The cameras didn’t catch the thoughtfulness. The story is worth telling right here at the top. Patrick Mahomes, the 23-year-old lightning bolt who has changed everything for the Chiefs, threw the football 50 yards and perfectly placed with not much more than the flick of his right wrist. Touchdown, of course.
Mahomes raised his hands to the sky. He saw Tyreek Hill dancing in the end zone, and knew immediately what needed to be done. He ran 85 yards in a straight line, deviating only for a couple leaping high-fives with teammates. Hill had put the ball down to dance.