Fan frenzy for star QB Mahomes

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August 9, 2019 - 4:35 PM

Patrick Mahomes signs autographs before playing the Cincinnati Bengals on Oct. 21, 2018. JOHN SLEEZER/KANSAS CITY STAR/TNS

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. ? The time is 11:03 a.m. when the scheming-est chunk of what must be the biggest Wednesday crowd in Chiefs training camp history starts a purposeful chant:

M-V-P!

M-V-P!

M-V-P!

The chant is part appreciation, part lure. Today is the quarterbacks? scheduled time to sign autographs, and Kansas City has not had a more sought-after autograph than Patrick Mahomes since, what, George Brett in 1985? Paul Rudd after Anchorman? Never?

Search ?Mahomes autographed jersey? on eBay and as of Wednesday afternoon the first item is listed for $903 (but with free shipping!). This part of the crowd is a mix of wide-eyed kids, others coached up by their dads (?Get low ? go under arms,? the one in front of me told his young boys), middle-aged men with the familiar tells of dealers, and some of us just here for the scene.

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