Matt Moore made it clear to reporters: he wouldn’t have taken the job as Patrick Mahomes backup if he wasn’t confident he could step up and do the job as Kansas City Chiefs starting quarterback if required.
On Thursday night, the Chiefs watched a nightmare unfold when Mahomes, the team’s best overall player, went down with a knee injury early in the second quarter in the team’s Week 7 win over the Denver Broncos. At that point, Moore became the proverbial “next man up” and suddenly the weight of replacing the NFL’s reigning Most Valuable Player was upon him.