MIAMI — Behind by four with about 20 seconds left in the first half of the AFC championship game, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes dropped back to pass, stepped up in the pocket and ran to his left. He tiptoed up the sideline and cut inside at the 5, where Titans cornerback Tramaine Brock repeatedly ripped at the ball. Mahomes almost fumbled, but instead stumbled into the end zone for a 27-yard touchdown.
As a reward for the most important run of Mahomes’ career, quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka made him do ball-security drills.
”I’m like, ‘Man, I gotta stop running or something.