“The Kansas City Chiefs, led by Mahomes, achieved a remarkable feat as they became the first team since Tom Brady’s New England Patriots in 2003 and 2004 to secure back-to-back NFL championships. Brady, who retired with an illustrious tally of seven championship victories, remains an icon in football history.”

the final play call was named ‘Corn Dog’, Mahomes explained. The play to win the Super Bowl. The play to crown the Kansas City Chiefs back-to-back champions. The play to undo every ounce of guile and glitter that allowed the San Francisco 49ers to steamroll half of the league on the way to Las Vegas this season. It was called ‘corn dog’.

He is the NFL’s undisputed best, celebrating his third ring before the age of 30, hurtling towards all-time greatness, and he is still a kid playing ball. The smartest kid, the most gifted kid, the kid in the playground nobody dare touch, the kid in the playground nobody can touch. Andy Reid, at 65 years of age, is living vicariously through his champion quarterback as that very same ball-loving kid

They sketch up some funk, slap a quirky name on it, say ‘why not?’ and torment the league. The dosage of funk has lessened in consistency in the face of the league-wide Mahomes bounty, and yet here he is again. Defenses retreated into two-high safety looks to successfully chisel his splash play opportunities downfield, edge rushers sharpened their lane discipline to limit his threat as an out-of-structure killer

(see Nick Bosa on Sunday night), and an error-ridden ensemble of receiving options has left him piloting his most underwhelming offense since entering the NFL. Yet, here he is again.