This Sunday afternoon we’ll be treated to potentially the best matchup we’ll have all season. The Kansas City Chiefs are heading to Los Angeles to take on the Chargers. Patrick Mahomes II gets his first start as the full-time starter and quarterback of the present. He faces a tough challenge facing a defense that ranked 9th in pass defense by Football Outsiders last season—a defense which features Casey Hayward; the consensus #1 corner in the league in 2017.
But for me, that’s not what this game will end up all being about. In fact, I’d be willing to say that the success for the whole season relies not on the shoulders of Mahomes.