Pre-season is always a good time to try new things, and Patrick Mahomes has never been one to shy away from showing off.
The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback seems to be re-inventing the position year-every year and on Saturday against the Detroit Lions, he debuted a mind-boggling, behind-the-back toss to tight end Travis Kelce.
The back-to-back Super Bowl MVP is well-known for his ability to improvise, scrambling out of the pocket to make absurd throws downfield or fooling defenders with no-look passes. But he may have taken it to the next level with this one.
According to the broadcast, Mahomes had been working on these sorts of plays in practice earlier this week and head coach Andy Reid wanted to find a way to integrate these next-level passes into a real game.
It came on a clean play-action quarterback keep play, with Mahomes faking the hand-off and running to the flat for what looked like a screen pass to Rashee Rice. Instead, Kelce slipped off his block into space and Mahomes casually flipped it to his trusty tight end for a never-before-seen, sleight-of-hand play.
As it always does when it comes to Mahomes’ magic, social media went crazy.
