KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Andy Reid had a good idea early in the week that Patrick Mahomes would be available to play for the Kansas City Chiefs in Saturday's game against the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium. He got that sense from eight seasons of coaching Mahomes.
"He spoils the dog out of us," Reid said after the Chiefs beat the Texans 27-19 to move to 14-1; they would clinch the AFC's No. 1 playoff seed by beating the Steelers on Christmas Day in Pittsburgh.
"So tough mentally and physically, so you just get used to it.