Patrick Mahomes to longtime tight end Travis Kelce on the Kansas City Chiefs’ second drive against the Detroit Lions on Saturday, injecting a little bit of life into the preseason game. Mahomes was rolling to his right and started to get some pressure from Detroit defensive lineman Josh Paschal when he zipped the pass behind his back to Kelce, who was dragging across the field. The completion on third-and-3 at the Detroit 33 was good for 9 yards and a first down, and eventually helped to set up a field goal.
Mahomes has fooled around with behind-the-back throws in practice but has never completed one during a game. It didn’t take long for clips of the pass to go viral. Moments after Mahomes threw the pass, Kelce’s brother and retired Eagles center : “The son of a gun actually did it!” During the game, Mahomes told an analyst from the NFL Network that he tried the pass "out of spite.
" “I was pissed off at Travis. He was supposed to run a flat route. .
.. I’m yelling at him and then he doesn’t run it.
So out of spite, I threw a behind-the-back pass, but now it’s gonna be a highlight," he said, Mahomes has a reputation for making audacious throws over the course of games. The two-time MVP has completed several no-look throws, along with numerous throws while parallel to the ground as he was getting sacked. “That was unnecessary, but beautiful!” tweeted Quinton Lucas, the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri.
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