Patrick Mahomes’ final plays in the final minutes of the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory over the New Orleans Saints proved to be cruel for a fantasy football player Monday night.
The quarterback completed 28 of 39 passes for 331 yards with no touchdowns, one interception and rushed six times for 22 yards to lead the Chiefs to a 26-13 victory over the Saints in Arrowhead.
However, that wasn’t enough to help one fan achieve victory in his NFL fantasy football game this week.
Heading into the final possession of the game, with just under two minutes remaining, Mahomes had three rushing attempts for 25 yards.
However, the three-time Super Bowl winner had to turn back the clock, and to do that, Mahomes made a few sacrifices.
Patrick Mahomes’ final play in the Chiefs’ win proved cruel for a fantasy football player
The NFL fan lost his weekly matchup by 0.1 points due to the quarterback’s decision
On the final three moments of the game, he fell to his knees again, losing one yard each time, and saw his rushing yards drop to 22.
While that was good enough to seal the win for the Chiefs, one fantasy football fan wasn’t so lucky.
“It’s just unfair to lose by 0.1 at Mahomes’ knees,” Mo Banks wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, alongside a sampling of his fantasy matchup.
The screenshot showed the fan missing his opponent 131.84-131.94, with Mahomes’ kneeling moves costing him a total of 0.3 points.
Banks wasn’t alone, as other NFL fans raged on social media after the signal caller also cost them a win.
“I just lost my fantasy game because Mahomes got three knees BRUTAL,” one user wrote.
“Patrick Mahomes just untied me because that pick and three knees at the end of the game, I’m sick,” another added.
However, it worked to the advantage of others, with some competitors finding themselves on the winning side of the situation.
“OMG (barring a statistical correction that isn’t in my favor) Patrick Mahomes knelt to win the game helped me win my week,” one fan happily wrote.
Mahomes’ three knees for a loss of one yard cost the player 0.3 points each
The fan wasn’t the only one affected, as the decision either helped players win or saw them lose
“I just won my fantasy game because Mahomes took three knees to end the game,” chimed in another smugly.
Touchdowns from Kareem Hunt and Xavier Worthy and some trusty kicking from Harrison Butker saw the Super Bowl champions extend their undefeated start to the campaign.
Kareem Hunt also produced a promising performance with 102 yards and JuJu Smith-Schuster contributed with 130, including a gain of 51 yards late as the Saints began to threaten.
A resurgent Travis Kelce was back to his usual production, proving a reliable target for Mahomes and hauling in nine receptions for 70 yards.
