""But I really didn't know the history of the Chiefs," Mahomes said, "and how it started.""
""I didn't know anything about the Dallas Texans," Mahomes said. "It was cool for me because the Hunts are obviously from Dallas and that's where I live in the offseasons. Even though I grew up a Cowboys fan, you get to be a part of something that has history in Dallas.""
Patrick Mahomes grew up in Tyler, Texas, near Dallas and was a Cowboys fan in middle school while also watching Chiefs stars like Jamaal Charles, Priest Holmes, Tony Gonzalez, Dante Hall and Derrick Johnson. After being drafted No. 10 by the Chiefs in 2017, Mahomes learned at a rookie introductory dinner that the franchise began in Dallas as the Texans. Clark Hunt explained that the Chiefs did not originate in Kansas City but in Dallas. Lamar Hunt formed the Texans in 1960, helped create the AFL after repeated NFL denials for a Dallas expansion team, and later moved the franchise to Kansas City in 1963. The upcoming Thanksgiving Day game in Dallas carries special significance because of that shared history.
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