Film review: Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes thrives while going off-script

Second-year quarterback Patrick Mahomes garnered a lot of attention for his performance on Monday night in Denver, and he certainly added to his growing folklore with his left-handed pass to convert on third-and-five.

However, the most impressive part of his performance might have been how he handled pressure. In this case, pressure in every sense.

Not only did he have the physical and tangible pass rush pressure applied by the defense, but the first-year starter also thrived under the more abstract pressure of knowing he had to “make plays” or find a ways to move the ball outside of simply stepping up in the pocket and throwing to a receiver. If he hadn’t been able to create time and…