The tendency is to think about what can go wrong, because this is sports, and this is Kansas City, and usually when the two connect the ending always hurts.
Patrick Mahomes is the new star. He is the star of the league right now, but locally that’s felt with even more intensity because of the specifics — no quarterback drafted in the first round since 1983, lots of efficient-but-boring backups in the years since, and a sinking feeling that even a paper cut can turn fatal because there’s not enough to cover it up.
The possibilities start to stack, and now three games into 2018 it’s obvious this is happening faster than even the Chiefs thought.