KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The back of Patrick Mahomes’s right heel was 37 yards from the goal line. He was set to pass the ball, scanning the field for an open man, but he didn’t see any.
Freeze this frame. How do you think the play would end?
With Mahomes this kind of question is destined to be a brainteaser. Since the Chiefs drafted him No. 10 overall in the 2017 NFL draft, and since he became the starting quarterback in Kansas City two years ago this month, all he’s done is change expected outcomes. The Chiefs hadn’t won a home playoff game in a quarter-century until he got here.