On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs handed the Carolina Panthers a last-second, 30-27 defeat in the NFL’s Week 12. Here’s some of what Tom Ruprecht overheard at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- “It’s so embarrassing to play during the early window. Who are we? The New England Patriots?”
- “Isn’t ‘Chuba Hubbard’ a Ben & Jerry’s flavor?”
- “Look... we didn’t put a defender on Adam Thielen because we thought he had retired.”
- “Must be humbling for Patrick Mahomes to step on the field once trod on by quarterbacks like Jimmy Clausen and Josh McCown.