Getty Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (left) and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (right).
During one of the quieter parts of the NFL offseason, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes partnered with Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen to face Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in Capital One’s ‘The Match’: a 12-hole best-ball golf match that took place on June 1.
Prior to taking the course at Wynn Golf Club in Paradise, Nevada, the four QBs sat down with Arizona Cardinals defensive end J.J. Watt to answer questions and exchange verbal blows with each other on the TNT set. Mahomes was asked by Watt what he thinks Allen’s biggest fear is, and Mahomes took the opportunity to take a shot at his golf teammate.
“A coin toss,” Mahomes said.
“Josh’s biggest fear… A coin toss” 😳
Pat Mahomes really roasted his own teammate 😅 (@capitalone) #CapitalOnesTheMatch
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Mahomes Referring to Playoff Overtime Win vs. BUF
What Mahomes is subtly referring to is Kansas City’s 42-36 victory over Allen and the Bills in the AFC Divisional playoffs last season. That game went to overtime after Mahomes and the Chiefs offense marched 44 yards in 10 seconds and kicked a game-tying field goal to send the game to overtime.
At the end of regulation, Kansas City won the coin toss and elected to receive the opening overtime kickoff. The Chiefs marched eight plays for 75 yards and scored the game-winning touchdown by way of Mahomes to Travis Kelce on the ensuing drive. That in turn gave Allen and the Bills’ offense no opportunity to possess the football in overtime after dominating Kansas City’s defense for four quarters.
Patrick Mahomes hits Travis Kelce for the game-winning touchdown as the Chiefs (-2.5) beat the Bills 42-36 in overtime to advance to the AFC Championship Game.
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Twitter Reacts to Mahomes Taking Shot at Allen
Twitter users reacted to Mahomes taking a shot at Allen.
“Shots fired lmao. Looks like josh got a chuckle out of it tho,” one Twitter user wrote.
@BleacherReport @RealMNchiefsfan @CapitalOne Shots fired lmao. Looks like josh got a chuckle out of it tho
“How can you not love Mahomes? He’s just awesome,” another Twitter user wrote.
“And your biggest fear is the Bengals Mahomes,” another user wrote.
“I feel like the Mahomes/Josh Allen rivalry is gonna be one of the fun ones where I don’t hate the player, the team or their fans,” another user wrote.
Patrick Mahomes Details Chiefs’ New Passing Attack
With Tyreek Hill, Byron Pringle, and Demarcus Robinson no longer in Kansas City, Mahomes has an almost entirely new cast of wide receivers for the 2022 season. The defending AFC West champions now have Marquez Valdes-Scantling, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Skyy Moore, Justin Watson, Corey Coleman, and Justyn Ross, who are all new to the team as of this year.
With a different set of skills among the receivers compared to when Hill was on the team, Mahomes revealed what Kansas City’s passing attack will look like in the post-Tyreek Hill era.
“What you’re going to see with this offense is it’s going to be everybody,” Mahomes said during his press conference at organized teams activities (OTAs) on May 26. “The whole receiving room will [each] have big days, and that’s something that we can use to our advantage…Defenses won’t know [where the ball is going].”
Head coach Andy Reid spoke with the media as well, complimenting the new receivers of the Chiefs for how quickly they have picked things up.
“There’s way better execution than you’d think for a whole bunch of new guys together,” he said, while also noting that the work the receivers put in with Mahomes down in Texas several weeks ago is likely the reason for the fast start at OTAs.
The Chiefs are currently in Week 2 of OTAs, which go from May 31 to June 2. The team’s last set of OTAs will be from June 7 to 10. After OTAs, the last time the Chiefs meet before summer break will be for mandatory minicamp from June 14 to 16.