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Patrick Mahomes’s career start should not be taken for granted. He added another chapter to his legend Sunday night vanquishing his, and the Chiefs’, nemesis from Cincinnati. He threw a touchdown to Travis Kelce rolling hard to his right. He threw for another while stepping up in a collapsing pocket to find Marquez Valdes-Scantling in the end zone for a 19-yard touchdown on third-and-10. And when his team needed him most, he scampered for five yards and drew a flag for a late hit to set up Harrison Butker’s 45-yard game-winning field goal that delivered the Chiefs to their third Super Bowl in four years. And he did all of this playing on a high ankle sprain.
Statistically, this wasn’t the best we’ve seen of Mahomes, although it was very, very good (he finished 29-of-43 for 326 yards, two scores and a 105.4 rating).
