There was no way to sugarcoat Sunday’s 42-37 loss to the Chiefs, and the Steelers didn’t even try.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes carved up the Pittsburgh defense, piling up six touchdowns and 326 yards in just his third NFL start.
Steelers linebacker Bud Dupree admitted that the defensive players believed they could take advantage of Mahomes’ lack of experience.
“I don’t think we gave him enough credit,” Dupree told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. “I think he was better than we thought. I feel like his intelligence was better than we thought. We thought since he was a young quarterback we could trick him, but he kind of spread us out.