By several measures, Patrick Mahomes has delivered one of the greatest opening bursts by a quarterback in NFL history, as a first-year starter or otherwise.
He’s the first player to throw 10 touchdown passes in his first three starts, dating to his debut in Week 17 last season — and he didn’t throw a scoring pass that day.
His six touchdown passes against Pittsburgh on Sunday matched Len Dawson’s Chiefs’ record and they were the most ever against the storied Steelers.
Mahomes tossed four touchdown passes in the Chiefs’ opener and is one of five players in NFL history to throw at least four touchdown passes in each of the first two games of a season.