The Kansas City Chiefs are 4-0 despite Patrick Mahomes possibly going through the worst four-game stretch of his illustrious career, causing some concern amid the undefeated start.
Mahomes knows he's in a bit of a rut, too. The two-time MVP shared with reporters that he's looked at some film from his first few seasons in the league, with his takeaway being that he might be overthinking this season. "There's some points now where you almost know too much," Mahomes told reporters on Wednesday. "When I was younger, I would just cut it loose.
Like, I'd just go through the reads the way they sat on paper, and I'd throw the deep shot if it was there. I gave it chances.
And now there are times where I'm like, ‘Well, they're supposed to be in this coverage and that's not supposed to be there,' and it is. "So you've got to have the balance of, I don't want to say being naive, but in reading the play the way it's supposed to be read, even if the coverage says it's not going to be that guy, and then when it's there, you take your chances." Mahomes' self-described tentative play hasn't cost the Chiefs a game yet, but it nearly has in each game.