Just before halftime Thursday night, things appeared to have taken a bleak turn for the Chiefs, their fans and really anyone who wants to believe things can be good and special in this wild, unpredictable world. Patrick Mahomes, the most thrilling player in today's NFL, was lying on the ground with his kneecap in the wrong place, and the Chiefs were facing life without the league MVP -- a potential Super Bowl season headed down the drain.
If ever there was a time when overreaction was justified, that might have been it.