Game recognizes game.
The Kansas City Chiefs (9-0) stayed perfect on Sunday with a 16-14 victory over the Denver Broncos (5-5). The Broncos were a real challenge for the defending Super Bowl champions, and it took a last-second blocked field goal for the Chiefs to pull off the victory.
After the game, KCNC-TV cameras picked up audio from veteran quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ post-game exchange with rookie Bo Nix.
“Hey, way to play your ass off,” Kansas City’s star told his Denver counterpart. “Keep leading those dudes. It’s just the first one, baby, we have a lot of these things.”
It was a respectful, encouraging message from the two-time NFL MVP.
Cool postgame moment. Patrick Mahomes to Bo Nix after their first meeting:
“Way to play your ass off. Keep leading those dudes. It’s just the first one, we got a lot of these” pic.twitter.com/2bDQ6jbMTd— Romi Bean (@Romi_Bean) November 10, 2024
One could argue that Nix played better than Mahomes on Sunday. The rookie completed 73.3% of his passes for 215 yards with two touchdowns and no turnovers. Mahomes posted a 66.7% completion rate for 266 yards with one touchdown and no turnovers. Nix was sacked twice and Mahomes was sacked four times.
Nix drove the Broncos down the field and set them up for what could have been a game-winning field goal at the end, but the block spoiled what would have been a huge upset victory for Denver.
Nix and Mahomes will face off again when the Broncos host the Chiefs in their regular season finale in Week 18.
