While we were watching the Kansas City Chiefs’ 41-10 dismantling of the Chicago Bears on Sunday afternoon, it might not have been obvious — but on his third-quarter touchdown reception, tight end Travis Kelce didn’t run the route he was assigned.
Instead, he improvised a route based on what he was seeing the Bears’ defenders do — and quarterback Patrick Mahomes followed right along, flinging him a 3-yard pass that looked like it had been drawn up months ago.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, offensive coordinator Matt Nagy agreed that it was hard to understand how this psychic connection between Mahomes and Kelce really works.