The moment’s most intriguing athlete in Kansas City will stay in the hallway for now. This is a Wednesday, around noon, and most Wednesdays around noon Patrick Mahomes is in the locker room. Not today, though. Not this week.
The Chiefs quarterbacks, like all professional football players, live lives of routine. The middle of the week’s middle day is a break. Starters don’t have real breaks, so Alex Smith does media interviews. First radio, then with a group of reporters around his locker. The backups have less to do.
Tyler Bray, the third stringer, walked through.