The hype-train surrounding both Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs offense had built up so much momentum that the narrative being played by the national sports outlets was that they were going to steamroll the Denver Broncos defense. It would have been exceptionally sweet to derail that hype train, to do to Mahomes what the 2015 Broncos defense did to Aaron Rodgers, but it didn’t happen.
The defense did stymie him and the Chiefs offense for three quarters of the game, but there is no sugar-coating that fact that they blew a 10-point 4th quarter lead at home on Monday Night Football.