It’s one thing to have to play a truly great quarterback. It’s another to have to play him without the ability to apply much pressure on him. That’s what the Pittsburgh Steelers were facing yesterday against the Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes, especially with a banged-up T.J. Watt.
Inarguably one of the top five quarterbacks in the game at any given time, and likely higher than that, Mahomes had another excellent game yesterday, going 23-for-30 for 258 yards and three touchdowns with a 135.1 quarterback rating. Kansas City was up by so much that head coach Andy Reid pulled him from the game pretty early, inserting Chad Henne, who didn’t even attempt a pass.