Kansas City Chiefs fans finally got to see a quarterback the Chiefs had actually drafted play with the starters in a preseason game. It’s been more than a whole generation since that’s happened, and for a lot of younger Chiefs fans, it must have been an awesome and emotional experience.
Patrick Mahomes played the nine most highly-anticipated snaps of his life, and lived to tell about it. It’s not easy for a 22-year-old man to deal with the pressure of being an NFL quarterback — much less one with the expectations Mahomes is carrying.