PATRICK MAHOMES has compared Travis Kelce to his young daughter for ignoring instructions in the Kansas City Chiefs latest win.
The Super Bowl-winning quarterback led his team to a 26-13 win over the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football.
Patrick Mahomes shook his head as he talked about Travis Kelce’s inane play[/caption]
Mahomes compared his teammate to talking to his young daughter Sterling[/caption]
Kelce laterals the ball out to Samaje Perine, who got a further ten yards up the field[/caption]
That took the Chiefs 2024-25 NFL season record to 5-0, as Andy Reid‘s side look to win a historic three rings in a row.
With more than three-minutes left of the first-half, Mahomes was driving this side down the field.
It was a close game at 10-7 at the time, and the Chiefs were struggling on third down with 21 yards to go.
The quarterback was looking to get his team into field goal range, to add another three onto their total.
He slung the ball to Kelce, who instead of taking the tackle and getting into range, pulled off a daring play.
The tight end lateraled the ball out to running-back Samaje Perine, who made ten more yards.
He narrowly missed out on a first down, but got them within range of a fourth down, which they went on to complete.
But it was a risky play by Kelce, who had been told by his QB to be safe.
And Mahomes was left shaking his head in the post-game press conference at the incident.
He even compared how talking to the 35-year-old is the same as explaining something to his three-year-old daughter Sterling.
“I’m shaking my head because I told him before the play, I said, ‘I’m gonna throw it to you so we can get in field-goal range’,” Mahomes joked.
“And he underhand shoveled it across the entire field.
“It’s like I’m talking to Sterling.
“That’s Travis, man. He’s a special player.
Chiefs injury crisis
Patrick Mahomes lost another offensive weapon to injury in the Week 4 win in Los Angeles
The Chiefs saw wide receiver Rashee Rice taken off on the back of a medical cart at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Kansas City was already without free agency signing wide receiver Hollywood Brown (shoulder) and starting running back Isiah Pacheco (fractured fibula).
Both are set to miss large parts of the 2024 NFL season.
Speaking after Sunday’s win over the LA Chargers sent them to 4-0, Mahomes said, “All we can do now is go back to the basics and try to get guys opportunities to succeed.
“The guys stepped up and filled in as good as they can the role that Rice has in our offense, which is a big one.”
“As long as he does it and it works, no one’s gonna say anything.”
Perine entered Week 5 having only been with the Chiefs for around six weeks.
But he revealed how the unscripted lateral was a play Kelce had been performing in practice.
“He does that in practice every day,” Perine said.
“He’s always ready. You’ve gotta keep your hand on a swivel.
“It’s like he’s playing backyard football.
“To experience it first hand? It was crazy, but it was fun.”
