Patrick Mahomes had just finished with a series of patients

in the oncology unit at the University of Kansas Hospital when he stepped on an escalator that would carry him to the exits.Waiting for him at the bottom was a mob of hospital workers.Some wanted a quick picture. Others were content with an autograph. But most just wanted to glimpse the hottest thing in Kansas City these days http://www.49erscheapstore.com/marquise-goodwin-jersey-cheap , the 23-year-old quarterback with the curly Mohawk and easy smile whose record-setting performances have helped the Chiefs to a 3-0 start heading into Monday night's AFC West showdown in Denver."It was an awesome, awesome feeling," Mahomes recalled a few days later, "just to see those people and the kind of passion and love and support that they're showing us."It's a good thing Mahomes prefers takeout to restaurants, and would rather study game film on his birthday than spend a night on the town, because everybody wants a piece of him these days.The Chiefs' communications staff is receiving hundreds of interview requests each week for their first-year starter, one front-office official said. They have had to limit the number Mahomes actually conducts to a handful that he can squeeze into a short time period on Wednesday afternoons.There are requests for community appearances 鈥?his event at the hospital was set up by the club's community outreach team. There are requests for sponsorships and endorsements and business deals, not to mention the hundreds of autograph requests that have flooded the team's offices.All for a quarterback with four total starts on his resume."It's pretty cool," Mahomes admits Youth Mike Person Jersey , "just to see the support we have. It's unmatched, Kansas City and the Chiefs Kingdom, the support they have for us. For me to just kind of be in the community and see those people is always a good thing."Mahomes has the right temperament to deal with the demands, though. His father, former big league baseball player Pat Mahomes, instilled in him at a young age to take success in stride.It's something that became apparent to Chiefs coach Andy Reid during the draft process."That comes with the territory. If you are going to be a quarterback and do well, you are going to get a lot of attention," Reid said. "What is real is what takes place on the field every week. He is wired the right way to handle that. He's not going to let stuff get in the way."I appreciate him going out and doing those things. Kids and people love him being out there," Reid continued. "That he is willing to do that is part of him and the person he is."That was evident this past summer Youth Adrian Colbert Jersey , when Mahomes showed up just about everywhere in town. He threw out the first pitch at a Royals game, and wore a cutoff jersey of the local minor league team, the T-Bones, when he was part of pre-race festivities for the NASCAR race at Kansas Speedway.But what Reid appreciates more than anything is Mahomes' ability to separate his work off the field from his work on it. There might not be a player on the roster that spends more time at the practice facility than Mahomes, so much so that Reid often has to tell his young star to go home."When he's not there, he is in here," Reid said. "You don't have to tell him to be here, that's not how he rolls. He comes in and you have to get him out."Nor does Mahomes crave the spotlight.When the Chiefs rolled past the 49ers last week, and everyone was talking about the sandlot play in which Mahomes ran about 60 yards before delivering a strike to Chris Conley in the back of the end zone http://www.49erscheapstore.com/joe-staley-jersey-cheap , the quarterback said the key to the play working out was his wide receiver getting open.Never mind that the 49ers had Mahomes corralled for what should have been a loss."He's not trying to be the hero or do all of that. That's not his deal," Reid said. "He is trying to play the position within the offense and do his thing. If things don't work out he moves around and gets it in his guys' hands as fast as he can. He has a pretty good feel for that."Reid hasn't gone out of his way to ensure Mahomes doesn't become bogged down in requests, mostly because it hasn't been necessary. Mahomes is already good at managing his time.Besides, there is little extra time for an NFL quarterback once the season starts."There's still room for a ton of improvement," Mahomes said. "There's still stuff that I might not go to the right read, or we might have a bust in the route running or everything, protection might break down. That just speaks to the guys that we have that can still make plays."As important as they are, though, it's Mahomes that everybody wants to see."It was an awesome http://www.the49ersfootballauthentic.com/k_waun-williams-jersey-authentic , awesome feeling just to see those people and the kind of passion and love and support that they're showing," Mahomes said, reflecting again on his day off spent with hospital patients. "But I feel the same. I come into this locker room and these guys treat me exactly the same as they've treated me since I got here. We have a great room like that and I can just go out there and do my job and it helps to have all the guys I have around me that can make plays."Vote on what you think is the 49ers biggest personnel need through 5 weeks of the 2018 season The San Francisco 49ers were a fringe playoff contender with Jimmy Garoppolo this season, and his injury has left fans looking ahead to 2019. There are hopes the team can remain competitive on a game-to-game basis, but I don’t imagine many people think a playoff berth is realistic.That being said, it does leave us 11 more weeks to figure out what to make of the 49ers roster moving forward. The offensive line is showing signs of progress, while the defense as a whole has its work cut out for it.We won’t get fully into team needs and free agent and draft possibilities until the offseason, but that won’t stop us from considering things in bits and pieces. We’ll continue looking at each upcoming matchup, but I also want to mix in some looks ahead to give us something more to assess than just whether or not the 49ers lose another game each week this season.We’ll start off with an initial look at the 49ers team needs. What do you view as the biggest team need right now? You might think they should approach the draft one way and free agency another http://www.the49ersfootballauthentic.com/george-kittle-jersey-authentic , particularly with the cap space and draft picks likely available. However, for now, it’s just a matter of just what the needs are after five weeks. I have not listed every position, so if there are enough suggesting another position with “Other,” I can add that to the next version of this survey.I’ll pose this question several more times this season to see if things change, but for the time being, what do you think is the most significant need on the roster? If you can’t see the poll below, click here.