Kansas City Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes started the playoffs with a bang against the Pittsburgh Steelers, going for over 400 yards and throwing five touchdowns in Kansas City’s 42-21 victory. It was the kind of performance of which everyone knows he is capable — and maybe even expects.
But during a rough stretch in the middle of the season, it wasn’t the kind of game we usually saw from the Chiefs’ star quarterback — beginning with Week 5’s 38-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills.