One of the benefits of teams having superstars is that when things aren’t going well for the team as a whole, the best player on the field can occasionally will everyone back into the game despite that. Sunday Night Football was a prime example, as Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had a famous Terez Paylor “over my dead body” game under the bright lights against the Tennessee Titans. In the process, Mahomes sent the NFL a message by reminding the league that he’s very much alive in the race for the 2022-23 Most Valuable Player award. Down eight points with 9:54 left in the game, Mahomes worked his magic like just about no one else in the sport could. The megastar signal-caller marched Kansas City down the field on a 13-play drive that started all the way back at the team’s own seven-yard line. The drive featured five passes of at least 10 yards, as well as a 20-yard run by Mahomes and a final 14-yard scramble that ended up being the most important touchdown of the game for either side.
To cap things off, instead of opting for a run by another player or a pass of his own, Mahomes ran left and got in the end zone on the Chiefs’ two-point conversion attempt. The entire drive took nearly seven minutes off the clock and served as a series of MVP moments for Mahomes. With dropped passes, penalties, a nonexistent running game and more working against him, the 27-year-old added to his already historic legend as a player. Even with all of the other factors begging for the end result to be a Chiefs loss, Mahomes’s brilliance late in the game secured an overtime win.
