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Vahe Gregorian: Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill shows again that he is so much more than mere speed

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In the afterglow of the locker room following the Chiefs’ 27-24 overtime win over Baltimore on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium, Patrick Mahomes couldn’t resist razzing Tyreek Hill about, uh, failing to score on their mere 48-yard phenomenon on fourth and 9 that saved the game.

“I thought you were fast,” he called out with a smile to Hill.

The flash who is likely the fastest player in the NFL laughed and said, “I’m not fast no more.”

He is ridiculously so, of course. But he demonstrated anew how he is so much more than simply that with his eight-catch, 139-yard effort despite lugging two injuries that would.