Colts had chances to come back vs. Chiefs, but Patrick Mahomes was the reason they didn’t

By Seth Keysor Jan 13, 2019 29
The Chiefs are just different this season.

That sentence might be the most overused cliché that has circulated about this football team as it has attempted to shake off the past failures of exceptional teams. But as the old saying goes, clichés are there for a reason. (OK, so that’s not a saying, but it should be.) There is truth in them. The Chiefs are absolutely different in 2018, and the primary reason wears No. 15 and can throw the ball a country mile.

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has turned the NFL on its head this season, changing what people think quarterbacks can (or should) do on his way to a likely MVP award. And his presence, more than any other change, has been the difference-maker this year. That difference was on display in the Chiefs’ 31-13 win Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium as the Chiefs faced the Colts and the ghosts of past playoff losses.

It was apparent on the Chiefs’ first offensive play, as Mahomes whipped the ball...