KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The casual football fan is likely to describe the Kansas City Chiefs offense this way: a go-for-broke, throw-it-deep highlight reel built around a quarterback with record-setting arm strength and wide receivers boasting Olympic-caliber speed.
They wouldn't be entirely wrong. They wouldn't be entirely right, either. One of the biggest differences in the Chiefs from the past two years, when Patrick Mahomes was asserting himself as the best quarterback of his generation, and this season, when he has a chance in the Super Bowl to beat the Buccaneers' Tom Brady — the best of any generation — is the way Mahomes has eschewed high-risk throws for high-percentage ones.