Patrick Mahomes knows exactly how loud the conversation gets around the Chiefs, and he’s not pretending otherwise.
After Kansas City’s overtime win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night, Mahomes was asked about the key replay in overtime involving Colts wide receiver Laquon Treadwell. Treadwell hauled in a deep pass with Indianapolis trailing by three, then lost the ball soon after. Officials reviewed the play to determine whether he had been down by contact before the fumble, and they ruled him down, giving the Colts a chance to keep the drive alive with strong field position.
That chance didn’t amount to much. Indianapolis settled for a field goal, and the Chiefs answered by going down and winning the game shortly after.
Mahomes, though, was more interested in the reaction that might have followed if the call had gone the other way.
"We had the big play in overtime where we think we stripped the ball," Mahomes said. "And [he] ended up being barely touched.
I was actually kinda glad; I didn’t want to see Twitter's reaction if they would’ve called it a fumble. So we got to prove it the right way, get the stop there, and then go back out there and get a field goal."
It was a blunt answer, and a pretty funny one too. Mahomes didn’t dodge the noise - he basically admitted he knew exactly how much louder it would have gotten if the Chiefs had been handed another call in a big moment.
That same social media chatter isn’t limited to officiating, either. Taylor Swift remains one of the Chiefs’ most visible supporters in the stands, and that conversation figures to keep following Kansas City all season long.
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