On third-and-6 in the opening quarter of Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was flushed out to his right, and seeing an opening, he scrambled 25 yards for the first down.
As can be seen on the replay, Mahomes actually looked back at the referee during the play. The Chiefs quarterback was asked about the amusing moment during a press conference Wednesday.
“I looked back to see if there was a penalty,” Mahomes said. “I saw that I had to run the run and I thought I could probably get the first down but I didn’t want to run 50 yards if I was going to get called back and have to run another play.