drag out fights in recent weeks, although they ultimately
have been the ones dragged out. They still only have one win,
one twelve and one, but they acquitted themselves well
against the Cowboys last week and they took the Chiefs
to overtime. I thought this one would be just to blow out
because the Chiefs understand that the Texans aren't as bad
as their record would suggest and the Chiefs
trying to keep themselves.
In position to get that one seed,
the cheese have had some sluggish moments of like this
was just a great opportunity for them to come out and flex
their muscles and get it done. But they were ultimately unable
to make it happen as
the Chiefs win, their seventh straight AFC title AFC, West
Title, excuse me there. Now, 11 and 3.
And there it is
Jerick McKinnon after the fumble from Davis Mills, that
gave the short field to the Chiefs Jerick McKinnon scores,
his second touchdown of the day. And The Chiefs win on
another day when Patrick Mahomes, just,
just does Patrick Mahomes things.
And just, but we talked about it earlier with Justin Herbert,
the Chiefs, just let him do his thing. They know what he can
do, and they let him do it. And it's not buttoned up.
It's not always pretty.
But far more often than not. It's effective miles.
This is one of the biggest plays of the game, third down
and five cheap swaybacked up in their own territory, and they
need a first down. And so who Does Patrick Mahomes look too
but Travis Kelce breaking every single rule
in the quarterback handbook by Rolling to his right and then
firing back across his body to his left. But it was a fastball
and it got there and somehow Travis Kelce made the play
and mahamuni r-36o 41
and make your last one he passes.
I mean, this was a week where
Patrick Mahomes wanted to be much better than he was last
week against the Denver Broncos, that was obvious. And
Eric be enemy talked about it during The week where it's
like, hey man, Patrick you gotta move on
from that stuff that you did wrong in that last game. We
gotta move on to the next play but I think there was that
sense of urgency from Patrick Mahomes Mike and I know you
talked to him after the game
and obviously he played pretty out of his mind in that game.
And one of the things that really impresses me about him,
he has never changed during his time. In the NFL, he's the same
kid who came out of Texas Tech,
he will take the time.
To talk on the phone after a game.
Whenever I ask for
they've never told me. No. Now I don't ask for me every week.
It was the first time I've asked for him this year but he
makes himself available
and he engages in a real conversation. I'm not going to
name names, but some folks,
it's one cliche after another it's one. This is what I'm
supposed to say after another. It never feels like a true back
and forth with fought for responses with Patrick Mahomes.
It is always
a thoughtful Bots, it's a meaningful response, it was
a fun conversation and he explained to me
in relation to that
what Chris Simms called a hook shot. Throw
to Travis Kelce
for him. Because I said, Do you ever Amaze yourself? Do you
ever go back and watch those plays and say what the hell?
I can't believe that happened and he said for him
those things happen when he slips into panic mode
the throat of Jerick McKinnon. Last week, panic mode
left-handed, throw
panic mode, some his best plays have been. I'm in panic mode.
I'm running around
and I hope a guy gets open and he said, they practiced that,
they practice it in training camp.
They, they lean fully into what makes him great
and they work at it.
So, when it happens in a game,
they have a better chance of something
good happening. Then
that's how you coach
a rare Talent. You just don't say, go do your thing during
the game. You say go do your thing during Practice. We're
going to try to harness this. We're going to try to establish
some patterns. We're going to try to get you as
comfortable as you can be. When you're running around with your
hair on fire, that's what makes him so special and that's what
makes the Chiefs so unique and it makes them very much alive
for the number one seed, in the AFC, he did say
he was watching the Bills game Saturday night,
rooting for the Dolphins. I mean, he understands
it's good to be the one seed,
but if they have to go to Buffalo,
they'll go to Buffalo and I'm sure they'll give us a hell of
a game wherever they may end up playing the bills if they do
cross.
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