot of fun with that. I think it’s really cool that he’s welcoming to all these guys. Whether it be other players from other pro teams, college (and) even high school guys. It’s pretty cool that those guys get to say that they threw with Pat Mahomes.”
As for what information Mahomes might have been able to glean from this type of interaction — unfortunately for the fans of Flowers, it doesn’t seem like there was much gathered. However, there was one positive to come out of it for Veach.
“He has fun with all those guys,” Veach said. “I mean, I don’t know how much you can get from a 20-minute throwing session. (He) looked quick – you know. (He) was in shape, but no, he likes it. And I think it was couple of quarterbacks. The Niners had a quarterback (Trey Lance) down there too. I think with players like that – you see him work out at the pro day (and) at the combine (and) I think it speaks more about the kid just wanting to be around great players so that’s certainly a positive.”
