GLENDALE, Ariz. — By the time Patrick Mahomes pushed through the set of red double doors, most of his teammates had already filtered into the Chiefs’ locker room.
It was halftime, a double-digit deficit confronting them on the sport’s most visible platform, and the room had grown silent.
“Why the (bleep) is it so quiet in here?” Mahomes yelled as he walked in, his teammates would later say. “Ya’ll gotta get some (bleeping) energy in here.”
